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DC Landscape Design, Design, Hardscaping, Landscape Design, Maryland Landscape Design, Northern Virginia Landscape Design, Sustainable Landscaping, Virginia Landscape Design, Water features

Wildlife and Water Features

One of the benefits of having a water feature is that it will become the cool watering hole for the neighborhood critters. I’m working with a landscape design client in ...

by Dave Marciniak • May 23, 2011May 22, 2011

DC Landscape Design, Design, Elements of Design, Hardscaping, Horticulture, Landscape Design, Maryland Landscape Design, Northern Virginia Landscape Design, Patio Designs, Principles of Design

Elements of Design: Shape or Form

We often think of shapes as two-dimensional: squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. This isn’t how we perceive them in the landscape, however. We see them in three dimensions, like cubes, ...

by Dave Marciniak • February 15, 2011

Commercial Landscape Design, Landscape Design

6 Screening Plants That Aren’t Leyland Cypress

UPDATE! There’s a new post up on planting for privacy – be sure you check it out! My name is Dave Marciniak and I hate Leyland Cypress. It’s unattractive before ...

by Dave Marciniak • October 27, 2010February 16, 2019

Horticulture, Landscape Design

Best Plant Blog I’ve Found

Sorry for my absence from this blog- spring rush and all. But hey, ignore the tumbleweeds and check out the most amazing plant blog I’ve found! No quick hit and ...

by Dave Marciniak • April 8, 2010