Surrounds Landscape Architecture
The Beauty of Nature Surrounds You
Perennials are everybody’s garden favorites because they grow fast and produce in many varieties of size, shape, and color. And if you plan your planting beds properly, you can have color all year long in every season. Perennials are easy to grow because they are hardy and fairly self-sufficient. However, they require intense maintenance because …
A garden left on its own can get out of hand quickly. Without regular landscape maintenance that follows a detailed plan of action, your landscape will in time stray far from the original design and run wild in every direction. Looking at that cacophony of a yard one day you might find yourself thinking “how …
If you see that parts of your lawn are rutting and eroding, that your patio or walkways have spots of standing water, or that small streams emerge in your yard every time it rains, you’ve got drainage problems. Besides standing water and damp spots, you may also observe that parts of your garden start to …
If you are thinking about taking the leap and investing in front yard landscaping, you’ll want to consider all the angles to be sure you don’t overlook anything that might make your project fall short of your expectations. It is essential to take an inventory of all the functional and aesthetic characteristics that will form …
Most homes come with basic utility lighting at the front of the house. That basic outdoor lighting plan will usually include an overhead fixture that illuminates the entry porch area. There may also be a few low to the ground path lights and a lamp post at the start of the front walkway. However, if …
Driveway aesthetics are usually an after-thought (if they are thought of at all) in front yard landscaping. A “makeover” of your driveway surface using new materials could significantly enhance the “arrival experience” at your home. And if you are already considering a front yard landscaping project, this would be the ideal time to bring fresh …
