Gardening Guide & Tips for October
October is a great month to renovate the plantings around your house. This is the time of year to plant deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees as the cool temperatures will encourage root growth. October…
Gardening Guide & Tips for September
You may have seen the slogan ‘Fall is for Planting’. There is a lot of truth in this as you will have to do a lot less watering in the Fall than in the Spring…
Gardening Guide & Tips for December
As the leaves fall off deciduous shrubs and trees, evergreens sustain the landscape. Hollies are putting on their bright red berries, Norway Spruces are providing a wind screen, evergreen foundation plantings such as cherry laurels…
Gardening Guide & Tips for November
The time between Halloween and Thanksgiving is one of the most important times of the year to take care of your yard. There is a lot to do this month so let’s get stuck in!…
Gardening Guide & Tips for July
Summer is a good time to upgrade your hardscaping: Install new walkways and patios, build walls, and correct water erosion and flooding problems. Call us during July and mention this web page for a free hardscaping…
Deer Resistant Plantings
We have had considerable success designing deer resistant plantings of shrubs, trees and flowers. Deer have become an immense problem for many homeowners living in Delaware, Chester and Montgomery Counties, and the Main Line, PA. …
Creating Winter Interest
Although we spend more time outdoors the rest of the year, it is still nice to have attractive views from our windows in the winter! We also want our house to look good in the…
The Importance of Mulching your Landscape
Mulching your plantings will save on watering in hot weather, and help to stifle weeds. We recommend double shredded hardwood bark mulch for shrubs, and ‘mushroom soil’ for flower beds. A 2 or 3 inch…
Patios, Walls and Walkways
Patios provide an attractive area to entertain, cook, relax, read, and have parties. The design of patios has to take into consideration many factors such as: The choice of materials, (natural stone, pavers or brick),…
Screening Plantings – How to create privacy in your garden
What do you see when you look out from your home, and when you are relaxing or entertaining in your yard? Is it time to improve your view? Screening plantings can improve your lifestyle by…