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How to Landscape Around Your Pool
Enjoying summer with a backyard pool is certainly a memorable experience. A well designed and landscaped backyard oasis, however, can be magical. Inground pool landscaping offers homeowners the ability to transport themselves to the tropics as well as increase the...
What Plants Help with Drainage
Nobody loves sitting water in the yard. Whether it’s a result of compact/clay subsoil, a sloping landscape, or seasonal rain, poorly drained soil can lead to a muddy aesthetic issue. Or worse: it can create foundation issues within your home. Planting is a smart way...
Things to Think of When Designing Your Backyard
Backyard landscape design offers homeowners the opportunity to create a personal oasis, entertainment space, kids play area, or all three combined. As exciting as it may be to take on a makeover project, there are plenty of factors to weigh before you start digging...
Mulching 101
After investing in beautiful plants and trees across your landscape, it might seem like mulch is the simple final step to capping off your work of art. Mulch is easy to install and makes a big visual difference around any yard. However, mulch does more than simply...
Plants that Grow Well in Ohio
Choosing plants for your landscape requires some analysis and planning. From sunlight and wind exposure to water availability and soil type, there’s plenty to consider. The erratic weather and opposite temperature extremes in Ohio can make this more challenging. But...
Starting to Wind Down 2020
Wow, what a crazy year it has been! After a slow start, we finally got up and running. While everything has run longer than we expected, it’s nice to see fall is actually on schedule for the first time in a while. When I am writing the monthly newsletters, I always...
Plant Profile – Bald Cypress
The Bald Cypress is an interesting tree. While during the growing season it looks like a cone bearing evergreen tree, it is actually a deciduous tree with a beautiful red fall color. It is an incredible hardy tree and adapts to many different soil types. It can...
To Home Show or Not to Home Show?
That is the question! Typically, in November, we like to give you dates for the upcoming show and announce the theme of our garden. But this year is different. COVID has brought so many challenges and changes to our everyday lives, and the Home Show has not gone...
New Software – Time to Upgrade
As we grow and times continue to shift and change, we adapt as well. This year, a part of this for us is implementing new tracking software for our crews. We’ve been working with the new software for a few months now. While it has been a learning process, we are...
Scheduling Challenges
This season has been a challenge since it started. Between our shutdown in March due to Covid 19 and the rain, we are behind on all services. The spring clean ups and mulching are ongoing and we are working our way through the list. Because each week has been so...
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