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Weigh Experience, Education When Hiring a Landscape Professional

Education and experience combine to create knowledge of plants and hardscapes, or built structures.  Education can be either horticultural or landscape design.  As in everything, experience is the best teacher. Knowledge about local conditions: cold (it got down to 7 …continue reading

Rain Gardens Add Eco-Friendly Touch to Landscapes

Rain gardens (also called bioretention) are assets for any home, school or business. They are beautiful, capture rainwater, and ease flooding, erosion and contamination of surface water. Whether we are in a drought or flood, we benefit by capturing rainwater …continue reading

Planting Steps Crucial to Good Growing

Start by having a carefully thought-out plan before the first shovel flies or innocent plants are brought home from the local nursery. Adding compost to our clay soils will make the soil more workable and give the plants nutrients such …continue reading