Gardening Isn't Just for Pansies; Part II

Remember our post about patios back on May 1st?

 We were in Brooklyn delivering bluestone for a client's custom-cut diamond pattern blue-stone patio.

(here's a reminder)

 Well, over the past three weeks our carpenters labored intensely, and our client now has a new, beautiful patio for us both to show off!!

Stay tuned over the next few weeks for more "after" pictures to follow up our earlier blogs from May. In the meantime, happy gardening!

Summer Makeovers

Summer is almost here! While everyone sweats out the last few weeks of Spring at the gym to prepare for the next two months at the beach, we've been giving a few special gardens some makeovers of their own to make sure they too are bikini and BBQ ready.

The below terrace on the Upper East Side came to us a few weeks ago in dire need of some shaping up for Summer:

While our designers set to work on dreaming up a more streamlined, modern and colorful style for the space, we began to demolish what was left of the old planters, trees, and ivy to create room for a fresh new look:

Now that the area is clean, we've got a blank canvas on which to paint the finishing touches this terrace needs for a Summer of fun in the sun!

Stay tuned for the final product....

Mountain Laurels and More Latin

Last week we had the pleasure of working with one of the most beautiful flowering plants on the east coast of the United States; the Mountain Laurel. Known in the flower world by it's Latin nomenclature of "Kalmia Latifolia", this bush is native to US Northeast.

The Kalmia Latifolia is a part of the blueberry bush family, latin name "Ericaceae". It is also sometimes referred to as a "Spoonwood", because the flowers were once used by Native Americans to make their spoons.

The flowers on these plants come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, but generally always have some pink in them. They' truly are a majestic plant, and being able to plant and care for them is a privilege!

Drilling Basics

While we all tend to our weekend sunburns on this dreary Monday and wait for the rain to pass, please enjoy the textbook instructional drilling video below:

(for legal reasons we have to say that you probably shouldn't try this at home)

No Rest for the Wicked

With temperatures on the rise and the month of May rapidly coming to a close, everyday is a working day here at All Decked Out. Whether we're building decks, planting flowers or installing irrigation, we have all been working nonstop to get through these installation months in one piece!

Here's a few snapshots of the what we've been up to over the past two weeks: 

 Mulching!

 Watering!

Sweeping!

Pruning!

 and Bragging ....only a little :)

Gardening Isn't Just for Pansies

Happy May!

On this rainy Tuesday we left our prunes and snips at home in anticipation of indulging in one of our other favorite jobs as a landscaping company; Building patios.

Back in Brooklyn again, we are completely renovating a client's backyard. We removed over 5 TONS of debris in order to create a clean slate to work with:

With a bare surface ready, we delivered 2 tons of gravel and stone this morning in order to begin construction on our client's custom-cut diamond pattern blue-stone patio!

How will things look once we're finished? ...You'll have to stay tuned to find out ;)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Although most of our jobs are on the great island of Manhattan, we do sometimes get the pleasure of crossing the river to work in the ever green and always lovely Brooklyn.

This past week, the entire team (about 10 workers in total) transformed a rooftop in DUMBO from a simple place to get a good view of downtown Manhattan, to a menagerie to be viewed FROM downtown Manhattan!

 

Above: The rooftop prior to it's All Decked Out makeover

We started the day at 5am with a trip out to our nursery to get shrubs, grasses, pansies, and planters. Then, once the goods were delivered, the team set to work to bring our designer's plans to life.

Above: The rooftop after 8 hours of genius at work ;)

After a long hard day and a successfully completed installation, we of course all had to stop for pizza and a beer at the famous Grimaldi's before making our way back to across the bridge. Until next time...!