Landscaping Services
We have the means, knowledge, and experience to handle all of your needs!

-Ponds, Pondless Waterfalls, and Water Garden Construction and Maintenance

-Specimen / Unique Plants, Trees, and Topiaries (installation & maintenance)

-Pine Straw, Mulch, and Stone Ground Covers

-Retaining Wall Construction & Repair

-Storm Water Drainage Solutions

-Low Voltage Landscape Lighting

-Irrigation Installation & Repair

-Seasonal Color Beds

-Landscape Boarders

-Landscape Design

-Character Boulders

-Plant Installation

-Sod Installation

-Paver Patios

-Tree Removal when possible and allowed by the city


Please feel free to contact us anytime with your questions.  We are here to help, to explain, and to educate you; all for the purpose of making your landscape look great and function well.




Brady displaying the size of the mulch delivery we had...BeforeThis picture displays the use of our bed edger machine. It does a great job at defining planted beds. The crape myrtle in the picture is not pruned to proper horticultural practices, please call for our opinion on this type of pruning.A few hours later, Brady is hauling one of the last loads of mulch and the clean up is almost done.Finished mulch installation job. We do currently hold the lawn maintenance account at this property, yet they have not switch their weed control company to us. If it were a property under our full control, we would have these winter weeds under control.
Brady is clearing the declining zoysia grass so that we can install and repair underground drainage on this property. You will later see this property resodded and the low area raised some.We have changed our material choice since this project. We now use EZ Flow Drain pipe for french drains. This is a basic french drain installed parallel to an existing drain line. Feburary 2010We were about ready to start digging here :) Because of the way that the initial drainage system was installed, we were not able to put our pipes any deeper than they are shown; otherwise, the water would not reach the street (it is not normal for us to place a pipe this shallow).Drainage is finished, and zenith zoysia sod has started to go down the next moring.This is a poor photograph taken by me, not a professional photographer.... :) This is the finished product, right before we left the job. I plan on taking a picture soon of the finished product 1 year later... I will post as soon as I find the time.
Before shot of a newly build house which was forclosed on, until my client purchased. The original landscape design was to have a forested area, but our new client wanted to have the area open and sodded.The original landscaper hired by the builder only planted half of the planned plants. We decided that we could make a nice partially shaded lawn with the area given.After fixing the PH of the soil, removing 4 large trees in this area, and altering the design of the irrigation system, we installed more bermuda sod in early May of 2010.Another view of the finished product. This is also after only one fertilization application with a weed control agent and only one mowing. Late March or Early April 2010; notice the brown in the lawn where several weeds were killed on one application.
Mulch Installation
Drainage Installation and Repair
Foreclosure Make Over:
Sod, Irrigation, Tree Removal, Pruning, Weed Control, lawn maintenance and mulch installation
(DTE Lawn Care and Landscaping)
Before Picture under a deck1.5'' to 2'' thick flagstone installed under deck, flagstone bricks cut in for a permanent bed edge. All stones are stable and soil base is well compacted.Before Picture. Notice the sharp curve changes in the next picture so that the line flows better. We have since then added flagstone brick edging on the other side of the fence also, an updated picture will be added soon.Flagstone cobblestone border averages around $700 per ton installed. 1 ton covers about 125 linear feet. If you wish to pace off your property's bed lines, an average person's walking pace is between 3' and 3.5' . These stones are availible in tumbled also for a rustic look.Flagstone cut into new sod makes a great path! Picture taken 10 days after Tifgrand Bermuda installation.Thin Stack Flag Stone boarder. This type of boarder averages about $16.00 per foot installed. View the Landscape Boarder Link on the Landscaping Services page for more information.
Flagstone
This area has been shaded out and erosion has taken place. We see this quite often. The key to solving erosion problems is to get a gound cover (plant or mulch) to hold the soil and to slow down the water at the same time. We pruned some of the tree roots, removed all of the current growth, installed some black top soil, laid 1 pallet of tifgrand bermuda sod (which is tollerant of 60-70 constant shade), and installed black mulch.
Shade Problem Solved
Answer: Tifgrand Bermuda Grass
Before: A property with horrible drainage issues, and difficult maintenance.After: Grading the front lawn gave us plenty of soil for the back yard. 2 gutter downspouts in the back are piped under ground, and empty to the beginning of the creek bed. Large boulders were dug into the creek bed, and softened with low growing lantana, salvia, creeping phlox....Before: Very thin Bermuda grass, and an eroding hillside.After: ...Shasta daisy, and purple heart. Irrigation was installed, then shade tollerant Tifgrand Bermuda. A tree protection ring was created around the red maple, and softened with Stella de Ora Daylillies.Back Yard BeforeThe back lawn had soil added from the front to promote drainage. Westfalen Hydrangeas and verigated hostas were installed along the back foundation, as requested by the homeowner. 3 zones of irrigation water the back via Hunter MP Rotars, it is a water wise irrigation system.
Complete Landscape Makeover