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Austin’s Landscape Consultation Station!
Landscape Consultation for Austin and the Surrounding Area I know you’re busy, who isn’t? We are also running out of water and need to get away from large lawns and into more sustainable gardens and landscapes. This leaves you struggling to find the right plants, concepts and directions for your personal landscape and you may …
Is Your Landscaper Killing Your Landscape?
You’d be unpleasantly surprised by how often I’m called to a clients home for consulting only to inform them that the service they hired to care for it is the reason for their problems. More times than not, your landscaper is killing your landscape. Unnecessary Trimming is Ruining Your Landscape One of many reasons …
“Garden Itis”
I suppose I truly developed garden-itis in my youth. I had a bedroom full of potted plants who were my only true friends, along with my shadow of a dog, Kenobi. She was a full blooded German Shepherd who was as loyal as she was beautiful and never told my secrets. I actually named all …
“Why Are My Landscape Plants Dying?”
“Why are my plants dying?” A query that many are stumbling with is the reason for their landscape failures. In my 20 years of educational Landscape Consultations I’ve seen a great number of reasons why plants, shrubs and trees fail. I’ve compiled my top 10 reasons for why your landscape is dying. 1) They’re too old! …
Compost Each Spring, The Planet Digs It!
One of the most important and intriguing classes I’ve ever taken in my landscape education, was about the soil. It is the foundation and the environmental anchor of the landscape. If your soil isn’t healthy, your garden will suffer. Much like our own bodies, we will only get out of it, what we put …