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Refinement

Posted in Plant management, Plants, What we're thinking, Working Landscape, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

No, that’s not a shot of a revolutionary way of planting in pavement — that’s a photo of one of the enormous China Girl hollies being taken to its new home at the property belonging to L. and A., my longtime clients. This holly is a mature plant; in my Air Spade In Action post [...]

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Air tool in action

Posted in Places, Plants, Working Landscape, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This past winter I developed plans for a couple of areas on the property belonging to my longest-standing and wonderfully enthusiastic clients, L. and A. on the North Shore. They have a lovely place on a rocky cliff overlooking Nahant Bay, and they enjoy making it even more beautiful and comfortable each year. They are [...]

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Take a look

Posted in Gristmill, Materials, Plants, tagged , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last August I went to a workshop in Westford, MA, at which two Massachusetts-certified arborists demonstrated how to move larger specimen trees using compressed air.  Mike Furgal, who developed the method about five years ago, and Matt Foti, who hosted the event at his nursery, showed a group of about 100 arborists, landscape contractors, and [...]

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