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Category: Landscape Design
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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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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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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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April 7, 2017
We Know Plants. We Can Help.
Every plant is different; each one has unique conditions in which it thrives. Other than the numerous considerations needed to plant the right plant in the right spot (amount of sun, water, soil type etc.) another thing to consider is the intended function of the plant. This can be as basic as making sure the...
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March 3, 2017
Dream Big for Spring and Summer
The weather might not be able to decide what season it is, but our designers’ minds are on spring and summer projects! With our skilled designers, any landscape can be transformed into a beautiful and functional outdoor living space. We work with companies such as Alliance Gator, Cobble Creek Nursery, Gardener’s Supply Company, Techo-Bloc, and...
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January 24, 2017
Start Thinking About Your Summer Landscaping Now
Whether you embrace winter by hitting the trails, or push through with help from thoughts of sunny beaches, now is the perfect time to consider your landscaping. The dull grays and browns of winter may inspire ideas for a unique landscape design which could include colorful plantings, a stone patio, stone walkways, a water feature...
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November 29, 2016
Holiday Decorating
Around here the holiday spirit seems to build itself, with cozy fires, fluffy snow and TV specials. This doesn’t mean you can’t add to the magical feeling by decorating! There is a huge array of decorating supplies and ideas out there, and it can seem a bit overwhelming, but all you have to do is...
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November 22, 2016
Call Now for Spring 2017!
Our designers are willing and able to start drawing up designs! Call us now to get on our 2017 spring schedule! 802-434-3500...
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August 11, 2016
Mobilizing to Massachusetts
We’re mobilizing some of our Caterpillar equipment on our Freightliner to a large project at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The project consists of custom cut granite pavers and large scale plantings....
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August 3, 2016
You Dream It, We Draw It!
Before any great landscape can be created it must first be drawn! Landshapes has great designers who not only know what will look good, but what will grow well and fit the needs of the space and clients. Of course lines on paper are never as impressive as the finished product, but the time and...
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