On the Drawing Board-

3 potential projects I am working on plans/proposals for...2 in Smyrna and 1 in East Atlanta.

New Job in Ashford Park-

Phase 1 of this project was just approved by the homeowner-will consist of new front plantings and some relocation..perennial and daylily beds, and some cleanup of an ivy bed. Nice Japanese Maple was left when the old house was torn down and the new one rebuilt.

Brookhaven Phase 2 completed...

L5P Project complete...

Broohaven-Phase 2

We completed phase 1 of the Brookhaven job earlier in the year (see older posts). Work on phase 1 included a stone walkway, plants per my planting plan and mulch. Phase 2 is sodding and the addition of a cypress mulch play pad for the toddler in the family. You can see the red azaleas from phase 1 in the photo below...we laid 5 pallets of Meyer Zoysia yesterday and have just a little left plus trim out to be complete. Letting it get a little rain today and will be back out tomorrow.

Little 5 Points-Stone Edging and Sod Prep

Sod is in but not trimmed out, a photo of the prep that included the removal of a ton of hardwood mulch (6" deep in spots) and tilling...will have photos of the completed job in a couple of days. The stone work was the addition of some Cherokee Ruble to rearrange the patio outline...not as easy as it looks because of the tree roots involved.

Little 5 Points-Trees & Flowers

Didn't accomplish much on this project yesterday, very wet...but got in a decent day today planting a couple of Fringe trees (Top pic-15 gal. plants) in the front and preparing annual beds and planting Impatiens in the back. The bottom 3 photos take you thru the process-till existing soil, add soil mix (I use topsoil mixed with ground pine bark and composted manure), then plant the flowers.

Little 5 Points Project

This project started about a week ago with some tree pruning (see below) to open up the back yard to more sunlight in preparation for the installation of zoysia sod. That is the main focus of the job, along with filling in some areas with plants and moving a few plants around. There will be some stone edging work and annual color as well. We started in the front today by removing the existing Cast Iron plant (Apidistra) and replacing them with Indian Hawthorne (Raphiolepsis "Elanor"). Went to the nursery this afternoon and picked up some Fringe Trees (Chionanthus) that will also go in front beside the weeping cedars. Taking off for the weekend tomorrow-but we'll be back out early next week to continue this project.

Ashford Park Completed-

Most planting and demolition was completed on Saturday...drainage, mulch, seeding with Rebel Supreme fescue and cleanup completed on Monday and this morning.

More from Ashford Park-

Finally able to get a good day in with a break in the monsoon season-planting, trenching beds, creating a raised bed for annuals-started on some mulching after these photos were taken.

Little 5 Points Job

Little 5 Points job got started yesterday with some major tree pruning by Steve Petkas and his crew (Southeastern Tree Company). The big oak is being pruned to remove some dead/damaged wood and lower limbs to open the area to more light-in preparation for the installation of Meyer Zoysia sod and some additional plants. The big Pecan tree over the house was pruned both for aesthetic reasons and to remove some limbs that would ultimately threaten the house.

Ashford Park Job

Ashford Park job includes pruning and removal, drainage work, plants and pinestraw and fescue seeding in the back and side yards. With the recent weather the pruning and drainage have been the priorites-almost ready to start planting, seeding will be the last thing to happen.