Briarlake-Backyard Hardscape

A fun project here-I love working with stone. This is a 2 phase job that started with the construction of a dry stack capstone wall approx. 65' x 18". Only the cap run was mortared, as we wanted both the look of the dry stack and the permeability for drainage. A problem grass area was then converted to a river gravel "patio" that meets up with a dry creek bed I installed last year. Planting on the bank above the wall will take place in the next couple of weeks (you can see all the ivy/weeds have been sprayed and removed), along with some repair stone work to the old stone walkway and steps.

Brookhaven-North Druid Hills

Got an early start on this job-Homeowner needs beds defined and pine straw put out in advance of some overseeding being done by their lawn care company. The remainder of the job, which includes cross tie replacement, transplanting some ground cover, and flower installation should take place next week.

Lawrenceville-Dunhill Completed

This was a project to take all the surface water produced by (7) downspouts and pipe it all to empty onto the street. Concrete removal and re-pouring was necessary-and approx 300' of 4" drain line was installed.

Lawrenceville-Dunhill

This is a drainage project started today. All the downspouts on the house will be piped into two separate systems that will ultimately empty onto the street through the curb. In order to do this I have to get pipe under the sidewalk and to the street. I hired A1 Concrete Cutting to come out today and cut two sections of sidewalk and a section of the patio so they can be removed. When all the pipe has been installed I will re-pour the sidewalk sections and repair the patio.

Suwanee-Richland

This was a nice little project completed today out in the Collins Hill area of Gwinnett County. The homeowners had really enlarged their back yard by locating a new fence on the actual property lines-which left them with a good bit of space to fill. They also have had trouble growing Fescue in some areas of their back. I went in and relocated some nice Azalea and Hydrangea..along with a few other plants.. to some created beds along the fence line-then created a new turf area and installed "Palisades" Zoysia. This involved bringing in a fill/topsoil mix to correct the grade and provide a better growing medium for the new turf and some irrigation additions-adjustment. I also had to remove a lot of unwanted plant growth that was formerly outside the fence line. The homeowners will finish up by applying new mulch to the new planting areas.

Collier Rd.-Atlanta Completed

Well, I spent almost exactly a month out on this project-like any large project there were changes & revisions along the way, but I am pretty happy with the final product. This property was totally changed-50 years worth of "old growth" was almost totally removed, new drainage and irrigation systems installed, a Windsor block wall was added and installed to level the back yard and facilitate drainage, new plantings and 16 cubic yards of hardwood mulch were added along with 4200 s.f. of "Palisades" Zoysia sod. I would have liked to have used bigger and more plant material, but the focus of the homeowner was on turf and a generally clean appearance/open spaces. A good bit of the plant material included in my original landscape plan was omitted or moved as the process played out, but I think I made it work and the customer is pleased...which is the #1 goal...always. The final touch will be a new asphalt drive and parking area-which will go in after some interior renovations to the house are completed.

Collier Rd./Atlanta-Irrigation Completed, Planting Begins

Glad to have the irrigation installed and preparing for the landscape installation. Started getting the plants in today. Sod and some more hardscape-drainage yet to complete.