You might be asking what fine garden maintenance services are. Over the years, I’ve heard way too many people say that they renovated their gardens a certain amount of years ago and obviously the company we hired didn’t know what they were doing because our yard is a jungle. That might be true. There are […]
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Here’s an update on a Ridgefield garden we installed about 10 years ago. One of the things we love about doing landscape design is watching the landscape fill in completely over the years. After we do an installation like the garden below, we are just as invested in it as the home owner. This particular
Modern Washington Landscape This Washington pool and landscape was really starting to look good this past summer. This landscape is rather new and still maturing and filling in. The pool is surrounded by a 20 acre meadow of grasses and wildflowers. The concept for his pool and landscape was to let the meadow take center
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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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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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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a huge fan of ornamental grasses. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t use them in a landscape design or actually plant them in a landscape, I would. Being a plant-a-holic and someone who has a real problem throwing a plant out, I actually have 1 ornamental grass,
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All too often, landscapers and homeowners rely on hedge trimmers to maintain plant size and height. The problem with this approach is a very dense, unnatural looking shrub where all the foliage is only at the outer most edges of the plant. A plant that is so dense is a perfect environment for diseases and
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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
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.
I lot of people can put plants in the ground and a lot of people call themselves landscape designers but that doesn’t mean they are good at what they do. I had an opportunity to redesign this landscape in Bridgewater, CT. At the time, the house was only seven years old and when I arrived
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