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We just finished a landscape installation for a historic house in Washington, CT.  Although this is the side of the house, it is right off the driveway and it tends to be the main entrance for the homeowners and their guests.  Because of this, the owners wanted a formal garden appropriate for this historic house.  […]

If you’re a landscape designer, landscaper, artist, architect, interior designer or anyone else who likes gardens and art, you might be interested in this event in Fairfield County on Oct. 7th 2014.   Renowned English artist David Harber, www.davidharber.com, will give a talk ‘Taking Pleasure in the Passing of Time’. The lecture will look at the

Creating a trench in Connecticut is never easy.  I can remember one trench over the last 20 something years of landscaping throughout Fairfield and Litchfield County that went as planned.  Any time you’re putting a shovel, trencher or backhoe in the ground, you have to assume obstacles, many obstacles!  Here is a picture of one

A new landscape client in Ridgefield, CT was hoping to improve a couple different parts of their landscape when they hired Designing Eden llc last year.  Along with a new garden in front of their colonial styled house and backyard entertaining area, it was their hope to improve their existing front entrance.  Originally, the homeowners

I’ve been experimenting with edger plants/front of the border plants in the landscape lately. Here is a view along a stone front walkway.

Creating a new landscape for the front yard of a house is all about curb appeal.  Without curb appeal, your house becomes just another house, blending in with the thousands of other houses in your town and that is never exciting.  Curb appeal, it’s what gives each house its character.  In this driveway turnaround, the

Being the owner of a landscape design and installation company, our property has always been similar to the cobbler’s children having no shoes.  Our landscape is pathetic!  It’s always the last to be cleaned up and mulched, regular garden maintenance is always weeks behind schedule and the landscape is filled with a bunch of hammy

Hellebores are a great perennial for early spring interest in the landscape.  This was taken two weeks ago in a Fairfield County landscape. Semi evergreen foliage is usually cut back in the spring to assist in the floral show.  You can expect Hellebores to flower for about 4 weeks in Fairfield County.

This Saturday, May 3rd, is the day that the CT Chapter of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers will be visiting the Colorblends trial gardens.  If you’re a professional designer from any discipline or a contractor, you’re more than welcome to come along.  Should be a fun event and FREE!  To RSVP