August Features
Impacting Garden Spaces in the Fan
All these areas were a mess. And although I don’t have good before shots… these picture are worth a thousand words.
West Ave- We rearranged plantings and created a new millstone focal point.
[…]Feature of the Month: A Triad of Walls to tidy up a Rental Property off Parham Road
This client needed to rev up the curb appeal of this cute split rancher before she put it up for rent. The yard was flat with dead grass and 3 random hydrangea plants.
So…we suggested that they invest in a ‘no-maintenance-great-to-look-at’ triad of Virginia thin stone […]
Enjoy a Summer Outside Event at Northern Virginia’s Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Wolf trap is one of those places that you might hear about and say, “I should take advantage of that. It’s so close to Richmond.”
This past month my husband Kevin and I took 2 trips to see some great performances. The first was a sold out show with Steve Martin, who really does play the […]
Successful Wildflower Crops: You Get Your Money’s Worth!
Indian paintbrush is my favorite cutting flower. A year and a half ago Kevin and I followed all the rules for planting a wildflower mix of bi-annuals and perennials. We killed our underlying meadow lawn by staking down black plastic. After a few weeks, we raked out the dead thatch and roto-tilled the 20′ by […]
Interweaving All Garden Features: Off Park Terrace near Short Pump
I love helping in gardens where the client wants to use all Nature’s elements of stone, water, wood, and plants. Our skilled workers and their diversity allow easy project shifts that can impact grading, drainage, or stonework, when the client or I change our mind!
The […]