Outdoor Craftsmen receives many requests to craft landscapes befitting of the land while setting the mood for each distinct Colorado season. We relish these projects for their opportunity to meticulously plan for how you will experience and use your landscape all year.
All About Personality
Every landscape has a personality. Over time and the fullness of life we come to recognize the unique characteristics that give the land, your land, a unique voice. It is then that we most appreciate the contributions of our gardens to our well-being. Outdoor Craftsmen marries the best of luxury landscape design with know-how, ingenuity, […]
Rethinking the landscape
“Pretty rooms and garden blooms…” When there exists a dynamic interplay between landscape and house, the entire environment automatically expands in our thinking to something much larger than the square footage of the house alone. With sparkling fountains, verdant pathways, calming pools and numerous other stress-reducing qualities, outdoor rooms should be as loved and used […]
The season for dreaming.
Longer sunny days. Sunday drives. First blooming daffodils. Hikes in the foothills. Daydreaming. Planning. As warmer weather arrives, a new season inches ever closer and the great outdoors beckons us from our winter cocoons. Spring is upon us! Outdoor Craftsmen welcomes your call to discuss that project you’d like to have done now so you […]
An ode to the garden bench
The allure of the garden bench is undeniable. Whether anchoring an arbor at the end of a garden path or delighting the eye peeking out from a bed of blooms, it invites one outdoors for a delicious moment of quiet, or good conversation, or reading. When placed in the open air environment as a focal […]
When flopping meets opportunity.
We are often asked what to do with mature perennials whose stems have toppled under the weight of snow (in winter) or flowers (during the growing season). Instead of rushing to stake them, or worse, cutting them off prematurely, let them mingle and poke into their garden companions. This effectively allows you to ‘reframe’ the […]
