Professional landscape design is both a scientific and artistic endeavor. I find this process of developing a vision for a property, site or client exhilarating! What can be more exciting than looking at an ugly, non-functional landscape environment and creating a plan to make it better both visually as well as physically. In the design chair we consider how the …
We constructed this patio terrace with full color bluestone in Irvington, New York. This outdoor space includes a retaining wall, double level patio and vegetative screen. In this case a combination of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs were planted on a elevated berm retained with site appropriate natural boulders. This design and construction is a wonderful complement and addition …
Thinking about getting the most enjoyment out of your landscape? Great, where do we start? How about your desires and expectations? What do you love (or hate) about your home and your property? Usually we select and purchase our home/property because of the things we like about it. Often we are also thinking about improvements or changes we may intend …
In our ever changing, evolving and developing landscape environment, how we feel and respond to the sights, sounds and smell of our landscape has an effect on our emotional state of mind, our moods as well as our physical and potentially our spiritual health. If we consider the effect other environments have on us we may develop a conscience understanding …
