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Stone steps come in all styles.  Essentially their role is to get you from one level to another. In good landscape design, how stone steps look is as important as how they function.  Frankly, that should be the case of every element in a well-designed landscape. When we speak of the function for steps, it’s [...]

Conduit could be any device or material that allows something else to pass through it.  In landscape contracting we’re most commonly using conduits made of PVC, but poly pipe (polyethylene) can work well too. The rigid, Sch. 40 PVC pipe shown in this picture is most often used for electrical wire -  like  THHN conductor [...]

It’s not unusual that a pathway is needed over ground that is sloped.  You might ask yourself just how steep of a pitch can I make the walk.  You might also be considering steps as part of your solution. Let me first suggest tell you that you need to measure the elevations (vertical heights) in [...]

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 [...]