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May 9, 2022
Vermont and New Hampshire Pool Projects
A couple of Vermont and New Hampshire pool installations to start the season. Landshapes specializes in all aspects of an inground pool installation. From start to finish we do all of the work inhouse....
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December 8, 2021
Vermont Potager Garden
A beautifully designed french style kitchen garden. Landscape design by Deborah Nevins & Associates and ornamental fencing by Cascade Builders. A Potager is a french style kitchen garden with multiple garden beds used to grow fruit, herbs, and vegetables along with ornamental flowers. This creates a unique functional and beautiful space....
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December 3, 2021
South Hero Contemporary
Recently completed landscape installation in South Hero, VT. This landscape was designed by Edward (Ted) Adams of Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture of Burlington, VT. The landscape construction involved custom in field cutting of black ledgestone for a driveway and entry apron. Our Vermont landscape installation team also installed natural cleft bluestone for walkways and patios,...
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November 3, 2021
Vermont Swimming Pool Installer
Landshapes has been installing complete swimming pool projects throughout Vermont and New Hampshire for 15 years. Visit our website or give us a call for more information. http://landshapes.net 802-434-3500....
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March 27, 2018
Architectural Venner
Our Mason’s are at it again….Creating this beautiful facade and pillars with a died mortared joint. Due to the cold weather for this type of work we had tent and heat the area being worked on in order to get a good quality adhesion. Product being used is actually a cultured stone with three different...
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March 1, 2018
Landshapes Landscape Designer Wins 2017 Green Work...
Landscape Designer Caroline Dudek won this years Honor Award for a Burlington hillside retreat. This back yard had limited usable space and the steep slope ended close to the existing deck. Once an eye soar the hillside swale is now a design feature and is functional at channeling water to a french drain at the...
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February 14, 2018
How Much Water Does My New Landscape Require
Don’t rely on mother nature to water you new Landscape! Rain fall can be very deceiving. You think the 45 minute thunderstorm just watered your plants beautifully, but half of it ran off into the lawn because it rained so hard, and only the top couple of inches of mulch is wet. Unless it rains...
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January 22, 2018
Challenging Backyard Landscape
This back yard had limited usable space, and the steep slope ended close to the existing deck. The area is mostly exposed soil which make the site muddy with rain fall and due to the natural contour of the hillside the original swale collected all the rain water run-off, which resulted in erosion and water...
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January 11, 2018
Epic Tree Plantings
The VT AOT Route 7 project in Charlotte had an impressive number of tree plantings. The planting project spanned two years with the majority of the trees being planted in 2017. The tree counts are as follows: (1,096) 5-7′ evergreen trees, (175) 2-2.5″ Deciduous Trees, and (372) 3-4′ Deciduous Shrubs.. We hauled in 5,070 cubic...
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January 3, 2018
Not Your Parents Pool Equipment From The 80’...
The science behind pool and spa equipment has come a long way in the past 30 years. We now have the ability to install a virtually maintenance free pool or spa with the new innovations on the market today. Pentair Salt Water Generators use common table salt to produce all the chlorine a pool needs, safely,...
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December 29, 2017
Bringing The Indoors Out
Outdoor entertainment spaces continue to be extremely popular with homeowners. There are many reasons why homeowners want outdoor living spaces but often it comes down to spending time with friends and family comfortably outdoors. The trend use to be bringing the outdoors in but it is quite the opposite now. Bringing the indoor comforts out...
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December 22, 2017
Sculpture In The Landscape
More and more poeple are intruducing sculpture into the landscape. Whether its artfully stacked stones, a large upright obilisk, a detialed carved piece of granite, or welded peices of steel they add character and structure to the garden as well as make an interesting conversation piece. So next time you are out in your garden think about planting some...
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