Meadowbrook Design Blog
Think Before You Act: Why Design Matters
Hiring a landscape design service is more crucial than most people realize. Well executed design seems natural, or intuitive, which leads people to not think about or question the design process. Why is this tree here? Why are there this many benches? The answer lies...
2019 Current Landscape Trends
Your yard is more than just a place to plant shrubs. Your outdoor areas can serve as a second living room, office, kitchen, playroom, and more – fully equipped with comforts that are usually found indoors. The current landscape trends listed in this article will help...
How Far Ahead Should You Start Your Landscaping Plans?
Landscaping done right takes some planning. When it comes to large residential landscaping projects, you have two choices: Try hobbling together the many qualified professionals needed and attempt to serve as the go-between for them all. Or, you can turn to a...
Fall Care for your Landscape: Protect your Plants from Frost Damage
Frosts and freezing weather can harm or kill entire gardens in the span of hours or days. It's important to protect your garden from this plant-killer as early as mid-Fall! Luckily there are many ways to lessen the effects of freezing temperatures. A freeze occurs...
Using Retaining Walls In Landscaping Uneven Land
Oftentimes to steep incline in your yard can render your green space problematic or even unusable. Retaining walls have long been a fundamental element in solving inclines in commercial and residential construction. A retaining wall is a hardscape structure that...
Creative Patio and Porch Ideas
There are a lot of good reasons to improve your yard with creative porch and patio ideas. First, by spending only 5% of the value of your home on outdoor areas, you can increase the resale value of your home by up to 15%. And creating a space that is conducive to...
Professional Landscaping Design Increases Property Values
All homeowners want their home to increase in value. In fact, no matter how long you plan to live in your home, you want it to increase in value as much as possible. Obviously, you can try to improve your house. But the dwelling does not exist in a vacuum- it exists...
How a Landscape Project Coordinator Benefits You
You’ve spent your time and energy contemplating what you’d like your landscape to be like. You may have collected images for months, considering your options, or worked with a landscape designer. You have a plan and know what final result you want. Why bother...
Using a Focal Point in Your Landscape
A beautiful landscape doesn’t feel scattered, there is always a center pulling it all together. You might call it a focal point, a centerpiece, a unifying feature. There’s no one right way to provide a center to your landscape. You have to find what suits you, based...
New Plantings: What Do They Need?
Getting your new plantings off to a healthy start will help the new greenery mature to its full size and provide the benefits you chose it for throughout its lifetime. When to Plant Fall, late winter, or early spring might be the best time for your new additions...