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Best Hydrangeas for Northern Fairfield County and Litchfield County Connecticut.

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One of the most common question I receive on a regular basis is why didn’t my Hydrangea flower. The answer is easy, you have the wrong Hydrangea. There is a large marketing campaign that push Hydrangea macrophylla’s such as Blushing Bride, Endless Summer and the newest varieties that are entering the market. Just because someone […]

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Hiring a landscaper

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When you are hiring a landscape company, what do you base your decision on?  How they present themselves? How professional they look? Their references? Their portfolio? How prompt they were when arriving for their appointment? The price? Unfortunately, in my experience, the biggest determining factor a majority of people base their decision on is price

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Using Annuals in the Landscape

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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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Moving Towards Computer Landscape Design

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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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Getting References from Contractors. Will the Real Landscaper of the Abriola Funeral Home Please Stand Up.

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I met with a new landscape client last week in Goshen, CT.  After I gave the couple a proposal to upgrade the gardens around their property, they asked for references.   At the time, I thought it was odd.  In over twenty years, very few people have ever asked me for references.  Maybe it’s because

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Landscape Design

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This week will be my 5th computer aided design class.  As you can see from my original post about my experience with getting back into CAD for landscape design, I have made huge progress.  This landscape design is not a homework assignment but an actual landscape design project for Designing Eden LLC.  Take a look.

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A Successful First Season Landscape in Ridgefield, CT

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This is an update, from a previous blog post, of a landscape design and installation project Designing Eden installed in the fall of 2010, in Ridgefield, CT.  Watching and maintaining this garden’s growth through its first full growing season has been a real joy.  Despite the wettest year in Connecticut history, I would consider this

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A day in the life of a New Milford Landscaper

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I’ve been a landscaper a long time, over 30 years to be exact. I started my business when I was 12 years old.  Along the way, I received a degree in Horticulture and another in Landscape Architecture.  I still love what I do and couldn’t imagine sitting behind a desk 40 hours a week.  That

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