Thursday, November 6, 2014

Bamboo Begone!

This lovely property in Collingswood was being over-run by invasive bamboo. Enter Rooted Landscaping!



All existing bamboo was removed by hand. Next, we dug a two and a half foot trench along the fence and inserted a sheet metal bamboo barrier. The trench was back-filled with soil.



Next digging out a decorative field stone wall.







In front of the wall, a replanting an existing Japanese Maple and skip laurels, and adding diablo nine barks and a variety of native, bee-attracting perennials













Bamboo is beautiful. To get that peaceful feeling, while not allowing it to run ramshod, a little bit of black bamboo was planted in underground pots. Whispering breezes, safe house foundations. Win!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Wormies! Vermies?

Our friend, Rose, is the Children's Librarian at Pennsauken Library. She invited Kevin to offer a lesson on worms function in a healthy ecosystem.

Kevin was beside himself. For his 30th BDay, he received worms to start vermiculture composting at the Avant Garden. Some of these guys were featured. Thankfully, we also received a good rain the day before the workshop, so Kevin was able to dig up some other earth worm varieties in the Avant Garden.


Kids got to take a peak. Sonora Rose is helping in the background. She is also largely responsible for the Pennsauken Community Garden, located behind the Library, and featured in these photos.


Behold!



Kevin is a big fan of kids. He's also worked one-on-one with kids to establish vegetable gardens. Contact us if you'd like to book on-going education!


Special thank you to Lauren Lopez, the Rooted Logo designer, who attended with her kids and took these photos!

Monday, August 18, 2014

Field stone wall in off-season

Our friend, Aimee, with Horticulturalist for Hire wanted a Field Stone wall built for a property where she was working. She built the fire pit & enlisted Rooted Landscaping support for the field stone wall with blue stone cap. 



We love working collaboratively with Aimee and we love this wall!

Friday, August 15, 2014

New beds in Shamong

Rooted Landscaping installed a series of beds framing the pool and weaving along the frontyard of this property in Shamong.








Zoysia plugs for a healthy lawn.






Harvested garlic


From our very own Avant Garden! 200 hundred bulbs cured & stored.