by Steve McRae (Landscape Consultant & Designer, Entrepreneur)
12 Steps to Bringing Your Landscape Ideas to Life! You are dreaming of a new landscape for your property. You want a water feature, shade trees, perennial beds, fencing, flowering shrubs, ornamental trees, space for annuals, fish, stonewalls and maybe a waterfall too. How do you go about fitting everything into your landscape ideas? You [...]
by Steve McRae (Landscape Consultant & Designer, Entrepreneur)
Installing An Ornamental Fountain as Part of a Container Water Feature We purchased a large cast bronze heron fountain at Snug Harbor Farm Garden Center in Kennebunkport, Maine. Our life size bronze bird is about 5 feet tall, weighs about 30 lbs and the fountain shoots straight down through the beak of the heron. This [...]
by Steve McRae (Landscape Consultant & Designer, Entrepreneur)
The Element of Water in the Landscape Water is a key element when designing your landscape. That’s my opinion, and I regard my opinion very highly. If you don’t integrate water into your landscape design you are missing the boat. Throughout gardening history water has played a very important role. Water can be invigorating – [...]
by Steve McRae (Landscape Consultant & Designer, Entrepreneur)
Soil Conditions – Loam – Sand – Crushed Stone – Gravel What kind of soil conditions exist below the grassy field or in the woods that you are thinking of clearing or using to expand your landscape? If you have existing soil you need to examine, take soil samples and find a reputable test facility [...]