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Design/build: Creating an escape with woodland gardens
The demand for woodland gardens, particularly in urban spaces is expected to increase. Below are some of the basic principles for creating a woodland garden for clients.
January 24, 2019
Business
Mass, group, repeat: Organizing plants to your advantage
Take a look at a few tips we’ve compiled to help you better understand why these particular techniques and ones similar to them help bring out the best of a landscape.
March 12, 2018
Business
Fun with ferns: Design options your customers will enjoy
While they may seem like plants that require a lot of attention and care, ferns are one of the easiest and most versatile plants to use in your landscape.
July 3, 2017
Design-Build
Avoid foliage monotony with these design tips
While swaths of a single plant variety can be peaceful in the landscape, there’s far more interest in a garden bed with a bit of diversity.
October 19, 2016
Business
Help your landscaping clients make the most of shade
Shade. In the summer, everyone wants a piece of it, but many plants cannot survive in the shadow of trees and clients are left with ugly bare patches of land. Shade gardens are a solution that creates a secluded and much cooler oasis. Among the first things to consider when planning a shade garden, of […]
July 16, 2015
Design-Build
Shaded Sanctuary
Washington driveway project turns into an entire yard renovation. Within the walls of this Washington home, clients enjoy a private garden oasis in their front yard. Their original contract with Woody’s Custom Landscaping only included the driveway, which the landscaper and his team members created by laying Mutual Materials’ Summit-colored cobble pavers in a herringbone pattern.
September 2, 2013
Business
The Art of Landscaping
Our Landscapers of the Year used their business savvy and love of landscaping to create a thriving company. When sisters Nancy Marshall and Becky Whitacre grew up working for their parents’ landscaping business, making a mistake was not an option, and the word “can’t” was not acceptable.
January 9, 2013
Design-Build
Elemental Design
As an artist, landscape architect Bruce John Riddell “paints” his canvases with sweeping strokes – big and bold, not only in how he handles physical area, but in his conceptual breadth, which opens new design possibilities with every project.
July 1, 2012
Design-Build
Plants: Using ground covers around trees
Maintaining turf in the shade under established trees can be an ongoing battle. Mowing over large surface roots is hard on both the tree and the mower. And grass growing close to the trunk needs trimming, of course, but it’s tough to keep it neat without cutting into the trunk.
August 1, 2011
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