Landscape Solutions – Village Green Lawn & Plant Health

How We Solved Brian & Tamara’s Lawn Drainage Problem

By Stuart Tinsley
November 6, 2023
Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions
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In today’s lawn tour, we visit Brian and Tamara’s home. Brian and Tamara’s main problem with their front lawn was a bad drainage issue where they had a lot of mud running off down onto their sidewalk. Our solution was to install river rock, which helps drainage and slows down the runoff water. Another benefit […]

2 Great Tips for Sloped Landscapes with Runoff Problems

You often get a lot of rainwater runoff when you have a sloped lawn. At Village Green, we like to do a few things to solve this landscape problem for our customers. First is to use finely shredded hardwood mulch, which mats together and packs when we have rain. Our second tip is to install […]

Moss Rock Landscape Borders

By Stuart Tinsley
September 13, 2023
Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions
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In today’s landscape tip, Ken shares helpful pointers on when and how to use moss rock for a landscape border. Creating borders for your landscape using moss rock is a beautiful solution for your landscape design. At Village Green, we especially like to use them for taller areas, such as corner areas of the home […]

Tour David & Jennifer’s New Front Landscape

By Stuart Tinsley
August 5, 2023
Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions, Landscape Tour
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David and Jennifer’s front landscape was dated and needed some refreshing because of a handful of overgrown hedges and gaps caused by dead or missing plants during foundation repair work. Hannah, our Landscape Manager, created an easy-to-maintain landscape using green carissa hollies, pink blooming rosecreek abelias, and red obsession nandinas that make a nice backdrop […]

Tour this West Plano Zero-Lot Line Home’s Backyard Landscape

As is often the case, Joel in West Plano found us by doing an online search for a reputable, locally-owned company to do some irrigation repair work at his home. Joel was pleased with our work on that project, so he called us when he was ready to make some improvements in his backyard. Joel […]

Stone Borders and The Benefits of the Dry Stack Method

Today we wanted to show you a landscape border we love to use in our North Texas landscape projects. This border is milsap chopped stone. We love laying this stone using a dry stack technique. Using this method, we place the stone on a decomposed granite base that helps hold it in place and keeps […]

How to Care for New Sod – Mowing & Fertilizer

By Stuart Tinsley
May 24, 2023
Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Solutions, Lawn Health, Lawn Solutions
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We recently addressed how to water your new sod, so today, we’ll tackle mowing and fertilization. In this short video, Ken will walk you through helpful tips on fertilizing and mowing your new sod to ensure it thrives in your yard. If your lawn or landscape could use professional help, we would love to earn […]

How to Group the Plants in your Landscaping

By Stuart Tinsley
May 2, 2023
Landscape Design & Installation, Landscape Solutions
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In today’s landscape update Hannah, our Landscape Manager shares her secrets to how Village Green set plants correctly in our landscape project. This short video has valuable tips for anyone tackling a landscape project this spring. If you are considering a project, we would love the chance to earn your business with a complimentary landscape […]

3 Plants we try to Avoid in North Texas Landscapes

We get many questions from customers on what our favorite plants to use in North Texas are. So many, we created our best plants video series. Today we want to discuss three popular plants that do not make our best plants list and why. Each year we get a lot of requests to install azaleas, […]

Tips for Pruning Trees

By Stuart Tinsley
April 18, 2023
How To, Ken's Quick Tip, Landscape Solutions
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With our warmer weather, more people are working on their lawns to get them summer ready. In today’s landscape quick tip, Ken advises on proper tree pruning. This video is a must-watch to see an example of what to do and, more importantly, what not to do with your trees. If you are considering a […]

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