From an elegant low maintenance garden of ornamental grasses and shrubs to a lush perennial island full of fragrance and
bloom, with our many years of experience we can adapt any style
to whatever space or budget at hand.
We’ll custom design
your new garden based on style preferences, family needs, sun/soil
conditions, and budget to design the garden you want, not the one we want.
With the 1,000's of plants available today
anything is possible!
Our holistic approach
of working together with site conditions means your garden
will flourish and
grow more beautiful with age as each plant matures in good health,
without crowding. The right plant in
the right place is the only route to a garden that requires only
maintenance, not replacement, in the long term.
Once completed, we will
be there to see that the garden develops as it should, or teach
you how to look after it yourself.
“Shrub Pruning is no big deal. You just trim back branches each year,
Right? Wrong!
What often passes for pruning is
nothing less than plant torture! The power tool
“haircut” or branch cut-back that we often see, not only destroys the natural
form and potential beauty of a shrub or tree, but saps their strength
making them vulnerable to pest or disease attack.
Plants become distorted with poor branch
structure, develop "naked legs", with twiggy tip growth that has little energy for
blooming well.
Our pruning is done with a good set of
simple hand tools, knowledge of the individual growth patterns of each
plant, combined with a thorough understanding of pruning responses and
bud set habits of woody plants.
Maturing trees and shrubs are the irreplaceable backbones of any
garden.
Protect and enhance your landscape investment with
a professional pruning visit each year. Anytime is good pruning time
when there are problems to
fix, but the dormant time between December and April is best, with a
follow-up in late June for spring bloomers.
baskets,
Pruning
Tip - September and October is NOT a good time to prune. The
growth that pruning stimulates doesn't have time to prepare it's cell
structure appropriately (i.e. harden off) to survive the cold winter. Hold off until plants are
fully dormant -