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Does Your Commercial Property Need Landscaping?

2023-12-18T15:46:42+00:00

Landscaping can provide numerous benefits to commercial properties, contributing to both aesthetic appeal and functionality. Here are several reasons why adding landscaping to your commercial property can be advantageous: Curb Appeal: A well-designed landscape enhances the visual appeal of your property. This can attract potential clients, customers, and tenants, making a positive first impression. A visually pleasing exterior can also improve your company's image and reputation. Increased Property Value: Landscaping can increase the overall value of your commercial property. Well-maintained and attractive landscaping is often considered an asset, which can positively impact the property's appraisal value. Tenant and Employee Satisfaction: A [...]

Does Your Commercial Property Need Landscaping?2023-12-18T15:46:42+00:00

Plants for Outdoor Living

2020-08-21T14:49:43+00:00

Plants for outdoor living Much of the joy that comes with having an outdoor living space comes from mixing the comfort of your house and the beauty of nature. Adding a splash of color can be as easy as adding a few potted plants to your deck, or as large as framing your deck with a border of shrubbery. Container plants are versatile, easy to maintain and work well to soften the hard corners of your patio design. Mix and match these elements to create your unique outdoor garden room. Container plants Adding a few [...]

Plants for Outdoor Living2020-08-21T14:49:43+00:00

FB #2882

2020-06-24T21:06:47+00:00

15 Methods to Pet-Proof Your Garden Every gardener battles to protect their prized plants from their curious pets. The softness of newly turned soil is so inviting they often can’t refuse to investigate. Then some cats and dogs just like to munch on your plants. Here are some methods to make portions of your backyard less attractive to your pet, and other critters, without affecting visual appeal. Start with Scent Your pets navigate their world with their nose. You can to set up a scent boundary to stop them in their tracks. Add Spice Many of [...]

FB #28822020-06-24T21:06:47+00:00

Petscaping 101: Plants to Protect your Pets

2020-06-05T14:17:03+00:00

We protect our cats and dogs from ticks and fleas with collars, topical preventives, and even chewable tablets, but here in Virginia, it still might not be enough. After taking precautions and still finding one of these creatures on your darling pet, you might want to consider some landscape options to deter these unwanted visitors from coming into your backyard. Use these plants we are providing you to keep pests away from your pets and help protect them! First, keep your lawn relatively short as ticks and fleas love to hide out in tall grass. Next, consider planting one of [...]

Petscaping 101: Plants to Protect your Pets2020-06-05T14:17:03+00:00

Petscaping 101: Artificial Turf

2020-06-05T14:20:05+00:00

Petscaping: Artificial Turf Do you, like me, have a dog, or dogs, and a section of your backyard that stays a muddy mess? I’m beginning to consider drastic measures to improve my landscape to include artificial turf. Normally, I am one of those people that almost breaks out in a rash at the mere idea of fake anything, but I’m beginning to come around on artificial turf. Here’s why: I have a large dog. My backyard stays wet for days after rain. I don’t want to mow; I’d rather spend my limited time on more enjoyable activities. Finally, I have [...]

Petscaping 101: Artificial Turf2020-06-05T14:20:05+00:00

Petscaping 101: Avoid Poisonous Plants

2020-06-01T13:13:24+00:00

Petscaping: What to Look Out For What is petscaping?  Petscaping is landscaping that is good for your four-legged friends. This time of year we begin to look for signs of new life. We cannot wait for flowers to emerge and new green to clothe the trees and shrubs, but some of these can be very dangerous to your furry children. If you have outdoor pets, then you might want to consider moving these plants to parts of your landscape that they cannot access, like your front yard. Poisonous plants for dogs: These are toxic to both [...]

Petscaping 101: Avoid Poisonous Plants2020-06-01T13:13:24+00:00

Water Problems In Hampton Roads

2020-04-08T19:56:08+00:00

Got Water Problems in Your Hampton Roads’ Yard? Right now, the Tidewater region is in the midst of rainy spring season.. And that means continual water drainage problems for you. While you love living in Hampton Roads, you know the high water table causes significant property issues. There’s not a lot of room for water to drain when we get a hurricane or the typical thunderstorm. Signs of Lawn Water Problems It’s raining—hard and about two hours later it lets up. You look in your backyard and see ponding at the lower level of your property. [...]

Water Problems In Hampton Roads2020-04-08T19:56:08+00:00

5 Reasons to Build an Outdoor Structure

2019-12-19T22:03:53+00:00

5 Reasons Why You Need an Outdoor Structure Landscape structures have been around a long time. Homes of yesteryear would have summer homes, picnic pavilions and lots of arbors and trellises. Today’s outdoor structures have evolved from simple, practical structures to elaborately, designed outbuildings that create a mini-retreat. Here are five reasons why you need a landscape structure: Storage: This is one of the main reasons why homeowners add an outdoor structure to their property. You don’t want your rakes, lawn mower, and planters just piling up outside nor do you want [...]

5 Reasons to Build an Outdoor Structure2019-12-19T22:03:53+00:00

Winterize Your Water Feature

2019-12-19T20:11:00+00:00

Winterizing Your Water Features As the weather turns crisp, days shorten, and the leaves begin to fall, it’s time to start thinking about prepping those water features for the winter. Here in Hampton Roads we can get away with putting it off a little bit longer than our Northern neighbors, but just one freeze can ruin a beautiful fountain or waterfall. Even small bird baths, shallow basins, and bubbling rocks can be damaged by winter weather so before a freeze threatens, take out your checklist and get started! For the purposes of this checklist, our focus is on features that [...]

Winterize Your Water Feature2019-12-19T20:11:00+00:00

Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting

2019-12-02T20:56:21+00:00

Outdoor Low Voltage Lighting Often consumers confuse low voltage lighting with dim accent lights for walkways. Advances in LED technology have changed the reality of what is possible in energy efficient security lighting. By using LED, homeowners can have a safer yard without making their house look like a military installation. Thieves and vandals are discouraged by a well-lit property, but that doesn't mean a homeowner needs to install searchlights and sodium vapor streetlights at every corner of the house. There are more economical ways to brighten those dark recesses. Light vs. Power Security lighting should [...]

Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting2019-12-02T20:56:21+00:00
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