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Elements of a good Landscape Plan

Our main "product" here at Land Design is a Master Landscape Plan. This is a drawing that tries capture all of the ideas we have for your yard and distill them down to a easy to read drawing that guides you and/or your contractor. So what…
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The Definition of Landscape Design

Professional Landscape design involves far more than simply choosing some plants.
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Jumping worms threaten forest and garden health in Albany’s Capital District

A year ago I did not know what a jumping worm was. Laura has done quite a bit of research on them and it is looking like these Asian invasive species (there are 3 distinct species here in the United States) will be affecting our landscapes,…
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The Best Native Pollinator Perennial that is Deer Resistant

Are you looking for a Deer Resistant Pollinator Perennial?  Look no further. Short Toothed Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum muticum, is an all-star plant.  Alvin and I took a quick video on a walk by our year old native test garden.  From…
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Landscape Design in the 2020 Pandemic

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Planning your Spring Landscape Project over the Winter

Where does the time go?  The Summer has come and gone and we are getting into the cool and wet weather of the Fall.  Laura and I still receive many client inquiries every week re large landscape projects, most containing some sort of hardscape…
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Creating native perennial plant communities without mulch

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Landscape project budgeting

As a landscape designer for almost 30 years in Albany's Capital District I have designed and installed projects that ranged from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meeting with clients about their landscape design project…