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Tag: Landscape Installation
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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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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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July 21, 2017
Lake Barn Landscape
The landscape is starting to come together on this project with Deborah Nevins & Associates, Inc. and Cascade Builders!...
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June 13, 2017
South Hero Home
We are finishing up this project in South Hero! Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. built this home designed by Brad Rabinowitz Architect. The landscape was designed by Cynthia Knauf Landscape Design Inc. We installed bluestone walks and patios with stone from Trowel Trades Supply, Inc. We planted trees, shrubs and perennials from Gardener’s Supply Company....
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June 1, 2017
Waitsfield Water Feature
Despite what seems to be endless rain, our crews have still been able to make progress on our projects! This project includes the installation of a water feature and fountain with lights that will provide a tranquil space for relaxing as well as aerate the pond to help control algae growth and sustain the trout....
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March 17, 2017
Tree Planting Depth
The depth in which a tree is planted is very important to the tree’s future health. If a tree gets planted too deeply, such as in image A, it can die. A tree should be planted so that the root flare is just above the ground’s surface. The root flare is where the roots move...
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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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January 16, 2017
We’re Taking on Winter Woods Work!
Have wooded land on your property? Do you have snags, dead standing trees, or are thinking about having hiking or snowshoeing trails in your back yard? Landshapes is currently taking on more winter woods work! Let us create beautiful trails on your property for hiking and snowshoeing, or just have us clean up those dangerous...
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December 2, 2016
Champlain Lake Barn
Some of our crew is working on a new project, a barn on the lake! Monolithic natural cleft bluestone slabs are being used to create walkways and patios that match the large scale of the property. Sod will be installed in the joints to create a rustic informal look. Our masons also masterfully pieced together...
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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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October 14, 2016
Big Littleton Fall Foliage
We’re almost a month into Fall and this hilltop home in New Hampshire is looking even more fabulous with foliage! In these photos you can see how a landscape changes not only with the season but also with time of day; here at Landshapes we’re always considering how our work will look year round in...
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