What’s bound to be one of the last things on your mind when you’re buying a recently built house? Even if you’ve been to the property, you may not be considering its landscaping, and you certainly can’t go without. Building new landscaping can be a complicated process, especially in an area with weather extremes like the…
Hailstorms can be an unexpected – and unexpectedly expensive – surprise in the Spring and Summer, but even if you’ve been lucky enough to avoid dings in your hood and cracks in your windshield, hail may have taken its toll in other ways. Hail forms when the pressure below large storm systems is too high…
Many homeowners ask us how much improved landscaping will actually raise their home value. With the seller’s market here in the Front Range, we imagine it’s something on everyone’s mind who might be considering selling their home. It’s an important question, and one that we take very seriously. We think professional landscaping adds value at…
Many Coloradans consider the mountains to be their home away from home. Whether they’re avid skiers, hikers, climbers, or mountain bikers, the fresh piney air is where they’re most comfortable. Luckily for us, there is an abundance of native material and plants that can be put to use creating Rocky Mountain-Inspired landscaping at your home.…
It’s been warm and sunny this Spring, bringing many of us Coloradans out into our backyards for barbecues and lazy afternoons. Now is the perfect time of year to start planning improvements and renovations to your landscaping. Trees and plants are dormant, giving you a perspective on your space that you can’t quite get in…
It’s easy not to keep up with yard maintenance during the Winter, when spending time outside is so chilly, and the needs for your lawn and landscaping are so low. Trees and plants go into a state of dormancy when the temperature drops, but they’re still alive! As living things, they still need nutrients to…
Learn about some benefits of sod and the environment. Absolutely. Sod cools and cleans the atmosphere by reflecting the sun’s heat and absorbing noises, carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants. It releases valuable oxygen and moisture into the air we breathe. As it grows, sod silently contributes to a healthier environment. You can install…
Trees in the Rocky Mountain region must be pruned properly to thrive. Shade trees should be pruned to keep them healthy, to control insects and disease, for safety and to reduce their canopy. Pruning a tree can be thought of as cleaning; broken, dead or diseased branches should be removed. These branches are like open…
Landscape weed control requires a three-pronged approach: prevention, cultural and chemical control. Weeds are opportunists. If there is an area in the yard with little or no vegetation, or if the vegetation is highly stressed, weeds will flourish. Their adaptability to difficult growing conditions is what makes us call them a weed. Prevent weeds…
Cultural weed control methods include mulching, mowing, hand-weeding and cultivation. Mulching suppresses annual weeds by limiting light required for weed establishment. Mowing is an effective method to limit seed production. Mowing must be done when flower heads are produced- April for winter annuals and summer for summer annuals. Frequent hand removal of annual weeds is…
