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Taming an Overgrown Landscape in West Plano

By Andrea
February 4, 2023
Landscape Tour
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As often is the case with our landscape projects, a friend of David’s recommended Village Green, who contacted us for ideas for his front and back landscape. His existing landscape had become overgrown, crowded, and hard to maintain, and he wanted to create a nice-looking landscape that would be easy to maintain. See how we […]

This is How Much You Should Be Watering This Winter

By Andrea
January 16, 2023
Watering Solutions
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In winter, even though your lawn and plants are dormant, your soil still needs consistent watering to keep it healthy. One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your lawn’s overall health is to turn your sprinkler system off during our winter months. We recommend that you water one ten-minute burst one day per […]

The Best Plant for Winter Landscape Color

By Andrea
January 8, 2023
Best Plants Series
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If you are looking for color in your landscape during our North Texas winters, you need to watch this quick video, part of our Best Plants for North Texas series. We’ve talked about nandia before, but we wanted to show you how beautiful it looks during our winter months. It’s a hardy plant and doesn’t […]

How to Use Arizona River Rock in your Landscape

By Andrea
January 3, 2023
Landscape Solutions
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In today’s landscape tip video, we explore Arizona River Rock. River rocks are stunning with their smooth surfaces and versatility, as they can be used in various landscape installations, adding beauty and functionality. They are especially great for pathways and problem areas in your landscape where it is hard to grow grass or plants. River […]

Tour Steve and Madelyn’s New Landscape

Steve initially called me because he and I served on a church committee together, but as often happens, he gave me Madelyn’s number because she’s the real gardener of their family. I could not agree more. Madelyn knew her plants and what she wanted for her landscape which made our job considerably easier. Madelyn likes […]

How to Protect Your Sprinkler System from Freeze Damage

By Andrea
December 20, 2022
Sprinkler System, Watering, Watering Solutions
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With the winter blast heading our way, we’ve been getting a lot of phone calls from worried homeowners wondering what they should do to protect their sprinkler system from damage. First, ensure your lawn and landscape are well watered a few days before the polar plunge. That is the best way to protect your lawn […]

How to Protect Your Plants and Lawn from Freeze Damage

By Andrea
December 18, 2022
Lawn Health
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North Texas weather always keeps us on our toes! Winter officially arrives Wednesday, and right on its heels will be a powerful cold front that will plunge our morning temperatures into the teens, with daytime temperatures struggling to get above freezing on Friday! If you wonder what this means for your home, you’ll want to […]

Should You Overseed Your Lawn with Winter Rye

By Andrea
December 12, 2022
Lawn Health
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In the fall, we get asked if it is a good idea to overseed a lawn with Winter Rye Grass. Overseeding is scalping a lawn and then ‘overseeding’ with Winter Rye which stays green all winter in North Texas. Many homeowners want a green lawn year-round, so they overseed without realizing that it can cause […]

The Best Trees for Colorful Fall Foliage

By Andrea
December 5, 2022
Landscape Solutions
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Our North Texas trees are putting on a colorful display with peak fall foliage. If you are curious about what trees are the best choices for North Texas if you want beautiful fall color around your home you need to watch this quick tip landscape video where Ken gives you the best options for our […]

Do this in Fall and Winter for a Healthy Lawn in Spring

It is common in North Texas for homeowners to turn off their sprinkler systems in late fall and winter. Turning off your sprinkler system when our lawns are dormant is the last thing you should do if you want a healthy and thriving lawn come spring, especially if you have a St. Augustine or Zoysia […]

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