At the beginning of Spring, after a long, cold winter, our shrub and planting beds can look messy, overgrown, and just plain worn out.  You step outside and take a look at the drab, dreary mess in front of you and you know it's time to landscape and make a change.  This is where shrub and planting bed renovation comes in.

Sometimes you notice that you have overgrown shrubs or perennials that need to be split up or thinned.  Perhaps you have a withering rose bush or a shrub that hasn't been doing well in its current spot or is just not performing as you expected, it might be time to move shrubs, bushes, or plants around a bit or get rid of them altogether and start from scratch. Whether you just do a simple cosmetic clean up, re-edge, and fresh mulch or go all out and have beautiful new stone edging added to your shrub bed and have new shrubs and perennial plants added to your beds, both make a lovely difference.

There are always benefits to updating and renovating your shrub beds and planting beds.  The obvious is that it just makes you feel good to walk through your yard and see everything clean and fresh with new shrub and flower plantings as well as fresh mulch.  Another definite benefit to shrub/planting bed renovation is the improvement of the curb appeal of your home and property.  Whether you plan to stay in your home or put it on the market, a well groomed landscape is an investment worth making.

The difference is truly stunning in a freshly renovated shrub bed.  The months of April and May are the best time to make a beautiful difference in your landscape, shrub and planting beds.  Everyone loves a good makeover. 

Below I have our very first video blog post.  Yes, they will improve with experience, so bear with me.  We have a very pathetic looking Blue Spruce tree in our yard.  It has been looking worse each year.   In actuality, the forest is the healthiest place for trees to grow.  WHY? The area under the trees ends up being  like a healthy compost due to the fallen leaves, branches, ferns, and tubers, as well as dead animals and insects on the forest floor.  These things create a wonderful, nutrient rich growing environment for the trees.

I'm sure you've noticed that often times the grass under your trees is sparse at best and sometimes the trees are not as healthy as they could be.  This is a result of the battle for water, nutrients, and oxygen that goes on between the two.  

The next time you go on a hike in the woods, take notice, you don't see much, if any grass growing.  There is no competition between the roots of the trees and grass like there is in a landscaped yard.  That's where we come in to give a hand and make the growing environment more copacetic. 

​We decided to change the area under the tree on our property and see how our own Blue Spruce does when this concept is applied.  See the video below and we will keep you updated throughout the year.