Videos
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Backyard Landscaping Ideas
A video tour of backyard landscaping ideas. A great opportunity to learn some backyard landscaping ideas and watch how quickly landscapes grow in.
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Should I Use Landscape Fabric
When I started my career I thought landscape fabric, or weed fabric, was a wonderful invention. The magic cloth ensures a weed free landscape for years. Or does it? Should I Use Landscape Fabric or Weed Fabric? Landscape Fabric is a nuisance that creates more work for you and an unhealthy landscape. What happens when mulch starts to break down? …
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Trumbull CT Landscape Designers – Trumbull CT Landscapers
This landscape is a welcoming entry to the pool scape . The plants provide interest in all seasons and low maintenance requirements. By mixing plants from the old landscape in the new we transition from old to new seamlessly. Trumbull CT Landscape Designers John Holden offers landscape design services in Trumbull CT, Newtown CT and Shelton CT. If…
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How NOT to Mulch a Tree
I drive through neighborhoods daily and see trees mulched improperly. People want to do the best for their trees and apply the “More is better” principal with disastrous results. Trees that have been over mulched dry out quicker in hot summer months and are prone to disease and attacks by rodents. Mulching a tree like a…
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A Berm for Curb Appeal
Here are some great landscaping ideas for your front yard featuring a berm planted to give curb appeal to a lovely colonial. A fieldstone wall compliments the colorful plantings. By John Holden
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How to Renovate a Lawn
In this video I show you how to renovate a lawn using a tool called a Rotodairon. If your lawn is not growing well look at the big picture to see what is causing the trouble. Some, of the many, causes of a poor lawn are: Sandy soil Too much shade Soil has a low…
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Front Yard Landscaping Ideas by a Trumbull CT Landscaper
I installed this front yard landscaping over 9 years ago and been involved in the maintenance ever since. I hope you can learn a few tips when it comes time to design your own landscape. If you are looking for a Trumbull CT landscaper or landscape designer please call today.
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How to Prune a Tree Hydrangea – Part 3
In the last video in my series on How to Prune Tree Hydrangeas I show you the results of our effort. A tree hydrandgea full of flowers. This winter I hope you will get out and try pruning your tree hydrangea. I know you can do it! By John Holden
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How to Prune a Tree Hydrangea – Part 2
Over the winter I showed you how to prune a tree hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata). In this video I show you the new growth emerging on the same shrub. I hope this video gives you the confidence to try pruning your tree hydrangea. By John Holden