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Today I planted and arranged fall flowers at my house.  While rushing to get that chore done so I could move on to the next, it hit me.  Maybe some of you folks could use some tips on this. How can I work underneath a wide plant and keep my sanity? Right?  It can be [...]

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 [...]

Yes, this could be a “do-it-yourself” job, but somehow I don’t think so.  There is enough larger plant material in this (ahem) design to indicate a landscape company had been involved. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or a member of the trade, there is a fundamental principle of landscape design: complement, don’t compete. Frankly, this [...]

In the last post for this project we saw the sonotube footings beneath the four corners of the concrete slab.  When the decorative stone & brickwork is complete, each footing will secure and support a pavilion column. Within the 12″ wide bluestone border is a row of brick to visually tie-in the surrounding brick patio. [...]