The other day, one of the industry blogs I follow highlighted a hit piece that someone did about hiring a contractor. I started to write him an email rebutting all his flawed points
In the post I just did about stamped concrete, I failed to mention one of my other issues with stamped concrete: the vertical surfaces (steps, turndown edges, etc) often look badly done- like
Thanks to the magic of Twitter (do you follow me?), I stumbled across the Garden Designers' Roundtable, a really cool blog to which designers from around the country contribute. Their latest group of
Yes, I do commercial design work as well. Not bid work- I'm a firm believer that when the only deciding factor is the lowest bid, everyone (including the client) loses- but work for
If you're looking for a funky little accent plant, Pieris japonica is a great choice, and the variety 'Mountain Fire' seems to do pretty well in northern Virginia. What's also important is that
This is a boxwood I specify a fair bit. Why? Scale. Justin Brouwer stays tight and compact. The ones in the profile picture were taken at the home of the grower's relative. They