Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Minnetonka Wall Project


Beautiful home in Minnetonka, MN. Here we removed an old timber wall and replaced it with a new modular block wall. The tumbled stacked stone look of Keystone Verazzo was a nice fit for this traditional two story home accenting the front porch. in the front bed we planted shrub roses, spirea 'tor', Hydrangea annabelle as well as some Blue flowering perennial Geraniums.  On the side of the house coming off the porch we built a stone stair case going more natural with boulders and Chilton outcropping steps.




Gerardo finishes another job. Nice Work!

New Paver Patio !


For this project we had to remove an existing concrete patio and deck. the new patio is done with Borgert Cracovia which has a tumbled cobble look. For this design we used a circle pattern and incorporated that with the soldier course to add contrast but also retaining continuity thrughout the layout. The joints are filled with a polymeric sand that has a built in glue to create a durable and washable surface.



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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Retaining Wall Project in Bloomington

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For this project we used Anchor Highland Stone to build a wall on the north side of the property. This was done to take away the steepness in that area also providing a place for a new planting bed. We built two walls: one for slope, the other a platform for a rain barrel which was connected to a drip irrigation system for all the new plantings in that area. We also removed the front foundation plants and redesigned this bed with new plants including Hydrangea, Veronica, Heuchera, and Shastab Daisy along with new bullet edge.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Chilton Limestone Patio in Jordan

Fun Project because the front of this house had basically no landscaping. We created a place for our customer to enjoy a north woods setting while also providing year round color. We did this by installing a boulder wall coming off the corner of her porch to build up the area this allowed us to put in base for our circular limestone patio with limestone steppers connecting the front porch and then out to the front yard. We then built up the area with good soil with accent boulders, and put in a variety of plants suggestive of the north woods. Including Autumn Magic chokeberry, Nepeta, Cransbill, Brunnera Jack frost, Heuchera, Azalea 'pink and sweet', Weeping white Spruce, Sesters Spruce, ect.

Check out the before and after shots...

Thanks,
 Ryan

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                          Of course it didn't hurt that she was already living in a small forest! Thanks Betty!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Recent Project

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