No garden too high- No Fountain too heavy!

It has been one jam-packed season so far! We feel very grateful here at All Decked Out for having had such an active and busy season overflowing with clients who only make us happier to be designers and gardeners. Since its been so long since our last blog we'd like to skip ahead to our adventure this afternoon and in the blogging to come fill you in on our beautiful spring season...

Today at ADO five of our strongest came together to accept a 500lb fountain delivery! Ben, Coire, Scott, Nathan and Kilian certainly had their work cut out for them. With four men holding the crate, while one navigated, one would think it would be a piece of cake. Right? Well, as it turns out there were some minor complications....

getting it to fit.

But as the saying goes what doesn't kill us makes us stronger and as it turns out everyone survived and with brute strength...

and a few adjustments...we we're in!!

Well, we're excited to have shared this with you and are very proud of our strong team and their hard work! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again and sometimes another time if you have to...

Summer already!

August!? How did that happen? Well, after a long hiatus from the blog (sorry!) we thought we'd show you one project we've been busy working on this season.
Check out this amazing before and after.....




This is the roofdeck of a client of ours who undertook a full roof deck renovation. We installed a mix of flooring to cover steeply sloped roof including ipe decking, a green roof (!!), bluestone pavers and a lightweight stone called expanded Shale.
The project turned out beautifully- it feels so much more spacious and the clients are up there daily.
Here are some detail shots of the various aspects of the project.

This shows Ipe decking, a bit of the expanded shale bed, a custom fountain wall the clients picked up in Asia, and some blooming echincaea to pull it all together.....
The Green roof- It's a modular system made of locking trays, pre-grown for instant gratification....
Bluestone pavers guide you into the garden from the new bulkhead entrance....

St Patricks Day Means Spring Cleaning

We spent this St. Patrick's Day enjoying the beautiful weather up on some of the roof gardens we maintain.

Now is time to wake the garden up and get plants ready for spring- Trees and shrubs are pruned, perennials are cleaned up, heavy mulch is cleared away to allow the bulbs to emerge.

Here's a video of some of our staff working on a downtown roof with an amazing view of the city.