Are travertine paver patios slippery when wet?
Virginia may not be that far south, but our summers do get crazy hot. It’s especially challenging for our clients building patios or pool decks with western exposure who want ...
2019’s Holiday Poem
‘Twas mere days before Christmas, but we hadn’t slowed down We were digging and building, criss-crossing the town. Not just us, oh no no, it’s everyone this year For some ...
Hidden landscape gems in Culpeper
There’s a lot to love about Culpeper. Our downtown has terrific shops and restaurants and a great little museum. Speaking of the museum, every year they organize a day where ...
Don’t make these 3 hardscape mistakes
Some hardscape mistakes are minor. The summer picnic equivalent might be putting too little salt in your potato salad. Others are major. Those are the equivalent of using pureed Spam ...
Outdoor Kitchens, Outdoor Living
I built this! My Brickwood Ovens Mattone Barile Grande review
For years, I’d been talking about building a pizza oven in my backyard. At one point I found plans online for how to build a dome-shaped oven the old-fashioned way, ...
Can I plant a tree where I had a tree stump ground out?
Especially after damaging storms, I have people asking me if they can plant a new tree right where the old one used to be. “What did they do with the ...
“Why can’t you work in the rain?”
As someone with the double whammy of being a middle child AND a Libra, I’m the ultimate people pleaser. That becomes really tricky this time of year, when everyone wants ...
Fixing rootbound plants
A couple of years ago, one of my clients asked me to plant a couple of Japanese maples in containers for their pool area. We did, the trees grew well, ...
What we’re working on now
It’s official: spring is coming, and everyone wants cool stuff now. Here are a few current Revolutionary Gardens projects: 1. A flagstone front walk in Herndon, VA I’m super proud ...
Early spring plants to banish winter
In February 2018 I have grilled out while wearing shorts and flip flops, and I’ve chiseled ice off the cars at 5:30 am. I’m more than a little bit done ...