CT landscape design

Late Winter Blooms in a Connecticut Landscape

It’s always exciting to see the first signs that spring is near.  When the flowers start arriving in the landscapes and gardens around New Milford, CT, I know it’s only a matter of time before the Litchfield County gardening season is in full swing. I still have a lot of things to do before then […]

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Some Winter Interest in a New Milford Landscape

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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Hollies Too Big? Connecticut Landscape Experiment

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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Moving a Tree in Kent, CT

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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Landscaping in Connecticut is Never Easy.

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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Landscape Design in Kent, CT

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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Landscape Design

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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13 Common Landscape Mistakes: 6. A Lack of Mass Planting

A lack of mass planting is a common mistake for many who like to dabble in gardening and landscape design.  The saying, “less is more” is so true when it comes to designing a landscape that will be pleasing to the eye.  Not less plants, just less varieties of plants.  People who look at landscaping

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A Successful First Season Landscape in Ridgefield, CT

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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