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Comprehensive Pond Maintenance Guide

Comprehensive Pond Maintenance Guide

Maintaining a pond requires consistent care and attention to ensure it remains a healthy and beautiful feature in your outdoor space. This guide provides essential tasks and tips for effective pond maintenance, helping you create a thriving aquatic environment....

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How Custom Water Features Enhance Your Landscape Design

How Custom Water Features Enhance Your Landscape Design

Imagine walking into your backyard and being greeted by the soothing sound of bubbling water. Custom water features are more than just decorative additions to your landscape design—they're an invitation to unwind. For homeowners looking to elevate their outdoor...

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Low Maintenance Plants for the Pacific Northwest

Low Maintenance Plants for the Pacific Northwest

For those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest, we love the change of seasons, the beauty, and the opportunity to grow a variety of plants. But our region can be a challenge.  Our region's distinct climate, characterized by mild, wet winters and springs and...

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Inspiration: Fall Landscaping Ideas

Inspiration: Fall Landscaping Ideas

Autumn is such a magical season with the bursts of leaf color, cozy blankets, and the transition to hot cocoa. As a homeowner, it's the perfect time to transform your yard into a fall wonderland. This blog post will guide you through various fall landscaping ideas,...

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Exploring Patio Materials: A Guide for Homeowners

Exploring Patio Materials: A Guide for Homeowners

When it comes to enhancing your outdoor space, a patio is a blank canvas that, when furnished with the right materials, can become a focal point of your home's aesthetic appeal. Patio designs are as varied as the homes they grace, and deciding on which materials to...

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Restoring a Historic Landscape

Restoring a Historic Landscape

Creating Unity in a Period Landscaping Years of homeowners, with all their tastes and designs, can often overwhelm a classic home, diminishing its stateliness. We emphasize the history of the home and restore the character of your landscape. The Challenge Challenge 1:...

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Serenity in Small Spaces

Serenity in Small Spaces

Camas, Washington has a lot of hills! Most homeowners are not sure exactly what to do with a hilly yard, especially if it is small, but there are a lot of options to overcoming these challenges. Jennifer came to Greenhaven looking for some solutions for her...

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Complete Guide to Fish Pond Cleaning and Maintenance

Complete Guide to Fish Pond Cleaning and Maintenance

Having a koi pond or water feature is an amazing way to unwind and relax. Koi ponds and other natural outdoor spaces create a space for you to mentally cleanse from the day. But it is hard to sit by one if it is overrun with algae and smells. And if you have koi fish...

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5 Secrets to Creating Privacy in Your Yard

5 Secrets to Creating Privacy in Your Yard

If you love spending time outdoors in your yard but don't love feeling like you're on display for the neighborhood, then this post is for you. We'll share five secrets to creating privacy in your yard so you can enjoy some peace and quiet. Whether you have a small...

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Investing in Commercial Landscaping for Added Value

Investing in Commercial Landscaping for Added Value

New year, new builds on the horizon 2023 is upon us, and many commercial real estate developers are ready to use that new year's motivation to plan their next build. One critical part of a commercial property that many developers probably won’t think about until it’s...

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Bubblers for Small Yard Appeal

Bubblers for Small Yard Appeal

Water features stay hot in 2023 Water features have been growing in popularity over the past few years, and they certainly aren’t slowing down in 2023! Those who are looking to revamp their exterior spaces this year are probably prioritizing function and a calming or...

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How to Pick the Best Stone For Your Patio Space

How to Pick the Best Stone For Your Patio Space

Concrete and pavers and slate, Oh My! One of the most challenging parts of landscape design is the pure volume of options there are for almost every element of your design. Do you want real grass or artificial turf? Do you prefer brick or slate for your outdoor...

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Why Design is the Most Important Part of Landscape Planning

Why Design is the Most Important Part of Landscape Planning

What is landscape design? Landscape design is the strategic arrangement of elements to create an outdoor space that fits your needs. In more technical terms, landscape design is finding a balance between hardscapes and softscapes, which are exactly as they sound: the...

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Water Features 101: A Crash Course on Water Features

Water Features 101: A Crash Course on Water Features

Water features are the hottest landscaping trend In the same way that home design trends are always changing and evolving, landscape trends are changing, too! One of the most up-and-coming elements of landscape design that is becoming more and more popular in the PNW...

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6 Tips to Winterize Your Yard

6 Tips to Winterize Your Yard

Winter is coming faster than you think As wonderful as the Summertime is in the Pacific Northwest, there’s something special about Fall. In just a short amount of time, the colorful leaves have fallen and mornings have become just a little bit chillier.  But, if...

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The Basics of Commercial Landscape Design

The Basics of Commercial Landscape Design

What is commercial landscape design? Landscape design is the aesthetic arrangement of design elements to create an outdoor environment that meets your goals and needs. By definition, landscape design in a commercial context doesn’t differ much from a residential...

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Getting Your Yard Prepped For Fall: 5 Things To Do Now

Getting Your Yard Prepped For Fall: 5 Things To Do Now

Fall has (finally!) arrived in Vancouver! Despite an uncharacteristically warm and dry early Fall, we’ve finally reached peak Fall in the Pacific Northwest! Leaves are changing colors, the rain is back in full force, and the return to mostly indoor living has...

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