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Forsythia has to be one of the most well known plants.  Heck, I’ll bet it’s right up there with Christmas trees and roses. Forsythia actually makes me think of childhood.   Probably because it was what we saw when the weather first started to get warm and we could play more outside. Although Forsythia is not [...]

It’s sometimes difficult to describe a design concept in writing.  I recently talked about why you should use plant groupings in your designs and felt this pool setting gave a nice example of this concept. There is so much to gain by understanding and using plant groupings (or “plant massings” as they are sometimes called).

We are losing trees everyday to construction damage.  For the most part, people are simply not aware of the different ways construction impacts trees. If we think of damage at all, it usually means the obvious such as hitting the trunk or breaking a branch.  However, many construction activities that happen near and around a [...]

You’ve probably heard me say it before when talking design, “It just looks and feels right”.  We know there’s more to it than that.  But just by implementing a few key principles of good design you can produce better landscapes. Where Does Good Design Begin? For me good design begins with considering function.  It has [...]