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You just had us install a new landscape with plants and possibly fresh grass. Maybe you don't think you need irrigation. You believe this because you have a green thumb. Or you think this because you believe you will have time to water your new...

Outdoor Fire

Fire feature, anyone? Natural gas or propane, fire table or fireplace, linear flame or round, torch or candle - I hope to illuminate and shed some light. A few years ago, one of our suppliers invited me to an open house. As I walked in,...

1982 North York Mirror article

Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

In my early years, God blessed me with the desire to work hard. The motivation to open my first company...

The days of a landscaper with a rake and a shovel in the back of a pickup are over. People are finally coming around to the fact that just because there are sod and plants involved, this is a trade, and it is a skilled trade, that should be...

Like most things, the reason for our move to modern design was at a gut level. Simply put, I stopped liking messy English gardens and started enjoying the harmonious simplicity of contemporary design. In addition, I noticed that my clients were...

One of the most requested items on a client's wish list . . . "We want a low maintenance landscape." Almost everyone loves plants. I need to tell you that sizeable English-style gardens with lots of varieties of perennials are NOT low maintenance. To...

You would like a Hot Tub, but you don’t think you would use it as much as you think? At the end of the day, these are luxuries that come down to finance. But at the end of “a” day, are they ever nice! I can tell you that a daily dip in your hot...