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When you make a large landscaping investment, you need to protect it. You need meticulous landscape maintenance that nurtures the garden environment. Having a certified horticulturist to supervise plant health assures your specimen plants will thrive and that the landscape grows into all it was envisioned to be by the landscape designer. When landscape technicians […]
Is it worth the investment to include a landscape irrigation design in your landscape plan? Yes. Think of irrigation as an insurance policy for your landscape. It will be there when needed to sustain your gardens through a prolonged dry spell. Here in Northern Virginia, our increasingly unpredictable precipitation patterns don’t always cooperate with the […]
Thoughtfully designed outdoor living spaces can feel like a natural extension of your home’s interior living space–with one big difference: your outdoor rooms are “furnished” with the sights, sounds, fragrances, and physical sensations of open-air living. You gain the freedom to revel in all of your senses with no confining walls to constrain your imagination. […]
Landscape Designs Need Expert Care and Maintenance to Succeed Nothing takes your breath away like the sight of a beautifully designed landscape. Landscape design is an art. But there is another art form quietly at work in this splendid scene before you: the art of landscape maintenance. What is the connection between landscape maintenance and landscape […]
How to Fit Landscaping Costs to Your Landscape Dreams So, your grand plans for building the backyard landscape of your dreams have bumped into a stubborn wall of reality? Once you’ve done preliminary research and collected some ideas, the most common challenge homeowners face is how to manage landscaping costs and budgeting. Getting the size of […]
Light Up Your Nights Is landscape lighting worth the investment? It most certainly is. Particularly if you calculate your ROI in sensory delight rather than dollars and cents. A landscape architect will usually discuss an outdoor lighting plan in the final phases of the landscape design process. But it can also be done as a stand-alone […]
Landscape architects use stone retaining walls and other hardscape features to define functional areas and to create connections between them. They may use multi-level patios, steps and walkways, for example, to finesse natural elevation changes on a site. Hardscaping and retaining walls give shape to the landscape overall and enhance its natural beauty. Strictly speaking, a […]
You know that you want to work with a landscape architecture firm. But you aren’t entirely clear about the difference between a design firm and a design-build firm. Which would be right for your project? If you are in the early stages of planning a landscaping project, this question is bound to come up. And […]
Before you begin a landscaping project, there’s an important question you need to ask yourself: Should we hire a landscape architect, or not ? The answer to that question depends on the size of your project. Unless it is fairly simple and limited in scope, you should speak with a landscape architect first. Here’s why […]
Landscape water features such as ponds add an extra dimension of sensory pleasure to your overall backyard experience. But you should be aware that pond maintenance requires an extra level of attention and expertise from your landscape maintenance provider. Routine inspection and cleaning by knowledgeable landscape maintenance technicians is imperative to ensure the proper functioning […]
From a distance, there was nothing exactly wrong with the fifty-year-old steps from the driveway leading up a steep slope to the Franks’ front door. There were lovely plantings (although slightly overgrown) in this small front yard landscape. There was the impressive Zelkova tree that holds a beautiful shape year-round and turns a striking golden […]
Can we afford to install a backyard pool when our space is small and set on a steep slope? Yes. But dealing with the sloped grade can be expensive. So, the trick is to maximize usable space to minimize the cost. The owners of this Vienna, Virginia residence had long wished to make better use […]
Is there a way to find enough space to fit an outdoor kitchen when your yard space is limited? That was the question Chad and Denise Tillbrook were initially trying to answer when they thought about changing up their backyard landscape. There was no room to spare in this shallow Bethesda backyard. Much of the […]
Paul and Ava Linton were very happy in their home. It was the small backyard set against a steep hillside landscape that was the problem. The woods the property backed up to were beautiful, but in front of those woods was a steep uphill slope where the rains came down and not much in the […]
New Ways to Prevent the Spread of Boxwood Blight Since the surprise attack of boxwood blight in our region in 2018, we now have three methods of preventing the spread of this fungal disease. Blight-resistant Cultivars Buxus Health Program Preventive Maintenance European and American growers have been busy developing boxwood cultivars that show greater resistance […]
What does your dream outdoor kitchen look like? For Richard Mann, there was a very specific item that had to fit into his sideyard landscape plan. During travels in Argentina and Uruguay, Richard became fascinated with a style of cooking that is ubiquitous and a part of almost every household: the parrilla grill. A parrilla […]
Combining back and side yard spaces to make the most of a small yard Rob and Kelly Lalumondier’s Loudoun County, Virginia home sits on a small lot close to neighbor’s yards and homes. They love their neighborhood and neighbors, but wanted an outdoor living environment that offered some privacy. In order to claim limited yard […]
Sometimes people think that landscaping a small yard won’t be worth the investment because they see the spatial limitations as an impossible obstacle. They fear they won’t be able to do anything meaningful with a small or oddly shaped lot. In this article, we’re going to present two examples of small yard landscapes that will […]