March 26, 2019

Uniting the Buzz: the Case for Pollinator Pathways in Westchester County & Fairfield County

Just one week into spring and there is already a noticeable buzz in our communities about an exciting initiative: creating Pollinator Pathways through Fairfield and Westchester counties. Many thanks to the organizers in each town who put together a staggering number of informative events across many towns (see the upcoming events calendar!!). As an ecological landscape service, we thoroughly applaud and support this effort. 

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January 28, 2019

Landscape Design Master Plans: Design, Plan & Adapt | Rye, NY

Each and every landscape environment, each property, each client, each homeowner offers a unique and special opportunity to improve or downright convert the landscape into a highly efficient and productive ecological system.  In this day and age of climate change and environmental threats to our well-being and human health, we must find ways to optimize existing conditions and resources while redesigning 

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September 19, 2018

Backyard Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary in Croton-on-Hudson

When we first visited this Croton-on-Hudson property, we noticed the unique existing architectural features, including a wooden bridge from the deck to back lawn and a beautifully curving, stacked stonewall that enclosed the rear perimeter.  The rest of the backyard, though, left much to be desired.  One narrow garden bed in front of the deck cut off the rest of 

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August 17, 2018

Stream Construction, Pond Restoration and Hillside Planting in New Canaan CT

We received a call earlier this spring from a New Canaan pondowner with a morbid situation. The homeowner was instructed to apply various purportedly natural-source pond cleaning products into the small constructed pond on the property. This pond cleaner cocktail created some unknown reaction, and within thirty minutes, all the fish were belly up. GJL was hired to restore the 

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September 25, 2017

Landscape Construction in Bedford Hills; Natural Stone Staircase with Boulder Rail, Native Perennial Planting with Long Blooming Flowers for Fall

Working with the land, working with nature. That’s what we do ! Like music, a powerful composition using earth products and living thing can generate a sense of well being and happiness. Our landscape compositions offer serenity in often stressful world, not to mention a holistically healthy environment. Oh, I just did. Our creative, artistic design allows us to add 

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