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Reviving A River With Landscape Design
There’s something about moose being one of the bigger challenges of a project that signals this isn’t an average landscape job. And, the Blue River Habit and Restoration project carried out in 2017 in...
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Field To Dreams: Repurposed Limestone Creates Perfect Patio
(Photos: Landmark Landscapes, Inc.) With Hardscape North America (HNA) right around the corner, Joe Majerus, owner of Sheboygan Falls, WI-based Landmark Landscapes, Inc., knows it will be hard to...
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Reducing Water Needs At A Desert Property
In Arizona, a program to replace the green grass turf with native desert landscape around Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is anticipated to save $400,000 annually in labor and materials as...
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Landscape Crew Has A “Field Day”
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s not uncommon for high-end landscape clients to spend six figures or more on a project. When Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Stone Mountain, GA looked at upgrading its grounds,...
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Adding Design-Build Services
If you have a turf maintenance company, you may notice additional revenue opportunities on client properties that you wish you could take advantage of. However, you might feel unsure of the skill sets...
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Business Management: Hardscape Maintenance
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Inspire Customers With Hardscape
Fresh air and natural, healthy surroundings can be a powerful motivator. Months of pandemic-related self-quarantining and work-from-home routine have ushered in tremendous interest in improving home...
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Software For Design Services
Every design/build project is unique, but there are always common denominators. These are the elements that landscape contractors providing this service should have precise workflows set up for. There...
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Landscape Lighting Design: Bright Ideas
Today, landscape lighting is no longer optional in most yards. With the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic cancelling travel plans this year, many have invested those unused vacation dollars into creating...
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Elevating Stormwater Management
There has been a generational shift in the way our communities perceive, understand, and value the benefits of stormwater management. Gone are the days when the only mention of stormwater were decals...
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Construction Equipment That Maxes User-Friendliness
If an industry-wide landscaping labor shortage wasn’t enough of a problem, add the cost and difficulty of recruiting seasonal employees. These are primary reasons why many landscapers are turning to...
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Turf DesignBuild: From Concept To Completion
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Design-Build Thrived In 2020. Will It Continue?
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Prevent Permeable Pavement Clogging
Permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) reduces stormwater runoff volumes and rates, while filtering pollutants. This material has an admirable track record in paying for itself by reducing or...
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Outsourcing The Design of Design-Build
For lawn care and landscape professionals, making the transition to offer design-build services can be intimidating — especially so if no one on your crew is a landscape architect. While employees may...
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Hardscape Trends For Outdoor Living
As homeowners embraced outdoor living during the COVID-19 pandemic, they prioritized functional outdoor spaces to relax, work, and spend time with family. And, according to a recent study, 85% of...
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Drainage & Retaining Walls
Retaining walls are useful structures that form a transition between areas of different elevation. Retaining walls allow steep, unusable slopes to be avoided. A retaining wall will make use of the...
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UTVs: Equipment To Build Business
Utility vehicles are a growing product category for many segments of the industry, and can provide landscape contractors and facility managers with a versatile piece of equipment for their fleets. UTVs...
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Lakeside Living Space
Landmark Landscapes is a family owned and operated, full-service landscaping company based in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Founded 32 years ago around a passion to meld the beauty of nature with the...
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ProMedica HQ: Corporate Campus To Community
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Turf June 2022 Issue
Editor’s Letter: June 2022 Issue Not A Drop To Drink I could fill this Editor’s Letter with scary statistics about water shortages and drought, but unless you’re living under a rock within that...
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Irrigating Urban Sites
Smart Irrigation: Sensor-based smart irrigation solves the challenges at 9/11 Memorial Plaza. Water has entered a new era where it is no longer economically, socially, or even legally sustainable for...
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Embracing The Summer Slide (In Landscape Design!)
A backyard entertaining space earns top grades for Phase One Landscapes. How do you earn top grades for a patio project? Incorporating a water slide that maximizes summer fun—while transforming a...
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Turf Design-Build: October 2022
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Dos & Don’ts Of Landscape Design-Build
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The “Hot” Outdoor Trend
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Project Profile: A Streamside Farmhouse
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Get Equipped: Design-Build Equipment, Part 1
Take a look at this assortment of design-build equipment that can improve and add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. (This is the first of a two-part feature. Click here to...
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Get Equipped: Design-Build Equipment, Part 2
Take a look at this assortment of design-build equipment that can improve and add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. (This is the second of a two-part feature. Click here...
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Landscape Design-Build Trends: Best Of Times, Worst Of Times
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Evergreen Enchantment In A Colorado Landscape
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Estimating Landscape Projects For Profit
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Diving In: Integrating Pool & Landscape
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Investing In Heavy Equipment For Landscaping
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Get Equipped: Design-Build Equipment
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Managing An Eco-Campus In The Heart Of A City
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Building A Water Resistant Deck
(All photos: Trex RainEscape) By Dave Kile From the June 2023 Issue Top-of-class decks maintain their good looks for years—decades even—without needing much upkeep. Usually, they’re designed to shed...
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Permeable Pavers In Landscape Projects
By Paul Cureton, P.E From the June 2023 Issue Permeable paver systems are gaining popularity for both residential and commercial projects due to rising municipal stormwater management concerns...
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Paving The Way To A Better Community
By Kevin Earley From the June 2023 Issue At one time, the 158 acres of land on secluded Highway 30A in the Florida Panhandle were just pure scrub oak, sand, and blue water. But in the late 1970s, Jim...
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Landscape Beauty Beyond The Warehouse
From the August 2023 Issue As North America’s leading distributor of shipping, industrial, and packaging materials, Uline is known for its iconic crisp red polo shirt uniform, customer service, and its...
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Lighting A Lush Landscape
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Turf Design-Build: February 2024
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Creating A Five-Star Landscape Design Build Experience
By Jill Odom, NALP, with Christine Menapace From the February 2024 Issue of Design-Build Several masters of the landscape industry gathered together to discuss how their teams produce the impossible...
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Lakeside Landscape Project: Manitou Watch
By Zach VanDyke From the February 2024 Issue of Design-Build Overlooking the Manitou Islands on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan lies a home nestled into a stand of mature oak and beech. The home...
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Get Equipped: Design-Build Equipment
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Natural Swimming Pools & Ponds
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Desert Decadence In An Arizona Landscape Design
By Sara Plocher From the June 2024 Issue While being one of the most visually stunning locations in the country, the Southern Arizona Sonoran Desert nevertheless has a number of uniquely challenging...
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