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Category: Landscape Design
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June 7, 2016
Englesby House
The UVM Englesby house in Burlington is a location we have done work at over the past few years. Recently it needed a bit of a face lift to really bring it back to life and let our previous work shine. It isn’t common to find such a large and beautiful formal garden in the...
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May 4, 2016
From Dreams to Design to Dreams Come True!
Our award winning landscape designers are hard at work drawing landscape designs. Whether it’s a large scale master landscape plan you want, or a quaint back yard design, our landscape designers can transform your property into an amazing outdoor living space. We’re currently scheduling landscape installations. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work with...
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February 5, 2016
Outdoor Living At It’s Finest
The area where this customer wanted to build his outdoor living Space had a 15 foot drop with the potential for flooding from the Mad River. It required the pouring of reinforced concrete walls which where tied into the surrounding ledge. This gave us a a large flat space to work with and no potential of flooding....
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February 1, 2016
Award Wining Landscape Designs
Springs right around the corner. Soon the days will become longer and warmer, the snow will melt, and daffodils will start to peak there heads out of the dormant landscape. Our award winning Landscape Designers are diligently Designing Landscapes. Whether it’s a large scale master landscape plan or a small quaint back yard design our...
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January 26, 2016
Outdoor Living Space
This outdoor living space was built in beautiful Charlotte VT with views out to the Adirondack Mountains. Irregular bluestone was used for the patio. Field stone was used for the grill surround as well as the walls and fire pit. The caps were all custom cut and thermaled 2″ bluestone. The grill insert was a...
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December 30, 2015
Got Logistics?
How does Landshapes get 3,500 square feet of pavers, 245 tons of crushed gravel, 61 tons of sand, an excavator, and skidsteer into an almost entirely enclosed courtyard……..Very Carefully! Laying this Paver Patio was no easy task. We first craned in an excavator and skidsteer to excavate large amounts of soil in the courtyard while a small...
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March 20, 2015
Landscape Lighting Designs
Light Up the night!! Enhance your outdoor living experience with a Lightscape Design. This not only enhances your landscape but it makes pathways and sidewalks safer to navigate at night. These Low Voltage LED Landscape Lights use almost no energy and the bulbs last for hundreds of thousands of hours. Increase the time you spend...
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February 23, 2015
Award Winning Landscape Designs
Springs right around the corner. I know that if you just came in from out side you would probably say I was crazy! But it’s true….soon the days will become longer and warmer, the snow will melt, and daffodils will start to peak there heads out of the dormant landscape, Our award winning landscape designers...
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January 14, 2015
Paver Apron, Walkways, and Stone Stairs
This home originally had a gravel driveway, walkways, failing PT stairs, and a drainage problem at the garage doors. We created a Rustic Concrete Paver Apron, from the front entry, across the garage doors, over to the work shop, and to the back door. We incorporated Rustic Stone Slab Stairs with thermalled tops and a...
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January 13, 2015
Entry Way Rehab
This front entry way originally had timbers retaining the beds which flanked the walk and started to fail. The original pavers were completely detererating after 20+ years of salt, harsh weather, and heaving in our harsh VT winters. We replaced the timbers with 18″ granite curbing to retain the beds, and used a random pattern...
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January 12, 2015
Pond House
This customer had a freshly dug swimming pond but it was pretty far from the house. They built this pond house closer to the swimming pond to have a place to congregate. We enhanced it by building this beautiful Bluestone Patio with Granite Veneer Walls, and Natural Stone Slab Stairs down to the Fire Pit. ...
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December 30, 2014
Rustic Stone Work
Our customers restored this period house, barn, and cottage to all its glory. They wanted the stone work to look period as well. The walks and patios where done with a weathered, rustic clay paver which looks like it may have been down for 100 years. The stone steps were all custom cut Woodbury granite,...
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