Hardscapes and Structures Enhancing ‘The Cube.’ Every urban landscape begins with the ‘cube’ that represents your yard. Planning patios, walls, walkways, driveways and overall topography is just like planning a room addition. Materials, traffic patterns, framing views from windows and doors, color palettes, and seasonal uses all have to factor into the plan. The use of tile, bluestone, flagstone, gravel, clay bricks and pavers, berms or timbered levels can make your exterior space a seamless extension of your interiors. Our architecture background gives us a unique familiarity with the full range of hardscape materials and techniques. We are comfortable with larger design challenges, as well. Fire pits, fountains, pergolas, and council circles provide focal points, functional gathering spaces, and outdoor entertainment environments to enhance and beautify ‘The Cube’ that embraces your home. Decorative Plantings Furnishing the Space. The process of specifying and executing decorative plantings is similar to choosing and installing furniture in your home. Pots, planters, and window boxes provide choices and flexibility. Specifically designed and constructed pergolas, trellises, benches and raised beds make your outdoor space unique, and interesting. We provide a full range of carpentry services, as well as extensive experience to source exactly the right stone, clay, lead, or wooden pots and planters for your plan. Water Features Micro-ecologies. Ponds and waterfalls bring additional motion and interest to your landscape. Moving water, aquatic plants, and fish can provide a calming focal point to any garden. However, they are also among the most care-intensive features you can install on your property. We specialize in creating water features that minimize the maintenance problems associated with stagnation, algae growth, and plant material accumulation in pools and ponds. Our extensive experience in this area helps our designs avoid these pitfalls and maximize your enjoyment. Maintenance There’s a Time for Everything. Keeping your landscape at its peak is all about repetition and timing. Flowering plants and shrubs have to be hand pruned at just the right time. Fertilization, bed preparation, trimming – all must be done to a carefully followed schedule according to the way spring and fall temperatures develop each year, rainfall and irrigation. Should you choose our snow removal service, location and type of planting is taken into account when plowing. This personalized schedule is critical in maintaining your investment year after year.