A New Outdoor Room

One of our first projects this spring will be to install a flagstone patio for long time customers Larry and Charlene who live in beautiful, pristine location on Snow Lake. Their addition really started to take off about 15 years ago and we were privileged to landscape many of those new homes. As I have said before we can do all or part of the landscape installation and fifteen years age this couple still had lots of energy, and less aches and pains so they did a lot of the work themselves Millgrove helped with design and some of the heavier projects. They have added beds and changed their outdoor space over the years. Larry built a great little arbor as a garden entrance and they have grouped some of the largest trees into well tended beds. Despite living on a heavily wooded lot the grass is strong, evidence of the couples meticulous care of their lawn and gardens. Someone is always out with a rake chasing the nuts and leaves that are the entertainment of early spring clean up. There is an easement next to this property which makes access go from extremely difficult to a near cake walk. Without the access much of this project would have to be accomplished with wheelbarrow power and the Dingo. There is room now to even use our big Deere. Charlene and Larry chose a flagstone called "Rustic" it is sandstone with a variety of tan, dark brown and a light rust colors. Our original plan calls for medium size stone (2-3" thick and 16-24" length and width) but we may change and up size the individual flagstone pieces if it is within our budget. With the scale of the house, yard and porch steps we can easily use larger flagstone.