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Have you ever removed overgrown plantings and gained back valuable space on a driveway or patio?  Or maybe you cleared a walkway so that two people can now walk side by side instead of single file. These overgrown hardscapes are quite common with 25 year old plantings.  But when this happens on newer landscapes something is seriously [...]

Boxwood happens to be one of the most common plants around, especially if you consider all the varieties there are.  I certainly don’t mean common in a negative sense.  Boxwood and all its varieties often serve as the backbone to many beautiful (and functional) gardens. To Shear or Not To Shear With Boxwood most people [...]

Plant Groupings Resemble Nature If you think about it, most natural settings you see typically show groupings of similar plants. These plants are indigenous to the area (i.e. living and occurring naturally).  This natural phenomenon gives us an excellent example and point of reference for our designed landscapes.  If you’ve ever seen a mass of [...]

You can tell right away this homeowner likes “the formal look”.  I even iron my jeans before visiting this client.  (Obama’s not the only one with front and back creases on his Levis.) I was intrigued with what looked like a “floating lantern”, only to discover it was sitting on a brick pier. The original [...]