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Elements of Design: Shape or Form

February 15, 2011 by Dave Marciniak 4 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

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6 Screening Plants That Aren’t Leyland Cypress

October 27, 2010 by Dave Marciniak 2 Comments

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 it fills out, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commercial Landscape Design, Landscape Design Tagged With: alexandria landscape design, annandale landscape design, arlington landscape design, bethesda landscape design, chevy chase landscape design, clifton landscape design, delaplane landscape design, fairfax landscape design, leesburg landscape design, manassas landscape design, middleburg landscape design, silver spring landscape design, the plains landscape design, Tysons Corner landscape design, vienna landscape design, washington landscape design

Plant Profile: Euonymus alatus ‘Compacta’

September 13, 2010 by Dave Marciniak Leave a Comment

Common? Maybe. Still, there's no denying that this is a showy plant in the fall. Just keep in mind that it wants to get to be a ten foot by ten foot plant. Sure,  you can keep it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Horticulture, Landscape Design, Virginia plants Tagged With: alexandria landscape design, arlington landscape design, clifton landscape design, culpeper landscape design, fairfax landscape design, leesburg landscape design, manassas landscape design

Plant Profile: Golden Rain Tree

August 31, 2010 by Dave Marciniak 2 Comments

These beauties have mostly stopped blooming at this point (although I've seen an oddball bloomer here and there), and now the big, dangly seed pods are doing their thing. … [Read more...]

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10 Myths About Hiring a Landscape Contractor

August 3, 2010 by Dave Marciniak 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Landscaping, Landscape Design Tagged With: alexandria landscape design, arlington landscape design, clifton landscape design, culpeper landscape design, fairfax landscape design, fauquier landscape design, fredericksburg landscape design, Hiring a contractor, leesburg landscape design, loudoun county landscape design, manassas landscape design 20111, northern virginia hardscape construction, northern virginia landscape design

Stamped Concrete Steps

August 2, 2010 by Dave Marciniak 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Concrete Design, Hardscaping, Landscape Design, Patio Designs, Stone Tagged With: fairfax landscape design, leesburg landscape design, loudoun county landscape design, manassas landscape design 20111, montclair landscape design, northern virginia landscape design, prince william county landscape design, stamped concrete, woodbridge landscape design

Is Stamped Concrete Any Good?

July 31, 2010 by Dave Marciniak Leave a Comment

It's funny- for the longest time, I would have said no. Emphatically, in fact. After all, there have always been several flaws with stamped concrete, many of which are still a … [Read more...]

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Overused Plants?

July 28, 2010 by Dave Marciniak 4 Comments

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. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Horticulture, Landscape Design, Virginia plants Tagged With: alexandria landscape design, arlington landscape design, clifton landscape design, fairfax landscape design, gainesville landscape design, leesburg landscape design, loudoun county landscape design, manassas landscape design, northern virginia landscape design, prince william county landscape design, purcellville landscape design, vienna landscape design

Best Plant Blog I’ve Found

April 8, 2010 by Dave Marciniak Leave a Comment

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 run posts with … [Read more...]

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Plant Profile” Justin Brouwer Boxwood

March 15, 2010 by Dave Marciniak Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

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