Courtyard Cool

Freshly Planted Veggie Boxes

The need to eliminate mowing often drives landscape design especially in smaller yards.  Installing pavers surrounded by plants and in this case veggie planting boxes will transform this North Port home from basic green to courtyard cool.  After my first go around with this design it was back to the drawing board and the paver sidewalk along the pool deck blossomed from 250 square feet of pavers to the nearly 500 square feet we settled upon.

One of Four Places Pavers Terminate

The paver walkway wraps from the pool deck patio around the pool to this side of the pool cage, taking a soft left turn to the back gate and finally winding around to the side gate.  Picking up the downspouts and burying them under the paver paths will eliminate an ongoing water issue.  The transformation should be stunning.

Great Pergola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have driven by and admired this landscape design at the entrance to Plantation Lakeside off
Toledo Blade Blvd. in North Port, finally I had business in the addition and was able to stop and snap a few pictures.  What a great display of bougainvillea.  There is a sweet fountain off to the side that really sets this design apart.



The first large landscaping job I designed and sold is well under way, this one should be fun to track on the blog.  It has everything you could want;  a water feature, a fire pit, a huge pavilion, built in seating, a bar and an exceptional paver patio.  We have finished the backyard demolition which included dividing and moving this 25' clump of black bamboo.  First the men Shaun, James and George dug a trench around the plant then put the forks on the skid loader and popped it out, the perfect tool to make short work of this monster plant.

First the Trench

Lifting Out Bamboo

Bamboo Divided and Planted

Setting rough grade allowing for the 7-8" of paver base, sand and 2 3/8" pavers that will be installed after the pond and pavilion are built.  The grade appears low but once you add it up it is easy to see how everything will  fit together.

George on One End of The Grade Stake

This landscaping is only 12 years old but the new home owners are not satisfied with the look, they especially do not like the topiary, which is admittedly outdated.

New Landscaping Please

Saving the palms is a definite, orange bird of paradise and few other select plants is a as well but most of the other small plants will be removed.  The crape myrtle tree dead center has really outgrown the original planting and is blocking more than just the view.

While the heat is relenting business is heating up as the snowbirds flock south.  Soon there will not be enough hours in the day or manpower to satisfy demand but try we will and succeed we must, as we take shovels in hand and dig in for season.