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Here is a landscape design for a front entrance garden of a Kent, CT residence.  The design includes a new entrance deck, seating wall, new granite slab walkway, a lattice to hide the new AC condensers and new landscaping.

Our newest landscape client has had some problems getting zoning approval for his new house.  We were originally hired to provide a landscape design for the property.  Due to the property’s close proximity to Lake Waramaug, the landscape will be an environmetally friendly design utilizing all native plants.  After zoning’s denial of the house plans,

Our newest landscape project we are working on in Litchfield County. For this project, we teamed up with the architect/owner to create a concept to develop his pool area.  The project entails a lot of trenching, a patio for poolside entertaining, an RV pad that will support the restored Airstream trailer which will be used

We are constantly fooling around with new and different plant combinations with our seasonal annual plantings on a property we designed, installed and currently maintain on Catoonah Street in downtown Ridgefield.  I really love the way this area came out this fall.  What do you think?  Do you like this new variety of white mums?

Here is a pool and entertainment area we had an opportunity to work on this summer in Litchfield County. The pool was installed by Scott Pool of Woodbury, masonry by Stonewalls by George of New Preston and the garden design and landscape installation by us, Designing Eden LLC.

There are certain things within a landscape that create challenges for landscape designers.  One of those challenges is the septic tank.  Positioned in lawns, septic tanks are typically the first area to show signs of drought stress when the summer heat arrives.  Then there is the aspect of cleaning.  When the tank is positioned in

Meet Martin, the voracious mole, mouse and chipmunk terminator.  Often, our clients come to us asking what they should do about all the rodents doing damage to their lawn, plants and landscapes.  I typically explain all the traps and poisons on the market but if you’re looking for a lot less work and energy, your

Is a landscape design a good investment? Well, in my opinion it is. There have been plenty of studies and articles that have been written over the years regarding the benefits of landscaping and landscape design. From Money Magazine’s cover story that said you can recoup 100-200% from every dollar spent on landscaping to the

As firewood season is upon us, I thought a conversation about bulk material deliveries would be timely.  I was thinking about a client who called me last year asking me how much I would charge to deliver 10 yards of topsoil to his property.  He ended up getting other prices and going with someone he