The main requirement for growing blueberries is that the soil have a low pH. But how can this be done easily.
Well first we must define pH. pH is a chemistry term that describes a solution (soil) where there is either a greater amount of H+ ions (acid molecules) or OH- (basic molecules). For blueberries we want the soil to have a greater amount of H+ ions (acid molecules). When there are more acid molecules reactions happens that convert elements like iron, potassium and nitrogen into the right formulations and amounts needed by the plant. In fact blue berry bushes are unable to absorb needed iron without a greater concentration of acid molecules. This is often seen in the plants as yellowing of the leaves – which if left uncorrected will lead to the death of the plant.
In order to achieve a higher amount of H+ ions we have to add amendments. The 3 most effective amendments are Sulfuric acid (battery acid), elemental sulfur and aluminum sulfate.
It is possible to use Sulfuric acid – but it is dangerous to handle and if the correct dilution is not used your bushes will die a quick and painful death! It is used by experienced horticulturalists to quickly lower pH around large established bushes.
Elemental sulfur is the cheapest option. Elemental sulfur is acted upon by the bacteria in the soil and produce a safe concentration/dilution of sulfuric acid. This is an easy way to reduce pH when growing blueberries. Elemental sulfur can be applied to established plants but is most effective when added to soil – 1-2 months prior to the planting of blueberries. Add 1-2 lbs of elemental sulfur per plant area. Usually on elemental sulfur packaging recommended amount of sulfur per plant or planting area is stated. Elemental is best for larger planting areas.
Aluminum sulfate works similar to elemental sulfur where soil bacteria act upon the sulfur in aluminum sulfate to produce plant safe sulfuric acid. Aluminum sulfate is more soluble( mixes easily with water in soil) than elemental sulfur. Because aluminum sulfate mixes so easily with water it lowers pH quicker. Aluminum sulfate is most effective for smaller soil solutions (i.e. container planting). Aluminum sulfate packaging will recommend amount of aluminum sulfur to apply according to plant size and planting situation (i.e containers vs. raised bed)
So the easy way to reduce soil pH is to use Elemental sulfur for large planting areas and aluminum sulfate for blueberry container planting. Elemental sulfur is best when applied 1-2 months prior to planting. However both amendments can be used immediately on established plants. Always follow package recommendations. Note: It is also important to add organic items like pine bark and peat moss to soil bed when planting blueberries. These also help with increasing soil acidity.


Spring is almost here and it’s time to start spending some time in the garden to have it looking good for the hot months ahead, so we put together a collection of creative ideas for edges around borders and beds.
by Janice Anderssen
After a cold – and sometimes wet – winter we all look forward to the arrival of Spring. But the warmer weather that heralds in the new season also bring with it much needed rain and drastic growth in the garden. Adding edges to borders, beds and pathways not only allows you to be creative, it’s also a way to make it easier to tame your lawn and keep your beds and borders looking great.
Edging beds and borders gives your garden a finished look, and there are plenty of creative options for what you can use to edge borders and beds, from recycled or salvaged materials to inexpensive landscape ideas. We took a look around for some of the most creative ways to add edging to beds, borders or pathways.
Pebbles are one of the easiest ways to add a contrast between lawn and beds, or down the sides of a pathway. Pebbles also allow for drainage in areas where water tends to collect. If there are other areas in the garden where water tends to pool or flood the garden, create winding river beds using assorted pebbles to improve drainage.
GOOD TO KNOW: To prevent weed growth, place a layer of landscape fabric down before laying the pebbles on top of this.
Reclaimed timber is another excellent material that can be used for edging borders and beds, flat or raised. If you’re thinking about adding timber edging, pop into your local Builders Warehouse for untreated and rough cut pine. If it’s not PAR (planed all round) it’s far cheaper and perfect for using as an edging material for borders and beds.
A variety of rough, untreated pine planks are available in different thickness, width and lengths. Prices range from about R70 upwards for a 50 x 76mm untreated pine of 3.4 metres length.
Timber is a versatile material to use in the garden and you can leave it to age naturally, or apply a timber preservative to stain and protect the wood. You can use timber to build decorative outdoor structures, use it to frame raised beds, or lay timber flat as an edging between lawn and beds or lawn and walkways.
Galvanised steel is an edging material that is becoming increasingly popular with gardeners. Thin strips are laid around the edge of beds and border and then left to age naturally for an unobtrusive way to divide beds and lawn. The most practical way to install steel edging is by using pegs to support the steel along its length.
One advantage of using galvanised steel for edges around beds and borders is that can easily be shaped to fit around circular beds, square or rectangular borders, or for awkward shapes. Another advantage is that sheet metal and galvanised steel is relatively inexpensive.
Galvanised steel edging strips are ideal if you are looking to keep gravel paths and walkways neat and tidy. The defined edge helps to keep gravel where it’s supposed to be.
Rock and stone are wonderful to work with for edging beds and borders, although this can work out expensive if you have a large garden. If you notice any excavation or building work going on in your area it’s always a good idea to keep an eye out to see if you can pick up any dumped materials for use in your garden.
You don’t necessarily have to use rocks or stones of the same size, or even the same type of stone. Mix different varieties up together to edge borders filled with flowers and shrubs and the rocks will help maintain moisture levels in the soil and cut down on weeds.
Bricks continue to be one of the most versatile edging materials for borders, beds and pathways. If you can source a supply for reclaimed bricks, perhaps you know of someone having their paving replaced and can take some bricks off their hands, then using bricks can also be an affordable way to add edging to borders and beds.
Brick edging can be laid in a variety of configurations. Lay bricks in straight lines for a formal garden or where you want hard edges to divide up garden beds and lawn. In this way, bricks can be used to create a neat edge that breaks up the two areas and is easy to mow, since the lawnmower blades run over the top of the bricks.
For a more casual approach when laying bricks, these can be laid in almost any pattern around edges, or stacked upright for a more defined edging material.


The lawn lime calculator helps you in adding lime to your lawn exactly the amount needed as it tells you how much-pelletized lime per acre to raise the pH of the lawn soil.As you may already know that application of lime on the lawn grasses is required for the absorption of the nutrients in your soil and fertilizers that is added.
How much lime to add to soil ?
Generally , you need 20 to 50 pounds (9-23 k.) of ground limestone per 1,000 square feet (93 m²) in a mildly acidic lawn. The lime calculator given below will answer following questions in relation to lime use on your farm land.
- How many times lime applications needed ?
- What is the timing of lime applications?
- What is the quantity of lime needed for lawn per application?
- What is the number of lime bags needed for all applications on your field?
Why lime needed for lawn?
A low soil pH is not good for lawn grass lower pH value because starts inhibiting the availability of nutrients. Lime’s primary role is to alter soil pH and offset soil acidity. So, the first thing to do is a soil test. If the ph level is found low , adding the ground limestone rock which contains calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate enhance the soil’s pH. That results in less acidic and more alkaline soil. Good for the growth of the lawn grass.
How to know if lawn needs lime?
The two most common symptoms of low pH level in your lawn soil are :
- The presence of lawn moss. This signals your soil pH has become too low for strong, healthy grass growth.
- Sudden increases in common lawn weeds, diseases, and insect pests.
Thus adding lime stone to the soil will increase pH level making the soil less acidic.
Video on lime treatment on lawn
I find this youtube video excellent on this topic. So watch it to last
Since Lime increases the soil pH level, if you put too much lime, it can promote high soil alkalinity. This may lead to iron deficiency and increase in calcium contents. Iron deficiency results in giving your lawns yellow, bleach spots on the leaf blades. Further, the excess calcium in the soil blocks the soil’s ability to absorb magnesium.
Although benefits from lime may occur within the first few months after application of lime on your lawn, it usually takes around two to three years for full effect.
Lime pellets vs powdered lime. Which one is better?
Both are good as far as the effect on the lawn is concerned. However, from the ease of doing the job, pelletized lime is preferable, because powdered lime is dusty, challenging to transport, and difficult to accurately apply
If you liked the lime calculator for the lawn that answers your central question “how much lime to add to soil”, we have earlier published a cool-season lawn fertilizer calculator and warm-season lawn fertilizer calculator.


It has been years since our lawn was that dark, rich green you come to expect from lawns in the city, but in those years, our lawn has never been greener. We no longer put chemicals on our lawn, whether it be fertilizers or pesticides. That’s not to say I don’t miss it. I sure wish there was an organic way to remove thistles from our yard, but my conscience will not let me pour those toxins into the place my kids, dogs and chickens spend their time.
Another way to “green” your lawn is to cut back on the amount of water you give it. While people in some areas of our country are struggling to have enough water for basic hygiene and even for watering livestock, it seems to be a horrible crime to pour hundreds of gallons of water on a patch of grass we spend only a small portion of our time in.
When you start to think from a different perspective, having a green lawn can take on a whole new meaning. I would rather contend with a few weeds and a lawn that is not perfectly manicured and sterile looking than pour chemicals and water all over it for the pleasure of seeing it look just like every other house on the block.
What about you? What is the best definition of a green lawn for your home?


Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Fort Greene is listed on the New York State Registry and on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a New York City-designated Historic District. It is located in north west Brooklyn, above Prospect Park. Washington Park, renamed Fort Greene Park in 1897, was established as Brooklyn's first park in 1847 on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) plot around the site of the old Fort. In 1864, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, by now famous for their design of Central Park, were contracted to design the park, and constructed what was described in 1884 as "one of the most central, delightful, and healthful places for recreation that any city can boast." Olmsted and Vaux's elegant design featured flowering chestnut trees along the periphery, open grassy spaces, walking paths, a vine-covered arbor facing a military salute ground, a permanent rostrum for speeches, and two lawns used for croquet and tennis. The park's success prompted the creation of the larger Prospect Park. At the highest point of the park, The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument and vault was erected in 1908 to house the bones of some of the 12,000 Revolutionary soldiers and civilians whose bodies were thrown off British prison ships and later washed ashore. The monument, designed by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White, was the world's largest Doric column at 143 feet (44 m) tall, and housed a bronze urn at its apex. Restoration work is currently under way to restore the monument and will be complete in the fall of 2007.


Chocolate Truffle Lobelia cardinalis
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Licensor: Plants Nouveau
Width: 70 cm
Height: 80 cm
the height of the flowering plants: 100 cm
Blooming months: August - September
Leaf: Dark Chocolate Purple
Exposure: Full sun
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Black Truffle was selected for it’s nearly black foliage and bushy, upright habit. It’s a hummingbird magnet and so much more. The foliage emerges nearly black with an oil-slick looking sheen to it. As the summer months go on and the heat turns up, the foliage turns shiny maroon and stays that way until the cardinal red flowers appear. The foliage lasts from May to a hard frost and will give you months of enjoyment as the hummingbirds and butterflies frequent it often.
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Our tree and shrub programs protect your landscape from a wide variety of problems. Each treatment works like diet and exercise; the more consistent you are the healthier your plants become. Just a few applications per year can dramatically improve the health and beauty of your landscape. We have several programs to choose from.
If you do nothing else for your trees and shrubs, you should fertilize them! Chemlink's deep root treatments deliver a custom blend of iron rich fertilizer directly to the root zone of your plants. For more serious cases of iron chlorosis we will bypass the root system completely and inject nutrients directly into the trunk. We Choose Chemlink, we will bring the tools and the expertise to give your trees and shrubs exactly what they need.


COURSE: 18 holes
Welcome to Cape Fear National, one of Wilmington's most celebrated golf courses and the centerpiece of the Brunswick Forest Community. Cape Fear National golf Club is an award-winning championship course with 18 holes of premium public access golf in a setting of unmatched natural beauty. Brunswick Forest residents enjoy this outstanding course right tin their community.
Uniquely Designed, Cape Fear National Golf club, renowned golf course architect, Tim Cate has designed a playing field as dramatic as the landscape itself. His signature feature – prominent bunkers that run the entire length of the hole-can be experienced on holes 5, 13, and 16. The course winds through heavily undulating land and features several bridges through wetlands, three waterfalls, and beach bunkers, all flanked by native Southeastern North Carolina grasses and wildflowers.
Our course conditions and commitment to service are unmatched outside of private country clubs – allowing you to enjoy golf as it should be.


Homeowners Should Have The Right Lawn Maintenance Services For Gardens
There are several people who think that investing money on lawns and gardens is something that is just right. The reason why there are people think that lawn care services in areas like Jonesville are needed is because of the fact that shrubs, weeds and other elements can grow and obstruct the beauty of these gardens.
It has been said that these lawn care services in areas like Jonesville are among the widely demanded services in town. You might have perhaps passed through homes that have magnificent gardens in their midst. If you are grown something great, then you can never underestimate the efforts of lawn and garden care service companies. It is just right that you consider the time that you want to spend for these lawns. When it comes to the services of the lawn and garden care service companies, it is right that you can always take it as a factor to consider how larger homes and smaller homes, with the sizes of their lawns, can always affect the time that these services are going to be provided. When you have larger lawns, then you need to have more people from these services.
These lawns and gardens will have to depend on the effort that these professional companies can always provide. The best of lawn and garden maintenance services will involve several aspects about planning and taking the effort moving forward. One of the main things that these lawn and garden maintenance services perform is actually making sure that the plants are protected. In other words, the best of these lawn and garden maintenance services is needed when you are building lawns and having the best ways about remodeling them. Ensuring that the soil is in the right condition is one task that these services will do. When these are not so, these people will make sure for the record that they will always have the best lawn and garden maintenance services for these soils and support everything that the plants need. These lawn and garden maintenance services should have the expert professionals who should have the right skills and knowledge to work depending on certain factors and then ensure that plants are going to live longer as these homeowners need them to be. These are the instances when these lawn and garden maintenance services can offer the assistance needed for great looking lawns.
Gardens and lawns should be kept free from pests, molds and other insects that are nuisance to the landscape. These lawn and garden maintenance services should consider the structure of the gardens and how these are approximate to the house interiors for the most part. These are the basics about maintaining lawns.How I Became An Expert on Options


Join us for memorial park arbor day!
Memorial Park Arbor Day
Saturday, January 20th, 2018
is the largest volunteer event of the year at Memorial Park!
Join Memorial Park Conservancy, Trees for Houston, and Houston Parks and Recreation Department in planting hundreds of native trees along the Park's edge.
Volunteers can sign up
and must review the
prior to signing up. Registration begins at 8:30, and we will be finished by 12 pm.
Date: Saturday, January 20
Location: 6799 Haskell Street, Houston, 77007
9:00AM - 12:00 PM
Registration opens at 8:30A
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Blasted Granite Boulders
Angular boulders that seem to have tumbled off the craggy peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Blasted Granite is a striking boulder that will make a powerful statement in most any applicationSize: 1.0' - 5.0'
Color: Gray and White
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Even more good reasons for planting trees!
The tree - our superhero!
Science agrees: trees are an effective and sustainable tool in the fight against climate change. Why? Trees absorb CO2 and give off oxygen at the same time. And by the way, the tree provides a habitat for animals and ensures healthy soil.
Here are 11 things trees do for us:
TREES WORK AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Excess carbon dioxide (CO2) builds up in our atmosphere and contributes to climate change. Trees absorb, remove, and store carbon while releasing oxygen into the air. In one year, one hectare of old trees absorbs 42,000 kilometers of driving!
TREES ARE WATER SAVERS
Shade from trees slows water evaporation from thirsty lawns. Newly planted trees require only 15 gallons of water per week. When trees transpire, they also increase the humidity.
TREES PROVIDE GOOD AIR
Goodbye smog and fine dust! Trees absorb odors and harmful gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone) and filter particles from the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.
TREES COOL OUR HOME
Air conditioning? Nope - trees! If trees are planted strategically around a house, they can reduce the climate requirement in summer by up to 50 percent. By lowering the energy required to cool our homes, we are reducing carbon dioxide and other pollutant emissions from power plants.
TREES PROVIDE OXYGEN
In one year, one hectare of old trees can provide enough oxygen for 18 people. So: just take a deep breath and thank the tree next door!
TREES IMPROVE LOOK AND ACOUSTICS
So nice and green here! Trees can obscure concrete walls or parking lots and unsightly views. They muffle noise from nearby roads and highways and create a calming green canopy of leaves. Trees absorb dust and wind and reduce glare.
Hugged a tree today? Studies have shown that patients looking at trees out of the window heal faster and with fewer complications. Children with ADHD show fewer symptoms when they have access to nature. Exposure to trees and nature promotes concentration by reducing mental fatigue.
TREES AVOID WATER POLLUTION
Trees reduce runoff by breaking the rain, allowing water to flow down the trunk and into the soil under the tree. This prevents rainwater from carrying pollutants into the ocean. When mulching, trees act like a sponge, naturally filtering this water and using it to replenish groundwater supplies.
TREES ARE AN ECONOMIC FACTOR
Fruit harvested from community orchards can be sold, which generates income. Small business opportunities in green waste management and landscaping arise when cities appreciate mulching and its water-saving properties. Vocational training for young people interested in green professions is also an excellent way to develop economic opportunities from trees.
TREES ARE TEACHERS AND FRIENDS
Whether as an adventure playground for children or as creative and spiritual inspiration for adults - trees have created a retreat for people over the centuries.
TREES PRESERVE THE DIVERSITY
Sycamore maple and oak are among the many urban species that make great homes for birds, bees, possums, and squirrels.
... So it's obvious: we need more trees! And you can support us in this. Make your contribution against climate change now and plant trees with our help. Be Green - You are just one click away:
All that remains for us to say is: THANK YOU DEAR TREE!


Coolashade are the leading Shade Sail Company in Spain for the manufacture and installation of Cooling Garden Sun Shade Sails for Sun Protection in Spain
Coolashade are the Shade Sail Company known for their Quality Garden Sun Sail Shades in Spain, UK and Europe.
Coolashade Shade Sails provide UV protection from the hot Spanish sun and when designed correctly will look great in all outdoor areas. Shade Sails are versatile garden sun sails that provide a safe, stylish and cost effective solution for shading large or small areas in Spain, ideal for shading your patio, Terrace or pool area.
Coolashade have been Shading Spain for many years and have hundreds of satisfied customers.
A Coolashade Shade Sail is made with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) that blocks the heat from the sun and provides protection from harmful UV rays. Shade sail fabric allows air to pass through stopping the build up of hot air underneath. This enables you to enjoy a cool shady area, rather than feeling extra heat radiating from vinyl or plastic shades that heat up in the sun. To see a diagram of how this works please click here.
A Coolashade Sail Shade is ideal for:
- Shading for your home, school play area or social zone.
- Creating a sun protected Carport shade area for your Car or Bike.
- Use as a garden sun sail for Patio shade, garden shade or terrace awning.
- Shade to protect children’s play areas, sandpits or paddling pools.
- Sun shade protection for Swimming Pools, Hot Tubs and leisure activities.
- Shade for your BBQ, outdoor kitchen and eating areas.
- Shading for Restaurants, Bars and public spaces.
- Sun shades for Parks, open spaces and animal enclosures.
For your home in Spain Shade Sails can make an attractive addition to any deck or patio.Not only do they keep the hot Spanish sun off those areas you want to enjoy but garden sun sails also cut down the heat, provide privacy and protect family and friends from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Key Benefits of a Coolashade Garden Sun Sail:
- The powerful UV Protection of Shade Sails protects humans, pets and your possessions from harmful UV rays.
- A Sail Shades special design allows air to pass through to stop heat build up underneath.
- Sail Shades will add value to your property, they can highlight feature areas such as Swimming Pools, Hot Tubs, Dining areas and Solarium’s.
- Shade sails can be manufactured to suit any size or shape.
- Shade sails are colour fast, fray and tear resistant, resistant to mould and mildew and treated with UV stabilisers to give a long life.
- Sail shades are cost effective and practically maintenance free.
- Garden Sun Sails are specifically designed for areas subject to high winds – Coolashade Shade Sails will not flap in the wind.
- Shade Sails can be installed in areas impractical for steel framed structures.
- Professional installation by Coolashade, the leading Shade Sail Company in Spain.


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Our proposal for a new retirement community in the Hertfordshire town of Harpenden sits on the threshold between the historic edge of the centre and the celebrated open space of Rothamsted Park to the south.
The scheme provides 38 contemporary apartments for retired residents plus shared and community facilities which encourage inter-generational interaction and helps embed the development in the local community with a new shared restaurant facing the park and the removal of boundaries between the landscaped gardens and the public realm.
The proposals consist of three buildings in a landscape setting in response to the mature landscape of the Park. The form of the buildings is inspired by the rich character of the Arts & Crafts buildings within the town and by sensitively stitching the Park and Town settings together, both conditions are enhanced. A landscape feature, in the form of a heavily planted colonnade is added to integrate the buildings with the landscape and introduce a civic quality befitting the community facilities behind.
The proposals aim to create a safe and socially inclusive environment, and by offering high quality and generous apartments, specifically designed for retirement living, we can provide a more sustainable alternative to the under-occupation of large family homes on the periphery of town.
The scheme is now on site with completion due in early 2018.


Formboss also creates custom rings made to size Creating a definitive yet unobtrusive border between lawn, beds, pathways and driveways. It’s also a great way to keep gardening materials like mulch or gravel from spreading around the edges of your yard and inhibiting grass growth.
What is the longest lasting edging?
Unlike wood and plastic, metal edging is incredibly durable and will last longer. Plus, it’s a great way to give your landscaping project a sleek and unified look.
Easy to Install
The first step to installing metal edging is digging a trench in which to bury the edging pieces. If the soil is soft, you can use a wood block to pound it to the desired depth.
Make sure your trench is narrow (no more than 10cm wide) and face the lawn so you can describe the line you need. Then, carefully set your edging pieces in place with at least half of them below ground for maximum stability and strength.
For added support, join three to four shaped pieces together using the smart connectors provided. Clamp the connectors in place before inserting a screw at the bottom of each. Back fill the area around the screw and tap down the edging to make your final height adjustments.
Once your edging is in place, it’s a good idea to check for any areas where the metal sticks out from the ground. If there are any that are not stable, simply scrape away some of the softer soil and replace it with the same amount of firmer soil. This will ensure that your edging stays stable and is not liable to fall out of place or flex when the ground is wet.


If you are in the market for plants, it might be helpful to know what types of plants are available in nurseries. Besides plants that you can grow yourself, you can also purchase a variety of plants from a retail or wholesale nursery. The types of Plant Nurseries in Lafayette Louisiana that you may come across will vary from the long-term ones, to the temporary, to the wholesale, and even to the ones that have Native plants.
Wholesale nurseries of plants produce a wide range of plants that are used in landscaping. These include evergreen conifers, reforestation seedlings, and ornamental grasses. They may also offer trees, shrubs, and perennial vegetables.
In addition to growing plants, wholesale nurseries of plants can also offer advice and tips. Their horticulturists can answer questions about soil, fertilizer, and pest and disease control.
One of the best reasons to shop for wholesale plants is that they can be found for less than retail prices. Many wholesalers offer plants that are drought tolerant, low maintenance, and grow in wetlands or other areas that conserve water.
A temporary plant nursery is a business that provides a particular kind of stock to a person for a short period. The term can refer to an individual nursery or a company that supplies a large number of plants to a customer.
It can also mean a plant that has been planted in a temporary container. In many cases, these are used for transplanted crops such as vegetables.
Nurseries are typically located in urban areas. They sell plants to consumers and also provide saplings to farmers and forestry. They offer a variety of plants including decorative trees and ornamental flowers.
Long term nurseries for plants are a way for gardeners to have access to a large number of different kinds of plants at a low cost. These nurseries are usually located in areas that are close to water, soil, and other necessities.
Nurseries have become increasingly popular as people seek to grow their own food in their backyards. Some of these vegetables are annual or seasonal crops, while others are perennial.
Plants are generally grown from seeds or cuttings. They are often grown in temporary containers, but sometimes they are grown in greenhouses or shade nets.
A good nursery will have many different varieties of plants and shrubs to choose from. Many of these plants are ornamental and can be used in the landscape or home.
Native plants being grown for bioengineering purposes
There are many reasons to celebrate native plants. The most obvious is the fact that they do their best work in a natural setting. Similarly, many of them have a symbiotic relationship with other species, providing essential foods and a shelter. In short, they are the lifeblood of the local ecosystem. It’s no wonder that a number of tribes have taken up the cause.
A good place to start is a visit to a local plant nursery. These companies are a gold mine of information. They have a lot of experience in growing and marketing a variety of plants and they will tell you about the plants that matter to you.
Retail nurseries and garden centers
Retail nurseries and garden centers sell a wide range of products. These include plants, edibles, accessories, and supplies. They may also offer decorative containers.
The industry’s growth in the 1980s was tremendous. During this time, more people became interested in gardening. In addition, landscaping became a low-cost way to boost the value of a property.
A large number of single-unit establishments were formed by individuals, who often cultivated their own seeds. Many of these stores sold hard-to-find products.
In the 1990s, the retail nursery industry expanded with the advent of new products and services. It began to carry less seeds and more bedding plants.
Vegetable nurseries are growing in demand across the country. These are the facilities where young vegetable seedlings are raised and grown before being transplanted into the fields. Some vegetables need special care during the early growth period. They need to be grown under a controlled environment so that the quality of the plants is not hampered.
Successful vegetable nurseries are offering a variety of young plants, and selling them in bulk. For this purpose, it is important to know about soil type, electricity, packing, shipping, and more.
The first step to setting up a vegetable nursery is choosing a suitable site. It should be near a water source and away from factories. The location should also be free from soil-borne pests.


Home decorating doesn’t need to get complicated. You don’t necessarily have to build your house in the style that’s prominent in your region. Developing a contemporary, contemporary home is a desire of several people because the style is so common.
Your house will be sleek and contemporary. Shutter styles A house can be transformed by means of stylish and versatile home shutters that suits the whole decor and building of the property. When you’re building a new house, you’ve got many distinct options to select from.
Every room should be decorated with passion and fashion. Else the room will appear cluttered and lose the effect you’re attempting to create. If you would like to gather a casual style space, learn the fundamental elements that combine to make an informal, unassuming room.
The plan is kept minimal and not too flashy. Design clearly, you also should take the plan into consideration. Luckily, there are lots of distinct designs and styles out there to suit the requirements of just about everyone.
Modern-day designs may make the most of some roll-in, pull-out functionality to conserve a little bit of space. The plan calls for a symmetrical landscape that has geometric shapes, therefore it tends to have a more formal appearance. Deciding upon a landscape design for your front yard is no simple job.


If you want to have a beautiful garden, you should avoid common mistakes that most people commit to planning and making their garden. Nobody wants a messed up garden and all their efforts and investments will be put to waste. Here are some of the mistakes people often do in designing their garden.
Not hiring professionals for the job
If you wanted your big area to be transformed into your dreamed space, consult a professional. Landscape gardeners Canberra is not an easy job, especially if you wanted to have the best result. Asking help with the professional will save you money and effort, plus he/she will help you make use of your area efficiently.
Forgetting to set a budget
Setting a budget is important. It will help you handle the expenses in the right way. It will avoid overspending and it’ll make sure that the money will be spent on their respective uses. You should also be aware and prepared that designing your garden will be more costly than any other part of the house.
Forgetting to consider the plants you will use
It is better that you know very well the plants you’ll be using in your garden. You should know if the plant’s full grown height will be perfect for the whole landscape design. Know the right species of plants and take into consideration the weather condition in your area too. One single plant can ruin the overall look of your garden.
In relation to the previous mistake given, overcrowding is also a most common mistake. If you want to put so many species of plants in a very limited space is not a good idea. It will only result in a messy, overcrowded garden. It is also not healthy for the plants since the nutrients from the soil will not be sufficient for the number of plants, resulting in dull-looking and unhealthy plants.
Forgetting the functionalities
It is important that you also take into consideration the functions of your garden. Will it be for plantations alone or can also be a place for outdoor activities. The garden’s design should not focus on the “looks” alone, but its usage too.
The plant’s proper placement is also important. Placing the plants or trees too close to pools, patios, or decks will not only ruin the design of your garden but it can also threaten its structure. It is best to place the right plant in the right area. These are just some of the most common mistakes that people make in making and planning designs in their garden. It is better to avoid these things to have a beautiful and functional garden.


Dylan Lewis Studio & Sculpture Garden
Eight years in the making, the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden is a place of expansive vistas, scents and the sounds of nature, with tranquil groves, hidden paths and lush indigenous vegetation. The project began serendipitously in 2009 when Lewis hired an excavator on a whim and began shaping the contours of what would become the seven-hectare sculpture garden. Today, the artist continues to explore themes integral to his work in this serene landscape on the slopes of the Stellenbosch Mountain looking out over vineyards towards the ocean. Here, the notion of the untamed wilderness within the human psyche is expressed both in the sculptures and their positioning in the landscape.


More than 1600 trees and shrubs
Human intervention in the Villa Manin park has always aimed at modifying, reconstructing and shaping the landscape. Over the centuries, illustrious projects have been followed, different styles have been applied, and temporary fashions have been superimposed in this space in an apparent temporary artificial order or disorder.
In the almost eighteen hectares of the park, more than 1600 trees and shrubs belonging to about one hundred different botanical species have been counted and geolocated; some specimens of considerable size and age, heirs to previous arrangements, are silent witnesses to the passage of time; this and other considerations make this enclosed space a “unicum” hidden in the middle of the mid-Friuli plain.
Today, in the light of renewed public awareness and attention to the environment, the public park of the Villa Manin allows visitors to satisfy their botanical and environmental curiosity or simply to move around in a large area equipped with information signs and to take a break on one of the 30 benches distributed in the most evocative places. Visitors can also accompany younger visitors to a quiet area equipped with games for children under the age of twelve.
The increased attention to the environment has led the Administration in recent years to implement maintenance and care activities that take into account the environmental impact of the interventions.
For example, closed-loop management of the biomass produced in the park is being practised, with the shredding and redistribution on site of branches and foliage resulting from periodic selective pruning.
Haymaking has been practised for years in the large central meadow (which stretches from south to north along almost the entire length of the park, covering an area of almost three hectares). This technique, now abandoned in the Friulian countryside, safeguards the reproduction of the autochthonous herbaceous essences.
Following the seasonal vegetative cycle of perennial grasses, the first annual mowing is carried out between the months of June and July. Once the grasses have reached optimum growth and maturity, they are mown followed by drying on site and the hay produced is removed.
This technique allows the mature seeds to be sprinkled, thus promoting the regeneration and maintenance of the grasses, and has the ‘side effect’ of maintaining and encouraging the proliferation of narcissus plants (bulbs) (a plant of the Amaryllidaceae family). In July the narcissus bulb has completed its annual growth cycle and is already at rest, ready to flower again the following spring.


ABOUT LOT 3 LANDSCAPING
The Story Behind Our Landscaping Service
Ready to create a beautiful outdoor space?
Then Lot 3 Landscaping is your go to choice for all of your hardscaping needs!
Owner and Professional Landscaper, Geoff Geraty brings over 15 years of experience to creating beautiful outdoor spaces, in the Nelson and Kootenay Lake area.
Specializing in hardscaping, our goal is to transform your property into a relaxing, welcoming & beautiful outdoor space, while adding value to your property.
Create unique beautiful outdoor spaces while managing erosion and water management issues
Provide QUALITY work and superb craftsmanship
Value GREAT COMUNICATION with all of our clients and customers
Ensure CLEAN & TIDY job sites
Commit to HITTING OUR TARGETS and deadlines in a timely manner
PRESERVE and protect the environment with minimal use of machines
This west Aussie native has been professionally landscaping in the Nelson, BC area for over 15 years. Bringing a wealth of knowledge in quality base prep, hardscaping, water mitigation and more, his commitment to creating quality beautiful outdoor spaces and great communication is appreciated by clients across the area.
When he's not landscaping you'll find him hiking in the outdoor Kootenay Landscapes where he draws inspiration for creating your outdoor space, or fishing the Baja in the off season!


Driven by the pursuit of perfection and extreme attention to detail, Uniworks Pvt. Ltd has built a versatile team of architects, builders, interior designers, project managers, site supervisors, artists and administrators. We have interdisciplinary, highly creative and dedicated teams who believe in creating successful and impressive spaces.
Ours is a close-knit organization with a composite team of engineers, designers, landscaping experts, skilled workforce and thinkers working within the field of architecture, project management, interior design, landscape design, product design, AI-based construction management. Our team is a mix of extraordinary talent, creative minds and the best of everything in between — who collectively work together to create spaces, that are edgy, functional and ‘timeless’ as the exceptionality of each of its clients.


Modern concrete patios are trendy right now, and they’re definitely the way to go. Gone are the days of drab, gray concrete slabs that you’d likely see in your local neighborhood or even your driveway! Today s truly fashionable and modern concrete patios are exactly what they were meant to be, not just when you’ve got an incredible selection of entertaining ways to incorporate excitement into your patio decor. With this wide-range selection, you’re sure to find a great concrete patio to fit your personal style!
First, let’s start with the basics: color. Concrete patios can be made in various colors, from bright and vibrant reds and greens to natural earth tones like browns and beiges. If you’re not interested in painting your concrete patios, there are a few options available. You can still go with a color that compliments your home and landscaping, but for those who want an easy, non-painting option. The professionals can also stain concrete patios to achieve the look of a different material, say brick or stone. This is the best way to go if you already have a stone or brick exterior surface because the stain will blend nicely and won’t look so odd against these other surfaces.
The next step up in modernity is a wooden deck. Nothing beats the look of wood against the backdrop of the concrete patios and the accompanying landscaping. However, wooden decks can also be problematic. They can be too smooth and slippery for comfortable walking. And since most wood is porous and loses moisture quickly when it warms up outdoors, it can be breeding grounds for harmful mold and mildew.
The next big modernization in the world of concrete patios is the installation of seamless paving. Seamless paving is nothing more than a large, seamless slab of concrete and stone laid directly on top of the soil or concrete patio. It doesn’t matter what kind of surface you have because you can have tiles, pavers, laminates, or all of the above. With the installation of seamless paving, you get a durable and attractive patio surface with no upkeep and no concern for staining or peeling.
There are several design options available for concrete patios as well, but there are some that stand out and deserve special mention. For example, stamped concrete patios have beautiful decorative designs etched right into the surface. These are often done in classic shapes like squares, ovals, or rectangles and then finished with a textured, stamped pattern. Other designs include a stamped steel, stamped metal, and even stamped granite.
A popular patio concept that is starting to take off is the use of pavers. Pavers are imprinted with a pattern made of colored bricks that merge to create a stunning look. These patios have a unique appearance and can really set your patio apart from the others in your neighborhood. Pavers are relatively easy to install and can be finished in a wide variety of colors, allowing you to create a one-of-a-kind paving surface.
There are also a few other basic steps you’ll need to take when installing concrete patios. Since it’s an infill, you’ll need to line the bottom of the patio with gravel or some soft, absorbent material. Once this is in place, you will want to put down a layer of crushed stone, crushed sand, or rebar. This will help ensure your new surface’s integrity and give it the ability to stay in place and not move. To seal the surfaces, you’ll want to use a sealer designed specifically for concrete.
Concrete patios are highly durable, and they are the answer for anyone looking for an attractive, durable, and convenient way to create their own outdoor living space. Of course, this type of surface can also be used in commercial settings, especially if you’re going to have a commercial building with a lot of traffic going through. When you’re shopping for concrete contractors, ask about their durability as a concrete product and the kinds of applications they tend to use. If you live in a temperate climate with a lot of snow and ice, you can choose a more advanced application of concrete to keep it from getting damaged. Concrete contractors can also give you advice on how to make your patio even more attractive and durable.


Lexington Town Center is a vibrant public place with a significant amount of commercial retail and institutional land use, as well as numerous national historic landmarks. Lexington Center was one of the first town centers to undergo a high level of pedestrian friendly streetscape treatment over 50 years ago. Through a very competitive qualification-based process, BETA was selected to undertake the comprehensive placemaking upgrade of the Center, as well as enhancements to the historic Battle Green.
BETA’s in-house Landscape Architects and Traffic Engineers collaborated together and partnered with the Town’s steering committee to develop an integrated plan of improvements that respects the history of the area, enhances the pedestrian experience, and addresses ADA compliance, while meeting the transportation and commercial needs of the area. Given the mix of vehicles, tour buses, transit buses, cyclists and pedestrians, BETA utilized VISSIM (a highly sophisticated micro simulation model) to assess alternatives. Additionally, the project required an extensive community outreach process.


These 18th – 19th century tombstones are to be found in the back garden of small wooden churches in Transylvania. The grass grows wild. It gradually covers the tombstones, which are now perfectly integrated in the natural landscape.
These church gardens are usually full of flowers, some of them cultivated but most of them wild. You cannot really tell where the cultivated part fades into wilderness. Some other gardens are full of fruit trees. Older trees, with long roots reaching out into the tombs and deeper still. And more recent ones, whose growth over time has pushed them closer and closer to the tombstones. Fallen fruits mingle with wild flowers in this place for the dead and the living.


An open-access article published in Nature Communication 13:518 by Cuthbert et al. (2022) entitled “Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening” discusses that urban greening can potentially help mitigate heat-related mortality and flooding facing the >4 billion urban population worldwide. However, the geographical variation of the relative combined hydrological and thermal performance benefits of such interventions are unknown. Cuthbert et al. (2022) quantify globally, using a hydrological model, how climate-driven trade-offs exist between hydrological retention and cooling potential of urban greening such as green roofs and parks. Using a Budyko framework, they show that water retention generally increases with aridity in water-limited environments, while cooling potential favors energy-limited climates. Their models suggest that common urban greening strategies cannot yield high performance simultaneously for addressing both urban heat-island and urban flooding problems in most cities globally. Irrigation, if sustainable, may enhance cooling while maintaining retention performance in more arid locations. Increased precipitation variability with climate change may reduce performance of thinner green-infrastructure more quickly compared to greened areas with thicker soils and root systems. Their results provide a conceptual framework and first-order quantitative guide for urban development, renewal and policymaking.
“Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening” in Nature Communications (2022).
Feb 20, 2022 | Water-related News


Artificial Grass Cleaning in UK are essential to maintain the vibrancy and longevity of synthetic lawns. From debris removal to preventive treatments against weeds and moss, professional cleaning ensures your artificial lawn stays hygienic and visually appealing.
Artificial Grass Cleaning in UK offers a low-maintenance alternative to natural lawns, but regular cleaning is crucial to avoid issues like weed growth and a flat appearance. This guide provides essential tips for artificial grass cleaning in the UK, ensuring your synthetic turf remains vibrant and healthy.
While artificial grass requires less maintenance than natural grass, neglect can lead to issues like weed growth and moss. Regular cleaning prevents these problems, keeping your lawn looking its best.
Select products safe for artificial grass, avoiding harsh chemicals that can damage fibers or harm pets. Opt for brushes with synthetic bristles to prevent turf tearing.
Professional cleaning services offer a convenient solution for extensive or heavily used artificial lawns. They have the expertise and equipment to deep clean and restore your artificial grass effectively.
Maintaining your artificial grass in the UK is straightforward with regular cleaning and maintenance. By following this guide, you can ensure your synthetic lawn remains a lush, inviting space for years to come. Whether you choose to DIY or hire professionals, the key to a beautiful artificial lawn lies in consistent care and attention.
Choosing artificial grass cleaning services in the UK is a wise decision for homeowners and businesses seeking to maintain their synthetic lawns in top condition. Here’s why opting for professional artificial grass cleaning is beneficial:
Choosing our professional artificial grass cleaners in the UK guarantees a pristine, healthy, and long-lasting synthetic lawn, allowing you to enjoy a beautiful green space without the hassle of regular maintenance.


We design, construct and ship a wide variety of custom outdoor pergolas and arbors. Our facilities allow us to produce a large variety of products from pergola kits, to arched products, like our famous custom laminated arched pergola.
All of our custom pergola and arbor products come with a full, well-detailed instruction manual for construction of your kit. A generous, industry leading, 5-year limited warranty on any defective workmanship. Free technical support, and free-shipping of damaged or missing parts for replacement.
The Post & Beam Arched Pergola is a perfect addition to your yard where you would like a large pergola, but want fewer vertical posts.
Allows for large free-spans, with minimal view obstruction, allowing our pergolas to create an intimate and inviting space for dinners & relaxation.
Sizing and style are completely customizable to your patio, deck or platform so you can enjoy a custom build to your exact specifications.
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Green Street Landscaping is planted in Rodney, Ontario. The business first sprouted in 1987 when owner Wayne McMillan became a student at the University of Guelph. Wayne has grown Green Street Landscaping from the ground up into a successful company. Children, Josh and Hayley have also decided to stretch their roots into the family business and are now Horticultural Technicians and completed the Red Seal examines, and of course learning from the expertise of their father. We have 4 quailified Horticultural Technicians on staff at Green Street Landscaping and can create a back or front yard oasis that makes outdoor living spectacular!
Green Street offers everything from stone work, interlock paving, decks, fencing, ponds and water features. Then they beautify each project with trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. They pave the way with a fleet of equipment which includes nine trucks, a skid steer, Bobcat, post hole auger, tractors, and all the power equipment to form the makings of a great landscape package.


Add a creative touch to your space with our industry-leading Aluminium Pergolas. Ideal to maintain a sense of openness while creating a transitional area, privacy or shade. Our Aluminium Pergolas will create a visually pleasing focal point to your space or building.
We custom design each Aluminium Pergola to your requirements to suit your property and outdoor lifestyle.
The Aluminium Pergolas can be fixed to a wall or freestanding, depending on your design needs. Various powder coating colours are available to choose from.
With the high level of customization offered, we can satisfy every request, as far as the space organisation and architectural requirements are considered.


Assembled in minutes and built to last! Build an impressive victory garden with the Green Powder Coated Metal Raised Garden Bed Planter Made In USA 24″ W x 48″ L x 10″ H. This sturdy planter allows you to easily build and yield a successful garden without tools. The sidewalls slide into the corner piece and simply lock into place using a keyhole locking mechanism. This garden bed is made out of pre-galvanized powder-coated steel making it rust resistant and allowing it to last. Set the open bottomed frame on any level outdoor space, Add soil, plants, seeds, and begin growing the garden of your dreams!
- Holds 7 cubic feet of soil
- Open bottom garden bed
- Made from pre-galvanized powder-coated steel
- No tools required
- Assembles with keyhole locking mechanism
- Rust resistant
- Dimensions: 48 inches L x 24 inches W x 10 inches H
- Weight: 32 lbs
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Tarmac is a type of road surface. It is often used in highways and airport runways, but can also be used in driveways and playgrounds. It is made of a mixture of tar, crushed stone, sand, and gravel or concrete.
There is reliable tarmac in Glasgow companies which provides extremely durable surfacing material. It can withstand many heavy vehicles and is highly resistant to ice & snow.
Tarmac is a popular surface material used on roads and driveways. It is a smooth surface and can be installed with borders of coloured block paving to give it an extra dimension of colour.
It is a durable and strong surfacing choice and is resistant to heavy vehicles & foot traffic. It is also good at deterring ice & snow build up in cold weather conditions.
Originally patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901 it has become a common surfacing material for driveways and other outdoor surfaces around the world. It is very resilient to a high amount of foot traffic and will last for years with very little maintenance.
To create a tarmac driveway, the ground will first be packed with subsoil. Then, a layer of gravel is added to the top of the ground before the base layer of tarmac is laid.
After this, a heavy roller is used to compact the layers of tarmac and make sure that there are no pockets or gaps where the surface could become compromised when in use.
This black, smooth, hard-wearing material is suitable for all types of driveways. It’s easy to lay and can be edged with concrete, kerb stones or decorative aggregates for an even more attractive finish.
Tarmac is a popular surface for playgrounds, it is strong, hard wearing and easy to clean. It is also resistant to heavy footfall and can handle pretty much anything thrown at it – from football, chalk drawings to messy play times spent exploring.
It is also easy to maintain and weed free and it can be edged for a more finished look. It is also highly resistant to cold, frost and rain – meaning that it is suitable for playgrounds in all weather conditions.
Car Parking Surfaces
Tarmac, sometimes referred to as tarmacadam or tarmacadam, is an extremely resilient and weather resistant surface material that can be used on roads and driveways around the UK. It is made up of crushed stone coated with tar and is highly popular for use as a surfacing option due to its durability, long lasting looks and low maintenance requirements.
Tarmac is also a great choice for playground surfaces, able to withstand heavy footfall, chalk drawing and messy play times. It is also very resistant to hot sun, ice and snow. It can easily be recycled which is a great environmentally friendly choice for schools.


Richardson’s Greenhouse & Landscaping can take care of any and all of your landscaping needs. Whether it be freshening up the beds around your home or completing a total landscape renovation, we are eager to help. We will work with you to create a landscape that will fit your needs and desires.
Some of the services we provide are landscape consultation, design, edging, mulching, trimming, annual/perennial installation, tree planting, patio/walkway installation, retaining walls, water gardens, and new lawns (sod or seed).
Being a small business, we take pride in our customer service. We are big enough to serve, but small enough to care!


Interference investigates how humans impact the environment, exposing the intersections between humans and nature as their borders become visible on small and large scales. The images reveal borders where natural and built landscapes overlap, the shift from fractal to geometric, blurring the line between the natural and unnatural.
The photographs, depicting among others the largest ski resort in the United States, the largest furniture retailer, as well as agricultural and suburban expansion, show how recreational activities, mass production and urban sprawl affect our surrounding natural landscape. The prevalence of globalized consumerism even in a rural landscape, while oftentimes seemingly unobtrusive, takes over the preexisting environment. Only when viewed from this distant perspective does the human impact on the natural landscape become strikingly apparent.


2nd Avenue Parklet + Street Trees
This 2nd Avenue Parklet brings new life to the most historic block of Niwot's shopping district by adding a touch of greenery and a cozy patio for the community to enjoy.
For much of the recent past, the block has lacked the tree canopies of surrounding blocks. Installed in 2015, our parklet features trees that line the Northeast sidewalk, providing shade and a natural aesthetic. The patio just outside the coffee shop is the perfect spot to relax and enjoy a cup of coffee while surrounded by the beauty of nature.
We are dedicated to creating great spaces for our clients and communities. This parklet is a prime example of our commitment to enhancing the community's quality of life through design.


Shijingshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
Beijing, China 2017
Project location: Shijingshan, Beijing
Building area: total construction area of 105,000 square meters
Project phase: bidding
Number of beds: 800 beds
The project covers an area of 5.41 hectares, with a total construction area of 105,000 m2 and an above-ground construction area of 76,000 underground construction area of 29,000. The total bed is 800 beds, the ordinary bed is 420 beds, the rehabilitation bed is 200 beds, and the nursing bed is 180 beds.
The project is based on the establishment of a comprehensive hospital system integrating medical treatment, rehabilitation and nursing, a combination of Chinese and Western medicine hospitals, human care hospitals, green hospitals, and modern international first-class hospitals integrated into the environment.
This project considers the combination of Chinese and Western medicine design, comprehensive design of medicine, health and nursing, starting from three different functions of basic medical treatment, rehabilitation and nursing. The three are different and closely related, and the Chinese garden technique is integrated into the building according to the terrain of the site. Form a multi-level greening and landscape system with functional priority. Full consideration of human care has been designed according to the situation of the site to be divided into people and vehicles, and the three-dimensional traffic network of doctors and patients diverted to increase the efficiency of patients.


You may have noticed a few new additions to the garden. In 2020 we carried out a woodland planting project.
This year we plan to renovate the old herb & vegetable garden. Come and join in to help us make that happen.
Brockley Bug Hotel
Brockley's latest hotel - sorry you can't book it's for bugs only! Using recycled materials we created a hotel specially for insects. We're developing the garden as a haven for wildlife, with the aim of improving biodiversity.
New Woodland Area
We planted 50 native trees and shrubs. As part of the work volunteers constructed a dead hedge which will become another place for insects to live and thrive.


Beautiful concrete features can do a lot for your yard and if you want to impress everyone with the look of your house or you want to feel better about living there, then you can get a concrete contractor to put in all of the features you want. And you can create a yard that is both elegant and more functional than ever. You can put in a new concrete driveway, a beautiful concrete pool, and every concrete feature that has caught your eye at other homes in your neighborhood.
Get A Beautiful Concrete Fountain Put In
One of the most beautiful concrete features that you can have put in your yard is a fountain. And you can go as big as you want with the fountain. You can also have any fountain contractor hanover pa give you advice on the design and where is the best spot in the yard to put it. And you will get excited once they start putting it in because you know that it will look stunning.
A Concrete Driveway Is A Good Choice
If it is your goal to create a beautiful home, then a concrete driveway is a must. It will look a lot better than the other driveway you had, and it can be done in any kind of pattern you want. It will look stunning when you hire the right contractor to put it in and you can widen your current driveway if you want to or do anything else special when you get a new driveway put in.
Concrete Can Be Used For Pathways, Too
When you have the contractor create a nice little pathway to the front door you will like how it looks. And you will appreciate how all of the concrete around the house will tie together and will make your home look more upscale. Talk to the contractor about any ideas you have for the concrete and learn what he has done before. Maybe he will give you some suggestions on how to create little pathways around the yard or something like that if you want to use the concrete all over your property.
Use the Right Concrete Contractor for Everything
No matter how big or small a project you need to have done, whether you are having a concrete pool put in or you are getting a fountain put in, you need a good concrete contractor to do it all. You will want to hire someone who has experience and will get all of the concrete work done well because of that. And you will want someone who will have suggestions for you and who will know what to do to make your yard and your driveway look their best. Concrete can do so much for your place and if you are thinking of using it in a variety of ways, then find a good contractor for it and have them get started on all of the projects that you want to have done.


Features: This fun, industrial-looking poolside bar is just what you need to do all your outdoor party hosting and entertaining. This bar was built to blend into the backyard landscape with a natural stone wall, rough sawn cedar framing and stamped concrete patio to resemble wood planks. Additional fun features include:
This project was designed by Wesson Builders' creative designers and built by Wesson Builders' experienced craftsmen. Call Wesson Builders today to start the build process of your new outdoor entertaining area!
Awards: 2015 Best Outdoor Design, HBA of Greater Toledo
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Have greenery all around you with this exquisite carpet grass. It controls soil erosion and requires low maintenance. The said product can grow on fertility soils without any kind of fertilizers. It is considered best suitable for slightly shadier areas where soil is moist for a longer span of time. This product comes in different shades of green. Carpet grass has an extremely soft texture, smooth surface and flawless appearance. It is appreciated for several health benefits like enhanced eyesight, stress relieve, calm mind and mood booster. Greenery can actually make a person feel good and positive from within.
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Landscaping is when you rearrange things in your yard to look much better. It must also be practical and create space to the homeowner. While it may seem like much to consider, these tips are here to help your landscaping project run smoothly.
Use marble or granite in the outdoor kitchen design. While more costly, granite is good because you place very hot things on it and does not require much maintenance.
Test your soil before you plant anything. This will ensure your plants grow more easily and increase the likelihood of a greater opportunity to flourish under optimum conditions.
Are you thinking of putting your home up for sale? Landscaping is one of the most profitable home improvement projects to take on prior to selling your house; you might get up to 200 percent return. Focus on your front yard to create great curb appeal, or create a defined outdoor living area in your backyard.
Many people do not think about getting products for landscaping online. Not only will it be simple and convenient, but you may have access to a wider variety of plants for your landscaping project that you could never find in a nearby retail store or nursery.
Consult a professional before beginning your landscaping project. While you probably don’t need them to work on the whole project, you will find that the small amount you pay for a consultation is well spent as it will help you to avoid mistakes and get started on the right foot. This step is especially true if you are new to landscaping.
Consider existing structures that are already in place before modifying your landscape. Make sure to know where cables, gutter, and septic drainfields before you begin in order to avoid running into them later. Call the city before you dig to make sure you do not damage any underground lines won’t be damaged.
It is often prudent to go cheaper with lower-cost products. When it comes to things like mulch, perennials and containers, the cheaper version and the more expensive version are not that different. It is very important that you carefully watch over your plants thoroughly. Places that sell them at a reduced price might not have provided them the care they require.
Create a landscaping plan that offers year-round interest.This will mean selecting plants that blossom at different times of year and also evergreen trees for the year. The most important part of having a landscape is to research plants.
If you are landscaping by yourself, add an estimate for the cost. Sit down and list what you will need. Prices can vary depending on where you live. Look for creative ways you can get top-notch materials at a lower cost.
Price is very important, but if you ask to see some pictures or addresses of work a landscaper has done, you will be able to see first hand if they are right for the job you want accomplished.
Some plants blossom infrequently and you may find your yard could lack color between seasons.
Consult professional landscape designers before you start a new project. Even if you have chosen to do your project solo, you should seek professional advice on any big projects. They can give you don’t make any big mistakes and save you the time and hassle of having to redo things. Even experienced landscapers can give you advice from outside perspectives.
Those of you that want to do some landscaping would be smart to select plants with differing textures.
The kind of soil you can make a big difference. Some plants might not grow well in different kinds of soil. If your soil is not good, you can replace it, or use a bed with mulch and wood chips.
Do not be too quick to make any impulsive decisions. Plants change throughout the year, so what you may not like in the winter can look great in the summer.
Don’t let yourself avoid landscaping just because you don’t think you can afford everything you need at one time. You may find that a few well-chosen additions create a better look than you expected.
Don’t forget that you should have paths and walkways within your landscaping. An unattractive concrete sidewalk is a boring and ugly look.Change this up by using stepping stones for a fresh look. These come in a variety of different shapes and sizes and don’t cost more than concrete.
Choose the right fertilizer that is appropriate for use in your yard. Try to stick with one universal fertilizer for everything you’ve planted to ensure that you don’t have two competing products causing possible damage where they meet. Test out various products in a small area and look at reviews to see which fertilizers are best for your specific needs. It may be best to address your entire property prior to beginning your project.
You can save money on any plant purchases by buying plants through catalogs and mail order sites. It is cheaper to buy the plants online than from area nurseries.It will be more convenient to shop this way because you do not have to worry about transporting the plants since they will be shipped to your house. Do not forget to factor in the cost of shipping when you are deciding how to make your purchase.
Consider sharing costs with neighbors if you are wanting to improve your landscaping but are limited financially.You then can create a schedule that says who gets which equipment at a specific time.
Many folks plant greenery along property and house. This is good, but you should also put plants and bushes all over the yard. This will give more depth to your house. Your house will also give the impression that it is not as close to the road as it actually is.
Meeting all your needs, whether it be aesthetics or function, is key to a good landscape plan. You should stick to the budget as you work on creating a luxurious look for your yard. But as you can see, there are many ways to simplify this process and get a yard that is both beautiful and useful. Utilize the information you have learned and you will be very satisfied with the results you receive.


Raised garden beds have the added benefits of providing a longer growing season, better soil drainage, easier access and workability, pest control, better aesthetics, and versatility over traditional ground-level gardens.
Design, build and install a variety of raised garden beds based on personal preferences and location specific conditions.
Our beds can be customized according to the space available in your yard and can include trellis and teepees for climbing vines and flowers.
Installation of the bed, soil and seeds and maintenance contracts are available throughout the growing season.
Brighten and lighten up your patio/deck with cafe style string lights that will instantly beautify and enhance your outdoor living space. Planter posts can be sold separately or Farmburbia can hang the lights for a complete installation. Quotes upon request.
Don't have the time to get down and dirty with the planting? Let Farmburbia tailor a suite of vegetables* and herbs suited for your tastes and interests. From early summer greens and basil, to summertime tomatoes, and a fall garden full of lettuce, kale swiss chard and brocolli, now is the time to let Farmburbia do your dirty work! *Based on market availability
Different critters require different fences. Farmburbia can provide 6 ft deer fences down to 2 ft rabbit and "kid" critter fences to deter the most ambitious of varmints. Prices may vary depending on number of beds or size of garden. Custom quotes.
A GARDEN MAKEOVER (SEE BELOW): FARMBURBIA REHABBED AN OLD VEGETABLE GARDEN COMPLETE WITH NEW RAISED BEDS AND A 6 FOOT DEER PROOF FENCE! CALL FOR A CONSULTATION
Compost system bins are locally constructed in Glen Rock with FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certified lumber and will turn your yard debris into an organic, compost factory. Compost is an ideal soil amendment for your flower and landscaped beds, vegetable gardens and and as a top dressing for your lawn. The 3 bin system is designed to convert “browns (dead leaves) and greens (lawn clippings, leafy prunings) into rich, dark, organic compost full of nutrients and worms that your garden naturally craves and needs. The same kind of compost system can be seen on at the New York Botanic Garden and Michelle Obama's White House Garden. One initial consultation is provided with purchase or maintenance contracts are available April thru November to keep that compost turned and to maximize the production of "black gold"
Salad lovers rejoice! Our salad tables bring fresh leafy vegetables literally to your backdoor. Elevated so it's critterproof and small enough to fit on a back porch or patio. Our salad table will revolutionalize your salad eating habits. Eat your greens every day? Yes please!!
Table dimensions are 5' x 3 'x 3' Table only: $129, Table and soil $149
"Turnkey" Salad Table - includes table, soil and seed planting services (lettuce, arugula, spinach): $169


Once the weather grows cooler and pool owners decide to close the swimming pool for the winter, the most common procedure is to cover the pool with a winter pool cover. Soon enough, Autumn leaves drop from the trees surrounding the covered pool, and they cascade gracefully through the air and settle gently on top of the pool cover…only to be forgotten until it is time to think about opening the pool again after the long winter months are over. Those lovely Autumn leaves spend the winter decaying on top of the winter pool cover, and they make the removal of said pool cover a sloppy, dirty, heavy mess. How does a pool owner prevent this problem and save some time during the Spring or Summer re-opening of the pool? With a leaf net, of course.
A leaf net is a mesh cover designed to go on top of the winter pool cover until all the leaves and other debris have fallen from the surrounding trees. Before the first hard frost, the leaf net should be removed by slowly dragging it off of the winter cover. The leaves and other debris are removed with the leaf net. At this point, leaves can be easily removed from the leaf net and added to the compost pile. The leaf net should then be dried completely and stored in a cool, dry place until next Autumn.


TMG Industrial 72” Skid Steer Hydraulic Land Planer Scarifier, Adjustable Ripper Teeth, Reversible Planer Comb, Grading, Spreading & Leveling, TMG-SLP75
The TMG-SLP75 Skid Steer Hydraulic Land Planer Scarifier can be used to break up tough grounds and contour land for the creation of feeding fields, seeding plots, garden beds and more. Can also be used to grade uneven gravel, dirt and other natural surfaces. A removable, bolt-on planer comb and adjustable/reversible scarifier teeth help shape and sculpt the land for a smooth and consistent finish every time.
The 72” width enables you to work through larger areas in a quick and efficient manner. Ideal for landscaping; preparing large yards or other areas for planting and seeding. The eight heavy-duty ripper teeth are controlled by a hydraulic cylinder to raise/lower them, and can be used to break up compacted grounds for better resurfacing
Equipped with a universal mount that will fit most skid steer makes and models, this is a great addition to any agricultural property owner to keep roads and driveways smooth and operable. Helps to mitigate washboarding and fill potholes in heavy traffic areas, and the fixed sift screen trays help collect rocks, tough clumps and other debris so they don’t get redistributed elsewhere on the land.


The Regional Green Infrastructure Showcase at the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) embeds a natural systems approach to storm water management within an attractive and sustainable urban public space. Green infrastructure (GI) at RMSC brings together natural systems and built environments, through the use of living landscapes as functional infrastructure. The Showcase significantly improves water quality and connects seamlessly to the existing RMSC facilities and to the surrounding community.
The Showcase design was developed collaboratively with RMSC staff and local partners including the Water Education Collaborative, the Storm Water Coalition of Monroe County, and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The design embraces a synergy of environmental science, art, and architecture to achieve the targets identified in the New York Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) for this project.
The Showcase provides a living laboratory, an outdoor classroom, and a real-life demonstration of how GI practices contribute to water quality, community sustainability, and urban revitalization. Signage and interactive learning opportunities are incorporated as educational exhibits. Funding was provided by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation through the Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP).


Got leaves? Yeah you do. Build a gas or electric powered mulcher. It will make grass and leaf mulch for the home and garden.
With the heightened modern interest in organic gardening, it's comforting to know that people have been promoting it for years.
Any organic gardener will tell you that the best compost and mulch is homemade. But often, making mulch and compost is time consuming, and buying good quality compost is expensive.
This machine uses a push reel lawn mower blade and a 3 hp gas engine to shred and make mulch from lawn waste. It's not a chipper, but it will make a fine mulch from grass clippings and leaves.
With your homemade mulch, you can immediately put it on flower beds, or compost it to make the nutrients more available to the plants.


Thanks to one of South Park’s philanthopric investors, Full Circle Development, Historic South Park is blooming beautiful in more ways than one. Theresa Gasper, Full Circle’s founder and president, donated 1,000 tulip bulbs and pulled together a team to plant them in South Park’s green spaces. The team devoted two recent weekend mornings to the cause. Last year, Theresa donated 1,000 daffodil bulbs, and led the team’s planting efforts. We’re sure you noticed! The lovely yellow blooms were everywhere. Thank you, Tulip Team! We look forward to a beautiful spring.


Stump Grinding: Increasing Your Landscape’s Elegance
Tree stump grinding is a vital method for keeping a visually appealing and functional landscape. By eliminating unattractive tree stumps, you are able to change your outdoor space into a pristine environment. Professional tree stump grinding professional services make use of specific gear to grind the tree stump straight down to the floor level, guaranteeing a seamless incorporation with the around landscape.
Among the major benefits of tree stump grinding is the elimination of prospective safety dangers. Tree stumps can be a tripping hazard, especially for kids or elderly individuals. By eliminating the stumps, you create a less dangerous environment for your family members and guests.
In addition, tree stump grinding takes on a crucial role in stopping pests and ailments from infesting your property. Tree stumps can draw in bugs like termites, which may eventually spread to your home. By reducing the stumps, you get rid of the prospective nesting reasons for these pests.
Important benefits of tree stump grinding:
- Increases the cosmetic attractiveness of your landscaping
- Decreases the risk of incidents and accidents
- Stops pests and ailments from spreading
- Stimulates healthy development of around plants
- Allows for productive usage of area for other landscape designs tasks
Shrub Care: Taking Care Of The Health And Beauty Of The Trees
Shrub care is a vital part of keeping the energy and beauty of your landscape. Care and attention ensures that your trees thrive and continue to supply shade, beauty, and ecological advantages for years to come. Typical tree care procedures, such as trimming, irrigating, and fertilizing, are crucial for that all round health and nicely-getting of your trees.
Shrub trimming, specifically, takes on an important part to advertise tree development and architectural reliability. Trimming requires the treatment of lifeless, ruined, or infected branches, enabling the tree to spend assets more efficiently. It also helps form the tree, improving its cosmetic attractiveness and stopping overgrowth which could potentially damage near by buildings or energy facial lines.
Furthermore, typical irrigating and proper earth nutrition are necessary aspects of tree care. Adequate irrigating ensures that trees get the required humidity, especially during dried out times, whilst well balanced fertilization supplies the necessary nutrient elements for healthy development.
Important procedures for tree care:
- Typical trimming to keep up tree health and form
- Appropriate irrigating to make sure adequate humidity amounts
- Suitable fertilization for well balanced nutrition
- Protection towards pests and ailments via safety measures
- Professional tree care professional services for specialist guidance and assistance
Shrub Trimming: Shaping Your Trees For Ideal Progress
Shrub trimming is really a fundamental technique that can help retain the form, structure, and health of your trees. By selectively eliminating certain branches, you are able to enhance the all round development and look of your trees. Trimming not just increases the cosmetic attractiveness but in addition encourages new development and stops prospective dangers.
Among the major objectives of tree trimming is to get rid of lifeless, ruined, or infected branches. These branches not just detract through the tree’s beauty but may also pose safety risks, especially during hard storms or higher wind. By eliminating these kinds of branches, you ensure the tree’s architectural reliability and lower the chance of incidents.
In addition, trimming can promote much better air flow and sun light penetration within the tree’s cover, cultivating healthy development. Shaping out excess branches also permits the tree to spend assets more efficiently, resulting in more robust and a lot more strong trees.
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The Value Of Tree Trimming:
Shrub trimming is a crucial training that can help retain the health and energy of your trees whilst guaranteeing the safety of your property. Typical trimming encourages proper development patterns, improves tree structure, and lessens the risk of slipping branches.
With regards to tree trimming, it’s essential to be aware of the diverse techniques so when to utilize them. Crown thinning entails selectively eliminating branches to minimize the density from the tree’s crown. This technique increases light penetration, air flow, and all round tree health.
Crown increasing, however, focuses on eliminating reduced branches to improve clearance underneath the tree. This technique is especially essential for keeping safety around buildings, pathways, and streets.
One more essential trimming method is crown decrease, that involves selectively reducing the size of the tree’s crown. This method is wonderful for handling tree size, stopping division malfunction, and shaping the tree to fit within the landscape.
Important benefits of tree trimming:
- Stimulates healthy development patterns and tree structure
- Improves light penetration and air flow within the cover
- Lessens the risk of slipping branches and tree damage
- Increases the looks from the tree and around landscaping
- Ensures the safety of buildings and individuals nearby the shrub
Picking Professional Tree Care Professional Services:
While tree care and servicing are necessary, it’s often best to get the help of professional tree care professional services. These experts possess the understanding, experience, and gear required to ensure the care and attention and health of your trees.
Professional tree care professional services offer a wide range of knowledge, including tree trimming, condition analysis, pest manage, and tree treatment. Their trained arborists be aware of the certain requirements of numerous tree species and may tailor their professional services appropriately.
By employing specialists, you can rest assured that the trees will get the highest amount of care. They have the necessary equipment and methods to perform jobs safely and efficiently. Furthermore, professional tree care professional services can provide beneficial tips on tree assortment, planting, and long term tree management.
Good reasons to select professional tree care professional services:
- Knowledge of tree care and servicing
- Specialized understanding of diverse tree species
- Access to proper gear and methods
- Effective and risk-free rendering of tree care jobs
- Guidance on tree assortment, planting, and long term management
To Bring Everything Together, tree stump grinding, tree care, and tree trimming are necessary aspects of keeping a proper and visually appealing landscape. Tree stump grinding eliminates safety dangers and stops pest infestations, whilst tree care and trimming promote healthy development, architectural reliability, and all round tree health. By comprehending the value of these procedures and looking for professional vzkoiq assistance when needed, you are able to ensure the long term beauty and nicely-getting of your trees.


Consultation for Play Spaces
Play environment affects the way children behave and the quality of their play. A well-designed play area with suitable materials, offers children a variety of experiences and supports rich play, social interaction, and their development.
Successful play areas offer opportunities for movement and use of the senses, supports social interaction, activate imagination and creativity, allow children to shape the environment and handle a variety of materials and offer opportunities for experimentation and learning.
PLAYING NGO includes experts from different backgrounds, as well as a specialized architect for the design of play areas, in the community (e.g. parks, playgrounds), in kindergartens or school units, or even in private spaces.
PLAYING has contributed to the design of the following play areas:
Mpenakio Paidiko (Athens)
For the past year PLAYING is collaborating with the Mpenakeio Paidiko in order to redesign and enhance the use of the outdoor area. PLAYING is educating all preschool teachers xxx on the use of the outdoor areas. Also small scale interventions have been make in outdoor and indoor areas.
Makruammos Hotel (Thasos)
PLAYING proposed ideas for summer kids club on the hotel. PLAYING also believed guidelines for the personnel of the club about the importance of outdoor play.
Farm in Vari (Athens)
PLAYING proposed ideas for outdoor play areas in the PERIVOLI STI VARI (farm in Vari). PLAYING also delivered a lecture to parents about the importance of outdoor play.


You could have a small space in your balcony in a condo where you can create a beautiful green space by adding interesting plants and décor. Using bird baths, creative pots, choice of flowering plants and decorative shrubs, and garden toys, makes it look pretty. The choice of colours you use in selecting flowering plants and other ferns and hedges makes it look coordinated and tailored.
Make your garden and patio look tasteful using these tips
You can use many wall mounted planters and place your pots on them, if you don’t have a garden. You can do the same on the wall of your patio that faces the garden. You can also use pots that can be hung on the wall in ceramics that come in tubular and circular shapes. You can use a printed pot or a plain pot in a variety of shapes.
You can use folding tables and chairs in your garden that are coated in colourful paint. You can also use tree lanterns, garden toys such as gnomes, fairies, and many other ornaments carved in stone. You can also create a decorative courtyard by placing grass in between the stone tiles.


It’s taken six years of perseverance, but Perseverance Park is finally done, we happily note.
The public plaza in front of One Lincoln Center is now crisscrossed with concrete seating in abstract shapes, curved and tinted concrete underfoot, and mature trees and grassy plantings to soften all those hard edges.
It’s not as ambitious as the original vision for the spot — but it’s neat, inviting and, most importantly, finished.
Perseverance Park, running along South Salina Street between Fayette and Washington Streets, was the site of the Occupy Wall Street encampment in 2011. In 2012, it became a blank canvas in the heart of downtown when the Centro bus hub moved to its new location down the street.
In 2014, the Downtown Committee commissioned an art installation called “Flowscape” — a blue and white design painted on the ground — to spark public conversation about the future of the space.
In 2015, after issuing a request for proposals, former Mayor Stephanie Miner chose a redesign plan that included a huge piece of public art. That would have been cool — and expensive. The city could not raise $3 million, publicly or privately, to make it happen. Perseverance Park languished. “Flowscape” faded.
When Mayor Ben Walsh took office in 2018, he revived the project in a simpler form, covering the $500,000 cost with money left over from the Connective Corridor project and from the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency, which owns the park. The project did not touch the northern quadrant, on the Washington Street side. City Hall hopes to attract a developer for that prime real estate.
The work was completed while many downtown office workers waited out the coronavirus pandemic from home. Until the weather turns, they’ll have a new outdoor spot to lunch, relax and socialize.
See? 2020 isn’t


Here at Able Tree Expert, tree trimming is just one of our many tree care specialties. Exceptionally skilled in tree trimming, our team of tree care professionals has decades of cumulative experience in the proper trimming and pruning of all types and sizes of trees.
Understanding that your trees have their own particular needs and growing patterns, we use only those techniques that promote proper growth and keep your tree in optimal health. Utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and tree care specific tools, we work to ensure that all overgrown, diseased, or damaged limbs and branches are removed correctly.
Benefits of Tree Trimming
Better Whole Tree Health
Your tree requires water and nutrients from the soil as well as plenty of sunlight in order to thrive. Unfortunately, trees can overgrow, which means that not every branch receives the sunlight, nutrients, and water required for healthy growth. Trimming your trees regularly ensures that the whole tree flourishes. All of the remaining branches will grow more healthily, and you’ll see more leaves and new growth throughout the growing season.
The Aesthetic Appeal of Your Trees:
Trimmed trees simply look better. We can trim and shape your trees to improve their appeal. If you have stray branches jutting out from your tree, or low hanging branches that make your yard less appealing, we’ll lop them off.
Better Fruit and Flower Production
Did you know that trimming your trees’ branches can help them to grow more vibrant flowers and more fruit (if they are fruit or flower producing trees, of course)? If you love a cherry-blossom filled landscape or the fruit from that apple tree in the backyard, then you should consider regularly trimming the branches of those trees.
Relieving Obstructed Views
Your trees are supposed to be part of your view, not obstructing that picturesque landscape that you used to be able to see from your deck. If you have trees that have overreached their bounds, we can trim them to give you that ideal framed view that you desire.
Removing Obstructive Branches
If you’re constantly scraping past branches as you mow the lawn, or you can’t park your car in the driveway due to an overhanging branch, we can get rid of those obstructive branches. We also remove branches near power lines, fences, and branches that are dangerously close to your home. Take note, if you have branches hanging over your home or branches that are near the facade of your home, a storm or lightning strike can wreak havoc on your abode — it’s best to remove these branches before they cause damage.
Trimming Dead, Dying, and Damaged Branches:
If you notice a tree branch that isn’t thriving, it’s best to remove it, since it can damage the tree, or it can fall and damage your property (or an unlucky passerby!). Be wary of branches that no longer grow leaves, branches that are discolored, branches that are sagging, and branches that are partially or entirely broken.
Frequently Asked Questions on Tree Trimming
How much can a tree be trimmed before it actually harms the tree?
Trees are actually pretty resilient, and in most cases, it won’t harm the tree to trim it — even with aggressive trimming. That said, it’s important to be cautious not to trim too many of the largest branches at any given time, especially lead branches (the branches which grow directly from the trunk of a tree). We take care never to trim too much off of trees that we work on, and we’ll let you know if the amount of trimming you desire may be dangerous to the tree. As a general rule of thumb, it’s best not to trim more than 25 percent of a tree’s branches, otherwise you might end up losing the tree.
Why should I rely on professional tree trimmers?
While it may be easy enough to prune a few small branches here or there, trimming your trees can be difficult and dangerous. Plus, if it’s performed improperly, you could damage the tree. We know how to properly trim trees, and we have the proper tools and tie-off equipment for larger, high-up branches. On top of that, we make quick work out of the most difficult jobs, since we have the right tools and experience to work efficiently. We’re also licensed and insured, so if an accident should happen, you won’t be paying the consequences.
How long will it take to trim trees on my property?
Most projects can be completed in a day, including clean-up time. Unless you need work performed on multiple, large trees, you can expect us to be out of your hair in no time.
What equipment do you use to trim trees?
We use a variety of tools, each suited for specific tree trimming jobs. We own a series of saws, ranging from handsaws to chainsaws, making quick work of any size branch. On top of that, we have equipment that makes climbing trees easy. We use a cherry-picker truck, tree climbing equipment, including tree spikes and ropes, among other tools, in order to ascend your tree and lower down any limbs that we cut safely.
Can tree trimming be dangerous?
Absolutely. We’re well aware that tree trimming comes with its fair share of hazards. That’s why we utilize safety-first practices, and we work with the best equipment for the task at hand. We strive to minimize the inherent dangers of tree trimming through planning, coordination, safe practices, safety equipment use, and continual safety training for our employees. We urge you not to attempt tree trimming procedures on tall trees and/or trees with large limbs yourself, since a mistake can be costly, harmful, or even fatal. We’re also licensed and insured, and we carry workers’ compensation insurance, so that your property is protected, as well as our employees.