Landscapes, like many things, can get old and tired and worn out. Pathways may crumble, plantings may perform less reliably after years of giving it their all, and even trees can show signs of aging by being unhealthy, pest oriented, or simply overgrown. When is the best time to consider a landscape redo? When you […]
Container Gardens
Using ornamental grasses in a residential landscape
Outdoor Craftsmen creates landscape wonderlands for exacting clients with very good taste. Every project draws from a toolbox of craftsmen who know and love everything natural. We also have secret weapon for the best possible outcome in any landscape: ornamental grasses. They come in an enormous variety of sizes, colors, and fronds (their version of […]
Sneaky Ways to Sabotage your Landscape
After having your property professionally landscape designed and built by Outdoor Craftsmen, there is the upkeep. Many homeowners want to perform basic maintenance task themselves, which should be doable if not for the self-sabotaging (but easily rectifiable) mistakes unwittingly made by the homeowner. A few examples: When a plant/shrub/tree needs to come out and you […]
Landscape Trends for 2020
Some good news for the near future comes from Outdoor Craftsmen, who are keeping us abreast of landscape and gardening trends for this coming growing season. Outdoor Craftsmen is open for business and continues to spread their landscape magic throughout the properties of homeowners despite the coronavirus. For questions about the specifics of how we […]
Landscaping in winter? Yes!
Our 300+ days of sunshine a year mean we perform our landscape design and installation tasks year-round. This surprises many who think the ground is too frozen or the air too cold to dream up fabulous landscape designs for new homes, landscape renovations or special garden areas. Winter is a great time to start a […]
Minimalist is still popular – including in landscaping
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Clare Boothe Luce The minimalist movement that started in the 1960’s thrived on simplicity in both content and form. It devolved into the excesses of the Reagan era in the 1980s, and then saw a resurgence in this country during the ‘great recession’ we experienced at the beginning of […]
