Bethlehem, this week

This home has wonderful designs throughout the landscape. The theme for this home is slightly formal. It goes to show that one can accomplish almost anything with the correct landscape. I took some before and during pictures to show you how Hana and I work and then the finished pictures are at the end. Enjoy!

Halfway done...



Edged stairs
Pruned shrub
Beautiful!

Littleton, this week

Here is another garden we revitalized this week. I will not include before pictures because you couldn't really tell there was a garden there - but it looks much better now!





Can you see the frog? We had a little frog hang out on the rocks around the pond with us and whenever we smacked a deer fly we fed it to him! He got a good three or four flies while we were working in the garden!

Mulch always makes a garden look finished! In this case we put down very thick mulch to keep those weeds at bay!

New Garden!

We made a new friend this week! She is an animal lover, like Hana and I and has an in-house dog-sitting business and cares for other animals as well! If you need animal sitting services and live in the Littleton area we can further direct you!

She also had me come over to look at her...garden? And wanted to know what should be done.

Well, we decided to start with a fresh pallet. When Hana and I arrived Wednesday morning the stones were moved back and the bushes moved out (along with lots of tree roots, etc.!) and we had something fresh to work with! They had rented a backhoe!
The following pictures are a combination of plants from the wholesaler I work with (The Green Reaper) in South Ryegate, and some that Mary picked up while we were working in the garden. The theme with plans was clumping (so they don't get weeds growing all throughout them and are easier to maintain), blooms throughout the season, and we combined foliage, habit, and blooms to give a wonderful texture to the garden. The only creeping plans we got were several types of Sedum that will go along the rock wall by the driveway - we found green and bronze leaved specimens that will bloom yellow, orange, and pink - very exciting! The first one below is a purple-leaved Sedum called 'Purple Emperor.'
Here is a lovely blue Sedum (email me for variety).
A creeping Sedum
Here is the basic layout of the garden






And now we add the mulch for the finishing touch!
And water those transplants!



Thanks for visiting out blog!

Summer is here, the clematis is in bloom!

Imagine my awe when I walked around the corner of a building to see cascades of white and purple clematis the size of my hand! I just had to share these with you all. It makes you wonder if there is a good place to put clematis in your own landscapes! I hope you enjoy these. Have a wonderful weekend!






Here, the clematis climbed up into the weigela to make great color contrasts~