The recent droughts may have an impact on our landscape forcing our hand in dealing with some landscape projects sooner than we wanted too. As you drive around and as you watch your own landscape this spring, you may notice trees with dead tops, evergreens that have turned brown or plants whose leaves shrivel up early. These are all possible signs and effects of the drought. There are long term and short term effects of drought and this is where a landscape design consultant can be helpful. It’s important to evaluate and determine if the plants will recover or if it’s better to replace them now.

As stated above, the value of time for your plants to grow is priceless. The recovery of your landscape depends greatly on its existing health prior to the drought and the post drought growing conditions. Whether you’ll need to work out a plant replacement program or a total renovation plan, now is a great time to start the evaluation process.

The most imperative part of successful landscape results is the proper design and implementation of your landscape project. At Denny McKeown Landscape we consider our design philosophy to be one of landscape preservation versus the clean slate method. Our complete evaluation and design process allows us to determine what plants can be saved in order to achieve a desirable landscape. We want to work with the existing plants as much as possible. This method allows us to integrate the old with the new keeping the budget in check and the balance of nature in order. Make it part of your 2011 resolution to take the time now to evaluate your landscape. After all you deserve to come home to a place you enjoy.

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