August 31, 2021

What the UN Climate Report Means for Landscape Designers: Carbon Sinks [Pt 1]

You probably saw the headlines a few weeks ago on the latest UN IPCC Climate Report. It was dire. It stated that we are unequivocally on pace to reach and exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming in the next twenty years. This new reality will affect every single resident of planet Earth as sea levels rise, lands flood and droughts persist.  We 

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August 3, 2021

Our Newest Landscape Design & Build Service Areas: Essex, Bergen & Morris Counties, New Jersey

Green Jay Landscape Design is proud to announce our latest expansion: we are now offering our ecological landscape design & construction services to residents of Essex, Bergen and Morris County, New Jersey!  New Jersey is home to many valuable and diverse ecosystems, from the sand dune coasts, to the tidal marshes and Pine Barren forests, New Jersey’s environment is worth 

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August 3, 2021

Meet our Team of Top Landscape Designers | Serving Fairfield, CT + Westchester, NY

We are proud of our talented team that keeps Green Jay Landscape Design operating every day. Our landscape designers, craftsmen, horticultural experts, masons, and project managers all play a valuable role in making each project a stand-out success. Our team has grown over the last few years, and we’d like to introduce our landscape design team – making waves in 

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July 27, 2021

Native Wildflower Meadow Maintenance | Darien, CT

This Landscape Design Master Plan included re-vamping an existing native wildflower meadow that had not been maintained properly. The meadow is 3-5 years old and had been mowed in the fall of last year (not by GJL). This improper mowing schedule essentially removed many perennials before they went to seed, impacting the amount of diversity, flowers and color to be expected this 

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July 19, 2021

Case Study: Landscape Plan for a Private, Residential Nature Preserve in Fairfield County, CT

The wind whispers, birds sing, flowers unfold and bloom throughout the seasons of your lives. Sweet fragrance fills the air, trees and grasses sway as you embrace the wild, the beating heart of nature, a symphony complete, where all the players play their part — at home in your Private Nature Preserve. This could be your property. Your home landscape 

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