Welcome to our September edition. This will be an insightful edition. Those of you that read my articles regularly, know that I am grateful to the Lord for the talent He has given me and my men to do our job. I completely believe and feel this. There is nothing religious about this statement. We each have our gifts. I was fortunate enough and blessed to find mine because I did not start out pursuing landscape. I need to say this because without saying it, my next statement might seem a bit egotistical, and that is not my intention at all.
When it comes to hardscape, e.g., building walls, laying pavers, there are plenty of companies that can do that. I can see the talent at some of my clients’ homes, and I really appreciate it. The hardscape is very nicely done. Where my profession falls, in my opinion, is with the softscape. This is the statement that might seem conceited, but it’s not. I truly believe that what we offer as a company is unique, in that we can do both hardscape and softscape at a level that other companies are unable to do. I am truly grateful for this skill.
We started this job in February 2021. It is now approaching 2 1⁄2 years, and I am really pleased with the growth. In looking at the pictures, let’s consider the progression. In the first picture you can see we are building the wall. The clients inherited a backyard, and half of it was useless. However, with some imagination we came up with a purposeful application for them. By building the wall, we stabilized the soil and clearly made a divide from the upper and lower portion. Please see the video. From there, we added pavers on the lower area, and now we have a small patio/bistro area. This was just one part of the job, but it was an important part.
Here we show the rest of the yard and the growth of the plants, which really compliments the hardscape. The hardscape and the softscape (plants and lawn), when done correctly, are the perfect marriage. It makes all the difference. The job took about 3 1⁄2 weeks to complete. In today’s dollars it would be in excess of $65K. We also built a retaining wall with treated lumber on the plant/lawn side. That whole area sloped down toward the fence, and we needed to build it up by adding multiple yards of soil to bring it to grade. If you scan the QR code and listen to the video, I continue to explain the work. Finally, the waterfall was built by another company who is local to Auburn.
Click on the QR code below to see a video preview of the yard.
