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How to Select the Right Pavers for Your New Patio or Walkway

Phoenixville installation using Techo-Bloc Bue 60 Some simple guidelines can help you decide on the best paver for your new patio, deck or walkway. A professional landscaper can offer valuable input and offer suggestions that will be cost effective, beautiful and functional. You will also be impressed with paver industry technology that offers extensive paver shapes, […]

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Cherry Laurels Are Attractive and Reliable Evergreen Shrubs

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Cherry Laurel shrubs make excellent additions to just about any landscape. They are attractive, reliable and useful in many landscape situations. As landscape designers, we’re always looking for shrubs that answer the bell for reliability and attractiveness and we find that Cherry Laurels often are the perfect shrub to use in many of our designs.

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Things I Wish I Had Known When I Planted My First Flower Garden

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Darlene Hofmeister volunteers as our guest blogger. She is a lifelong gardener, and is a Master Gardener through Penn State Cooperative Extension’s program. Her love of education and desire to share knowledge with others continues past her 35-year teaching career. We are thrilled to have her share her insights about gardening and hopefully help many

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Patio Under Deck Extends Outdoor Living Space

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Flagstone patio with fireplace in Gilbertsville, PA Don’t Waste Your Under Deck Space One hidden spot in a landscape that is often overlooked is the space under the deck. It tends to be a catch all for outdoor sporting equipment, wading pools, garden hoses and anything that doesn’t quite fit in the garage. But if

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Design Tip – Plant in Masses

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Mass plantings of shrubs and flowers in Malvern, PA Mass planting creates great visual impact Do you enjoy browsing at a nursery, buying a new plant and planting it in an empty spot in the garden. This is called specimen planting and is a popular style of planting. But have you ever seen a garden

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5 Easy Ideas for Boosting Curb Appeal

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Improving your home’s curb appeal improves its value Are you unhappy with the way your house looks? Well join the club! Most homeowners think their landscaping is boring so we thought we’d give you some curbscaping ideas that will grab the eyes of your neighbors. Adding just one or two key elements to your current

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2017 PHS Gold Medal Winners

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Crape Myrtle blossom. Pixabay photo Chosen for Beauty, Performance and Hardiness in our Region The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) selects plants each year that are easy to grow, pest free, and add beauty to the landscape for many seasons. If you are thinking about adding a new plant to your garden next spring, you might

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Color of the Year Connects Us with Nature

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Greenery is the Pantone’s Choice for 2017 Ever year the Pantone Color Institute, the ‘global color authority”, selects a color of the year that reflects what is taking place in the world. They claim their choice goes way beyond an aesthetic color to shake up the new year, but rather is a color that

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Outdoor Living Trends for 2017

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Outdoor Fire Pit for Pottstown Client What new horizons for you in 2017? Check out these landscaping trends and see if you’re inspired to add one to your outdoor living area. Some of these trends are what we see and observe from our clients and their requests. Other ideas come from the Garden Media Group

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Best Way to Protect Your Trees and Shrubs from Ice and Snow

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Use upward motion with broom to remove heavy, wet snow. Ready for snow this winter? Hurricane Schwartz predicts that the snow fall for 2017 in the Philadelphia region will be between 30 – 35 inches. Snow may be fun for kids and beautiful to adults as it falls, but a small amount of snow combined

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How to Care for Your Fresh Cut Christmas Tree

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Now is the time to decorate your home for Christmas and what better way to do that than to purchase a tree from a local Christmas tree farm. You can definitely be assured of getting a fresh tree if you cut your own. But if it’s more convenient to purchase a pre-cut tree, there are

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How to Protect Your Tender Bulbs Over Winter

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Cut back foliage 2 to 3 inches Fall is the time to think about digging out any annual bulbs you may have. These include cannas, gladiolas, elephant ears and dahlias. They are a wonderful, showy addition to your containers and borders summer and fall, but simply cannot survive the prolonged freezing temperatures of winter. When to

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