With the promise of warm spring days, shake off winter’s chill and head out to the garden. Take along a note pad and pencil and maybe a sweater… it’s time to evaluate your landscape!

Have existing trees or shrubs grown too large for their space? It is important that shrubbery does not block windows and door ways. This is a concern for safety as well as esthetics. Over grown plant material can screen potential intruders and reduce airflow causing wood rot. Perhaps you have recently moved into a home with the “green meatball” look of the builder’s landscape and are ready for a design that reflects your family’s needs and taste.



A good landscape should accentuate the architectural details of the home, draw the eye to the front entrance or other focal point and add to the overall quality of life of the homeowner.

In this dramatic landscape redo, the designer chose to remove overgrown hollies blocking the front entryway. This allows the curved lines of the brick to stand out. Tall columnar evergreens soften the corners. The dark green of the conifer stands out against the light hue of the brick.

Colors echo throughout the landscape with the repetition of sunny yellow day lilies and golden rudbeckia. These reliable perennials are combined with yellow’s most complimentary color partner, purple. Drought-tolerant cone flowers, barberry and evergreen dwarf nandina repeat the theme with shades of plum. The down spout is extended to the edge of the enlarged bed line. This helps in moving water away from the foundation of the home. The end result is a colorful landscape that will stand up to the heat of summer, conceived in the promise of spring.

McDonald Garden Center offers complete landscape design services to take your garden from before to after --
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Call 722-7463 ext 312 for more information on award winning landscape designs and installations and to schedule an appointment.