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Let’s take another visit to the lake home and landscape project by East Coast Landscape.  In the last post we traveled down natural stone steps alongside a well-built and engineered waterfeature. We’re now almost to the shoreline and standing on a wide path covered in woodchips.  This path actually travels a roundabout and gradual climb [...]

You’re probably thinking, “Jeez, look at that guy lying down on the job while everybody else is working!”. Actually, what he’s doing is critical to how the belgian block curbing will come out. His job is to “eye-up” the top line of each belgian block and shout directions to the guy with the hammer. The [...]

This was one of those consults you go on where you pretty much know what the problem/challenge is before you even knock on the door. The front of the house was beautifully landscaped and seemed to extend a warm welcome as I approached. But toward the end of the driveway I got another feeling and [...]

The Driveway Entrance It can be a nice touch to come up with an interesting design element for the driveway entrance. This is where folks are first welcomed onto the property. The possibilities might include stone or brick piers, landscape walls, woodworking, plantings and perhaps a decorative driveway apron. Any of these (or a combination [...]