Refresh Your Worn Out Landscape If you live in an established neighborhood or even a new one, often the landscape leaves much to be desired. Often the landscaping provided with your new home will be simplistic and will mimic your neighbors landscaping. After time, your shrubs may become overgrown, loose their shape, or become sparse in […]
Spoil Yourself and Your Yard With an Irrigation System
You’re likely already aware that landscaping is an excellent investment, both for the future resale value of your home, and also simply for the joy it can provide in the meantime. But did you know that landscaping can add up to 28% to the value of a home? Or that a study from Texas AandM […]
Examples of Residential Retaining Walls and Their Uses
There are many benefits to landscaping your home, including significant money savings. For instance, just three properly placed trees could save you between $100 and $250 a year in energy costs, says the U.S. Department of Energy. Good landscaping can add up to 28% to overall home value, which can seriously pay off when and […]
Energy Efficient Landscaping Tips
After Memorial Day Weekend, the summer we have all been pining for will finally be here — and with it will come dreams of the cool air of the spring and autumn, and even some daydreams of snow. However amazing it is to spend time outdoors and soak in the sun, when it gets really […]
The Benefits of Landscaping: Maximizing Your Outdoor Space
Sometimes, when you get a new home, it can be easy to spend your time, money, and energy personalizing and renovating the inside of your home. After all, that’s where you’ll spend most of your time, right? Wrong! You’d be surprised how much more time you’d spend outdoors if you had the proper amenities to […]
What You Need to Know Before Installing Gutters
When it comes to home maintenance, gutters are no small thing. Without them, rainwater isn’t carried away from your home, leaving it to erode your foundation, leak into basements, and splash dirt along the siding of your home. You might think your gutters are okay, but after a big storm, you might walk outside only […]
3 Landscaping Projects That Deliver Great Returns on Investment
It’s no secret that you should landscape your lawn. Not only will you take more pride in your great looking home, you’ll also increase its value. Research shows that great landscaping ideas can add up to 28% to a house’s overall value. That being said, you probably don’t know the first thing about landscaping. Most […]
Winter Tree Care: 3 Tips You Need Now
Adding trees to your yard is one of the best landscaping ideas out there. Research shows that good landscaping can add up to 28% to overall home value; that just three properly placed trees could save you between $100 and $250 a year in energy costs; and that planting windbreaks and shade trees can reduce […]
Seeing Green: Understanding the Value of Trees
As you might know, adding natural stonework to your landscaping is a surefire way to get a great return on investment. Yet there’s one other thing that you may not know of that will yield a huge return on investment: having tree services help you add more lush, green trees to your yard. Don’t believe […]
3 Reasons Your Yard Needs More Trees
Believe it or not, one of the best landscaping ideas around is to add trees to your yard. Though you may think that there are more practical ways to landscape your yard, trees are a great investment for a myriad of different, unique reasons. Don’t believe it? Consider the following! Trees Can Reduce Stress. Trees […]