A Gardenscape Blog

25 Nov

Because you can never have too many trees, I bought two Golden Chains at Merrifield today. Seriously, could this tree be any cooler? Northern Virginians, this is a tree for your zone. ...

25 Nov

Queenie is a southern charmer. Her house is beautiful, and it sits on a lovely, yet sloped, piece of property. Queenie deserved some level space. Queenie needed stone. Lots and lots of stone. In order to create...

01 Nov

Sometimes I think it would be best if designers planned gardens in the winter – as opposed to spring. If it looks amazing in January, imagine what it will look like in...

01 Nov

Not all sod is created the same. It is that time of year where I am asked to estimate sod quite frequently. I honestly feel like I should apologize every time I...

01 Nov

People sue the Fast Food Industry for making us fat. Why hasn’t someone sued the Bamboo Industry for making us poor at the hand of removal. Seriously folks, do not plant this...

01 Nov

I don’t plant small trees, but this one was big even for me. This tree was located at an office building that was being demolished. It found a new home on Taylor...

01 Nov

The coolest thing about this project was installing stone quarried 30 minutes away. Carderock is beautiful. ...

01 Nov

Tomorrow is the first day of a five month sprint. I am excited. Tomorrow is José’s first official day with BrightShade, and he cannot sleep. He called to tell me. We spent a...