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Tag: Landscape Design
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January 14, 2015
Paver Apron, Walkways, and Stone Stairs
This home originally had a gravel driveway, walkways, failing PT stairs, and a drainage problem at the garage doors. We created a Rustic Concrete Paver Apron, from the front entry, across the garage doors, over to the work shop, and to the back door. We incorporated Rustic Stone Slab Stairs with thermalled tops and a...
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January 12, 2015
Pond House
This customer had a freshly dug swimming pond but it was pretty far from the house. They built this pond house closer to the swimming pond to have a place to congregate. We enhanced it by building this beautiful Bluestone Patio with Granite Veneer Walls, and Natural Stone Slab Stairs down to the Fire Pit. ...
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January 8, 2015
Mycorrhizal Fungi, Do I need them?
Most people do not understand how profoundly important it is to use Mycorrhizal Fungi when planting trees, shrubs, and lawns. If I ask most people what the main function of roots are they will answer….. to anchor the tree or plant in the ground and to take up water and nutrients. Well, only one of...
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January 7, 2015
Ball Field Rehab
This little league field in Burlington VT got a professional rehab this year. The material which was in this field was so compacted and hard that I would compare it to concrete. We removed 12″ of existing material and replaced it with 9″ of compacted washed sand and 3″ of compacted professional Infield mix special...
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January 6, 2015
Historic Fountain Restoration
Landshapes restores this historic fountain at the beautiful Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington VT. Check out the Historical fountain photos at the bottom of the blog. ...
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January 5, 2015
Majestic Walls In Adirondaks
This home was built on a steep hillside on Friends Lake In NY state. Thousands of tons of ledge was blasted away to level the building site, leaving a challenging site to work with. After hauling away thousands of tons of stone and hauling in thousands of tons of clean fill and tops soil we...
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December 23, 2014
Waterbury Swimming Pond
Landshapes transforms an existing swimming pond. We terraced the steep slope to accommodate a small irregular bluestone patio facing views of the mountains. Our masons out did themselves again building beautiful stone retaining walls holding back a steep slope. The swimming pond was partially drained, dredged, and our crew recut the edges. Two aerators where installed...
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October 21, 2014
Run Off Water Retention Ponds
These large scale water retention ponds where engineered to handle thousands of gallons of run of water from the new south village neighborhood off of Spear St in S. Burlington. Our Landscape Designers and Landscape Installers transformed these baron retention ponds into a lush and Eco Friendly Landscape Habitat. Hundreds yards of fertile soils where brought...
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June 26, 2014
Hinesburg Vermont Water Feature
Vermont Water Feature This Vermont Water Feature was designed by our Vermont Landscape Designer to fit in to this existing site. Our skilled Landscape Installers masterfully sculpted this Water Feature, incorporating existing ledge outcrops and vegetation. Two individual ponds connected by waterfalls and a collection pool comprise this Water Feature. This Vermont Water Feature is...
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June 16, 2014
Landscape Planting Before and After
Williston Vermont Landscape Design and Planting Check out the transformation of this newly constructed home in Williston, Vermont. Its amazing how a good Landscape Design can complement a home. Our Vermont Landscape Designers went wild with color for this project. The Landscape Plantings incorporate color and interest throughout the spring, summer, and fall using a...
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May 13, 2014
Mallets Bay Landscape Installation
Our Landscape Designers and Landscape Installers have pulled out all the stops again on this lake front home in Colchester. The large Blue Stone Patio is very much in scale with the massive two stories of glass on this house. The landscape grades where challenging here on this property as they dropped off of the...
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