It all starts with a plan. Many homeowners are overwhelmed by the prospect of landscaping their home and don’t know where to start. Many just start ripping out all the shrubs and trees on a mature and overgrown landscape and then start from scratch but do the same mistakes all over again.
Folks often purchase a home and inherit a landscape that the previous owner took care of over many years. Beautiful, colorful gardens and perennials with flowers from spring to fall. Problem is the new homeowner has neither knowledge or time or money to keep up this Labor of Love as I like to refer to it. Here’s an interesting article that I came across that describes 90% of the landscapes that I have been going out to renovate over the years: Top 10 Landscape Mistakes
This is a project we started July 2022 where the homeowner had requested some ideas to update his older landscape and called to have more color and textured landscape that he would like to then have maintained (pruned and mulch refreshed annually) due to his family’s busy schedule.
We tackled it in phases over a 3-year process removing trees, renewal pruned and transplanted or eliminated some shrubs and perennials he did not like-transplanted a few for design purposes and updated his home with new curb appeal and 3 seasons of interest. We also referred some strategic partners like an arborist Mike Chaput MC Treecare, a lawn fertilization company Palatine and an irrigation company Fournier Irrigation. Now he’s all set and we just did his spring cleanup/pruning and after the pool patio and firepit are completed this spring we will be discussing phase 4- backyard plantings and along wood line to create an enclosed border 🙂 SMART PLANNING
Picture Perfect Landscapes Designed with Smart Maintenance in Mind: For over 30 years Picture Perfect Landscape has specialized in lower maintenance landscapes that offer 3 seasons of color and texture including evergreens, flowering shrubs, some specimen trees for interest and non-invasive perennials. Simpler but colorful, easier to maintain Picture Perfect landscapes for today’s busy people.
Over 30 years we have done dozens of new construction blank slate projects but the trend over the last decade is renovations on existing landscapes. Homeowners looking to protect their investments and do not know where to start. Here is a great article from a fellow landscape designer that describes exactly what we see every day: How Did This Landscape Disaster Happen?
This makes it easier for clients to have a smart maintenance program to manage either themselves or to have our crews come in once or twice a year to maintain for them. Interested in finding out more, contact us today for a free landscape evaluation and estimate to have your home become “Picture Perfect” 🙂 We also offer photo and 3D video design for visuals depending on the size of the project and budget.
If selling your home or buying a new one in the next 1-3 years, contact our office for a free assessment to get the best return on your home and landscape investment today. Here’s a great article to get you started: 19 Mistakes Realtors See Too Often
