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)
Rural Backyard Series: Landscape Master Plan Transitioning your landscape over time may require a master plan. When you begin to design, renovate or upgrade an existing landscape you should always incorporate a 1-5-10 and even 15 year plan so that you can transition your landscape as your family grows or your needs change. Designing areas [...]
by Steve McRae (Landscape Consultant & Designer, Entrepreneur)
Winter is time to start thinking about your spring, summer and fall landscaping projects. It’s 20 below zero this morning so this is the time to do the research, make your designs, make your lists and schedule your planting while you sip a hot cup of coffee, tea or cocoa.