Tag Archives: curb-belgian block

Don’t Let Your Hardscapes Be Devoured

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Foundation Planting In Narrow Space

Not Every Foundation Needs To Be Hidden This homeowner has taken the past few years to restore this house, first on the inside, then on the outside.  You can see the newer fieldstone foundation where an addition was made.  This is real stone, just like the original foundation, and should darken in color over time [...]

Continue reading...

Belgian Block Curbing – Still Installed The Old Way

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Autumn And Landscape Design

Aren’t the seasons great!? Each have their own special qualities and autumn is no exception. And even though I’m stuck raking leaves from my front door every day for a month, the chore is a small price to pay. The fall colors illuminated by the autumn sun are indescribable. To my friends in the warmer [...]

Continue reading...