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Tag: Vermont 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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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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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 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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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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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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May 4, 2016
From Dreams to Design to Dreams Come True!
Our award winning landscape designers are hard at work drawing landscape designs. Whether it’s a large scale master landscape plan you want, or a quaint back yard design, our landscape designers can transform your property into an amazing outdoor living space. We’re currently scheduling landscape installations. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work with...
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January 9, 2015
Natural Swimming Pond
This Natural Swimming Pond was constructed in South Hero VT. Almost every stone was placed by hand as to not tear the liner. The Swimming Pond equipment Includes a sand filter, UV light, bottom drains, A skimmer, and waterfall. This is the same basic equipment found in most pools. This ensures a very clean Swimming...
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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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