Bee Garden

Cat approval

Higgins front yard overhaul

Our friend, Maureen, wanted to remove ivy and update the landscaping in her front yard. After ivy removal and soil remediation, we began carving beds.

Freshly laid sod and a perennial garden. 

Rossi retaining wall

Our friends, Carole and Ken, wanted to level out their front yard so their dogs would have another area to run. Rooted to the rescue!

Carole is knowledgeable about landscaping and chose dry stack natural stone. The wall was completed in the rain.

The planting on the next work day. A functional front yard!

Milbourne sitting wall

On one of the properties Rooted has tended for some time now, there began to be run off into the pool. A neighbor behind the property cut down some trees. Without tree roots absorbing rain water, hard rains ran straight down and into the pool.

Rooted put in drainage along with a sitting wall to direct water. 

First, excavation.

Musical interludes.

A stucco wall and hand-laid brick. 

The finished product! A beautiful wall for sitting by the pool that also helps divert run-off into the drainage system. Style and function!

Behold: THE FLAME WEEDER!

What does a landscaper ask Santa for Christmas? 

A FLAME WEEDER.

Kevin's kindly parents gifted him a flame weeder with a propane backpack this past holiday season. It lived in our trunk for the 6 hour drive home from Virginia. We've joked with friends about creating a landscaping theme park. You can play with fire! Dig holes! 

A few weeks ago we installed a forsythia hedge for a client. Maine began flame weeding the lawn. Singeing the leaves kills the root system, preventing regrowth. It's a healthier, more organic alternative to landscaping fabric and other bed building methods.

More privacy with the neighbors and the perk of lovely spring blossoms.

Happily, we were able to enjoy tulips planted this past fall. So lovely!

Growing with our community: Progress on the Chen project

We're so happy to grow with clients. A few years ago, a client & friend purchased this fantastic house. The facade, with those big blonde brick walls, offers so many opportunities! We began with a crepe myrtle to train and as a nod to the owner's southern roots.

Later, the owner requested a trellis. Last year, the trellis was photo'd below.

This season, the vines are climbing and bulbs in bloom.

A previous owner's dog kennel has been creatively converted into an outdoor patio space. The twining vine is wisteria getting ready to take over the top of the structure!

And hellebores to brighten the day. A note from our client:

"The new plantings are beautiful!!! I was so excited to see them all and am really stoked about the beautyberry and new forsythia bed. I also think you put the rhododendron in the perfect spot on the side yard under the living room windows.

All the plants are coming along so great, and they really add so much to making the house and yard beautiful. Thank you, Kevin! :) I'm so glad to have you as a landscaper!"

We're so glad to have each of you!