Archive | landscape

16 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Building a raised flower/vegetable bed

While glancing over the Home and Garden section of The Pioneer Woman, I came across this article they had on building a raised flower/vegetable bed.  It has some good explanations and pictures on the building process and makes it simple enough for just about anyone to tackle.  Hope you enjoy it!

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10 February 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Quality camera = quality pictures = quality view

We at ALV recently purchased a Nikon D50 camera to take quality pictures, which means you get a quality view of the projects we showcase.  This is an exciting upgrade to our efforts as all previous pictures have been taken with an iPhone.  I love my iPhone (and it’s 2 MB camera) and have no plans [...]

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08 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Recommendations

Here are a few blogs in the landscape industry that are a good read: 1) Landscape and Urbanism 2) Landscape Management 3) Steve Snedecker 4) Pruned (not updated often, but unique site) If there are any other sites out there that you enjoy, let me know!  Just make a comment in the comment box.

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26 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Redo Job

We’re working at a new job site now where the homeowner just had a large pool, hot tub, deck, and travertine patio put in over the past summer.  However, the previous company that put in the patio did a sad job, and we’ve been asked to come in and fix the mistakes.  It’s a shame [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Travertine photo album

Here is the photo album for the travertine patio and sidewalk.  We’ll be heading back to the job site in a couple weeks to put in some flower beds and add foliage to add to the house. Travertine patio and sidewalk

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10 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Landscape Design and Implimentation

Unless otherwise noted, the landscape projects were designed and developed by Stone Petal Landscape, LLC, under the leadership of Jane Fanning.

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