Saturday, May 21, 2011

Suwanee-Settles Point..Under Deck Patio and Walkway Extension

I've been working at this house for over a year now. Initially I did quite a bit of drainage work, then built some timber planters and steps. The clients are finishing up some construction with deck and hot tub additions and wanted a solution for the area under the deck. The finished basement has a door that leads out under the deck and prior to our getting started with this latest project they walked out to a fairly severe dropoff and muddy conditions. They wanted a usable space that would be connected to the previous timber work that ended at the gate leading to the back yard. We decided to enclose the area with a timber retaining wall, which was then backfilled with soil and surfaced with crushed shale. A walkway was built and steps added to tie everything to the steps along the side. You can now walk from the driveway in the front to the back door using the steps, walkway and patio area we constructed. Underneath the deck is now 800 square feet of usable, level space.





Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Ashford Park Renovation

This recently completed project in the Ashford Park area of Brookhaven was done for Wisdom Properties. New front foundation and accent plants were installed along with the most shade tolerant Zoysia sod available-JaMur. The back yard was seeded with hybrid fescue.





Saturday, May 14, 2011

Little 5 Points/Candler Park-Irrigation and Tree Install

Irrigation was roughed in over the winer then completed in early May. After the irrigation was done it was time to plant some really nice trees. 2 30 gallon Shishigashira Japanese Maples were added in the front, one beautiful 50 gallon Seiyru Japanese Maple was planted in the back along with a Peve Minaret Bald Cypress (bottom photo).



Roswell Zoysia Install

Another job where fescue just wasn't working out. Homeowner planted ryegrass last fall just to stabilize things as the former lawn area was pretty barren. I tilled the ryegrass under and added about 3 cu. yards of topsoil to prepare the small (600 s.f) back lawn area for new Palisades Zoysia sod.

Peachtree Corners- Fescue and Irrigation Install

Dense shade and difficulty watering had made growing a back lawn difficult for these clients. We decided to thin out some of the shade trees and add irrigation before installing new Fescue sod.



Chamblee/Brookhaven Zoysia Install

This client had tried fescue in her back yard and it just wouldn't make it through the summer. Upon meeting her and looking at the site, I determined there was plenty of light available for one of the more shade tolerant Zoysia strains-Palisades. Turned out great.



Chastain Park-Bryn Mawr Lane-Completed






Chastain Park-Bryn Mawr Lane

This project was done over the course of a few months. Delays from winter weather, tree cutting permits from the city and some buried septic tank issues delayed us a few times but the job went smoothly and turned out nicely. The entire landscaped area of the property was irrigated, new front foundation and some new plantings in the back were added..a flagstone patio and stacked fieldstone wall with new masonry veneer on some existing steps were parts of a fairly extensive hardscape project. Fescue sod was installed in back and Palisades zoysia sod for the front lawn.