LandscapeAdvisor

A Rain Sensor Alone Is Not The Answer I am a nut about irrigation management on my projects for two reasons: 1) It’s just the right thing to do considering water is such a limited resource, and 2) over-watering is probably responsible for 80% of the problems we have on these landscapes. A couple of  [...]

I’d like to share with you a symptom that a standard flowering dogwood was showing.  The tree is about 16′ tall and was transplanted on a project of mine about a year ago. The  time of year was summer and I noticed the leaves were off-color with some of them dropping.  The tree had been [...]

Irrigation is certainly something you plan for in the initial landscape design, but are you really thinking  through the possible scenarios? Seasonal gardens and planters are huge in today’s landscapes and rightfully so.  They allow style and color changes from season to season in an otherwise “fixed” landscape of shrubs and trees.  They let people [...]

What It Is I was asked by irrigation contractor Vinny Catoggio to test a new irrigation technology product on a recent project of mine.  It’s called the Hunter Solar Sync by Hunter Industries. This device is connected to your Hunter sprinkler controller and will automatically adjust the watering based on changes in the weather.  By [...]