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Pond Walk – Saturday, July 19
We're excited to be part of the Blue Thumb Aquatics Pond Walk this year. Our customer, the Tickner's, transformed their backyard into a relaxing oasis featuring a gorgeous pond and are one of the waterscapes featured on this year's Pond Walk. You can preview the...
Best Landscaper 2014!
Thanks to You, We've Won Again! We were thrilled to hear the news that you voted for us as the best "Landscaper " in this year's Greatest of the Great Lakes Bay Reader's Choice Awards, covering the entire Great Lakes Bay Region including Midland County, Bay City...
The 11th Annual Reece Endeavor Gardenwalk
Get ready for the 11th annual Reece Endeavor Gardenwalk, which will take place on Wednesday July 16th from 2-7 PM. This wonderful event is a great way to tour some of Midland’s most beautiful gardens while benefitting one of its most important charities. This year...
Lawn Care, Lawn Maintenance, Lawn Service…Do You Know What These Terms Even Mean?
When people talk about “lawn care”, “lawn maintenance” and “lawn service” they are not always talking about the same thing. For example, some people use the term “lawn service” to describe the company that mows their lawn, while others use it to describe the company...
Stone Walls Make a Strong Statement in the Landscape
The basic function of a stone wall is to contain a slope or to soften a grade in the landscape, but they can also do so much more. The simple beauty of a well-built, natural stone wall in the landscape inspires feelings of strength, durability and stability. They...
Raised Brick Paver Patios: The Ultimate Outdoor Living Room
Let’s be honest – there are a lot of bad decks out there. It seems like anytime there’s a need to elevate an outdoor living space, the generic response is to slap an ugly, playpen-like, pressure treated wood deck onto the back of the house and call it “good”. There...
Small Spaces are a Unique Challenge for a Landscape Designer
You’ve probably heard the expression “good things come in small packages” in regards to gifts. Well, the same concept applies to outdoor living spaces as well. There is something uniquely beautiful and inviting about a well-designed small outdoor space, and uniquely...
Coming Soon…the Fourth Annual Walleyes for Warriors [video]
If you like to fish for walleyes in the Saginaw Bay and have an appreciation for the veterans of the U.S. Armed forces, then you won’t want to miss the 2014 Walleyes for Warriors fishing event that takes place on June 14 &15 at Veterans Memorial Park in Bay...
Mulch Special – Extended!
Due to our late (and slow!) Spring, we just got the word from Paul Reder that we are extending our Mulch Special through June 10! This should help those of you out who are still getting your yards spruced up this Spring. ************** High quality mulch delivered...
Dahlia Hill Tuber Sale
Each year, The Dahlia Hill Society of Midland has a Dahlia tuber sale. One thing we know for sure is that tubers purchased at Dahlia Hill have been carefully and expertly taken care of all winter since harvesting last fall. The tuber sale this year is May 24 and May...