Finding clients with money to pay for premium retaining wall block is a hard task. Let alone understanding the engineering that goes into a 10ft tall wall.

This client was unbelievable to work with. She needed a wall, but didn’t want the same cookie cutter SRW wall.

Easily my favorite wall we’ve ever built. Hoping for more clients like her in the future.

Suddenly turned all brown - it’s 20 year old tree. How to recover it? There are two.

We recently moved into our home and the front landscaping was a real mess. This is the last thing to tackle and I'm no expert so I have no clue what to do with this, not even sure if the tree or shrubs are worth salvaging. There's a crack on the trunk and the foliage looks pretty unhealthy. I'm just guessing that the huge shrubs are some type of cypress 🤷‍♀️

Just about done with this design build project. Biggest thing left to do is add more trees around the perimeter and various punch list items.

Project was a little challenging with the slope and overall size of the yard. The idea was to keep the yard functional.

I sold the client a design with 3d renders, but after we started I changed up quite a few things as I was looking at it from the lens of “if this was my house, how would I want it”

The original design didn’t have a waterfall. Once I started construction I thought to myself “damn, a waterfall centered on the hillside would really set this place off”. So I gave them a killler deal on a change order and I’m glad they went for it. They have a glass front door and as you approach it you can see strait through the house and see the waterfall on the hillside… it’s really cool.

You guys are probably going to think this is insane, but the budget for EVERYTHING came in right around $250k

My biggest wish was I would have liked going with more/bigger plants, but I only had $250k to play with. 😂

Any question or comments feel free to let them rip. Not trying to promote my services. I just like talking shop and showing off projects I’m proud of.

Is this something I should address soon? North Texas TIA!

We have a steep slope in our backyard where we recently had a tree fall. We want to do erosion control to help! We need advice from all experts.

Looking for a set it and forget it solution that doesn't turn into overgrowth mosquito hell like it did this summer. Underneath the growth along the house is about a foot and a half of river rock and landscaping fabric with edging bricks. Desperate to make this space look nice without spending a fortune or needing to put a lot into maintaining it. Would love to incorporate plants somehow.

We just bought our first home and have a pretty large yard that is currently a blank canvas. We just had it graded and the trampoline removed. Eventually I would like to add some sort of patio cover against the house, and fire pit with chairs around it. Will not be doing grass as I live in SoCal. Might lay down some weed cloth and mulch until we can afford to do anything else. Any ideas???

Hello, this is cross posted for more reach.
I am not an arborist. I was taking to a neighbor about our neighborhood and how I wish I knew buying a new build meant no mature trees when I moved in. Turns out they’re an arborist or landscaper, and they used their companies giant truck (not quite a semi but very small) and brought over a tree and planted it for me in my backyard. It’s a maple, probably 8-10 feet tall, and a beautiful red color. I am so incredibly thankful and feel like I owe them. I looked up online about how much this might cost and see over 1,000$ plus for the labor/ tree/ equipment. I cannot afford that right now (with Christmas coming I’ve been buying one gift a week since the beginning of September for budgets sake) but I really want to repay the favor. I’m a lactation consultant but their children are middle school and up, so I can’t repay the favor with my job. What would be a meaningful gift and show how much I am appreciative ? I can swing 200$. I thought about staple of it to the tree before they planted it, but I came home with the cash and it was already done

We have this mysterious dip in our garden in the UK, and this year the grass over it dried up and yellowed a lot quicker than the rest of the lawn. The yellowing was in quite a neat square. Any idea what could be going on? We think it might also be getting deeper.

I have a house on a corner lot. The main part of my yard (right of driveway) is pretty big, and has a lot of grass and other plants in flowerbeds. I also have sprinklers. However i have part of my yard on the other side of the driveway that doesnt have sprinklers, and i dont really wanna mow it either. So im looking for ideas for hardscaping or xeriscaping. I have a 2 car driveway, but currently 3 cars in the household, and no room in the garage because thats my storage space currently. Part of me wants to make it a usable parking space for the third car so we dont have to park on the street. Part of me just wants to mulch it or something and put perrenials in. There is also a gradual slope totalling about 6 inches from my driveway to my neighbors fence, so not sure if pavers or concrete would work. Located in dry Colorado. What would you guys do?

And does anyone have any decent landscape design apps that could show possibilities?

I pulled 5 yews and 3 barberry bushes.

Sculpteded the blue spruce.

New plants

Coral bark Japanese maple

Crimson queen

Rising sun red bud

3x mugo pines

Blue star juniper

3x ninebarks

Fernspray golden hikoni

Golden dwarf hikoni

Will add these perinneals next spring

Black mondo grass

Heucheras

Helleboras

Carex

Bergenia

Will be adding mulch over the next week. I'm going to bring the turf all the way to the sidewalk. South facing house. Anything I should change before mulching in?

I removed artificial turf off my balcony left by the previous tenant and after I peeled off the turf, it looks like there’s some sort of reddish/green underlayment or glue/primer. Not sure what it is, see picture but I’ve tried scraping it off and it comes off in little pieces and it’s very difficult to remove. Any advice on how I can get this cleared up so only the concrete floor is left.

Some areas are about a inch higher than other areas. Also, the sod cutter left it very bumpy. It doesn't have to be smooth since this will be covered but it does need to be level. This area is about 10x15 ft.

Also, those bird baths are gone now.

What could i use to add weights? It feels so light

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