northern virginia landscape design

Looking for Landscape Designs for Small Yards?

Are you looking for landscape design ideas for small spaces? Be sure to check out my Landscape Packages page. I've created several simple …

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 …

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 …

This is actually a fairly under-utilized plant, which is a darn shame. I love the Chinese Fringe Tree (chionanthus virginicus), partly …

Looking to build a pond? That's a great idea. There's a whole industry that's grown up around residential backyard ponds over the last …

The #1 most important thing? Scale. I hate to say it, but the majority of off-the-shelf trellises and arbors you can buy are woefully …

Now that Snowpocalypse 2010 is over (Snowmageddon was a close second for my fav name, with SnOMG a distant third), what has it done to your …

The first outdoor kitchen I ever helped build was in San Diego in 1998. They were just starting to become popular again (remember the ones …

The deer are a persistant problem for landscape contractors and designers in Virginia. As development reduces their habitat more and more, …