How much does a landscape cost? This is one of the most frequently asked questions when I’m meeting with potential landscape clients throughout Fairfield and Litchfield County. Unfortunately, this is a difficult question to answer. The reason being, every house, property and homeowner is unique and there are so many factors that can affect the […]
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At Designing Eden llc, the landscapes we design and install tend to have a lot of seasonal interest. We accomplish this by using a mixture of various flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcovers. For most of our clients, that approach is more than sufficient in terms of providing enough seasonal color in their landscape or
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Today we moved a tree for a client in Kent, CT. This tree was the biggest I’ve moved so far with the new tractor/loader/backhoe. Even with 4000 lbs. of lift, we were right at the upper limit with the machine for this 5″ caliper Japanese Maple with a 57″ root ball. There is
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I’ve been landscaping in Connecticut for over 25 years. Even after all these years, I still get nervous whenever I have to dig a trench or I have to get a large tree ball into a landscape. Why? Because I’ve dug up way too many surprises over the years. My own property never ceases
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Nothing drives me more crazy than when I see landscape companies trimming trees and shrubs with hedge trimmers. Yes, Boxwoods have been trimmed for hundreds of years with hedge trimmers. Although it isn’t the most healthy practice for the plant, it is accepted. As I drive around Fairfield and Litchfield County, I see landscapers trimming
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As a landscape design and installation company, our work is always varied. One of our current projects involves working in tandem with an architecture firm to provide solutions for a client with a rather large ‘want’ list. Here are two designs for their landscape. You can see in the designs that the back yard gives
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If you are a regular follower of this blog, you’re aware of my quest towards designing all of our landscapes with computer aided design. Triumph, tribulation, excitement, frustration, and stress are just some of the emotions I’ve felt in recent weeks and months as I continue the process of moving my landscape design and installation
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I’m a horticulture nut. I’ve been to public gardens, private gardens and nurseries all over the world from the United States to Canada some Caribbean Islands, Europe, even Australia. While traveling to nurseries and gardens around the globe, I’m always looking for low maintenance, interesting plants that are critter resistant. One plant I wasn’t acquainted
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My landscape design class at the New York Botanical Garden ended a couple of weeks ago. Now that the class has ended, I’m on my own. Immersed in computer aided design software, with no one to turn to. I have to admit, there are times that I have felt strong temptations to go back to
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Here is a brick and granite patio being installed in Redding, CT. A design you don’t see everyday. When discussing materials for patios with our landscape clients, I always suggest using materials that already exist on the property and house and use those materials for any new construction projects. The reason for that is the
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