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Gallery
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BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS
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Transformation of backyard area with Removal, Planting and Mulching services: |
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Before: Wild natural area.
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After Removal: Saved some plants.
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After Planting: 2 Cryptomeria & a Little Gem.
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After Mulch: Pine Park Nuggets.
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Before: Just some Nandina & Liriope.
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After: Gold Mops, Barberry, and Firepowers.
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Before: New construction.
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After: 16 Privets, trees, and Knockouts.
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Before: New construction.
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After: Spartan Junipers and Nellie Holly.
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Before: Needs color and definition.
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After: Firepowers, Skipka Laurel & Blondies.
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Before: Bare backyard.
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After: Hinokis & Golden Globe Arborvitae.
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Before: Sea of green. Non-irrigated entrance is mainly Carissa Holly.
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After: November picture. Firepower Nandina for winter color. Many summer colors coming!
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Before: Undefined path to door.
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After: Azalea garden installed.
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Before: Brand new custom patio.
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After: 70 plants add lots of interest.
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Before: Old landscape completely removed.
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After: Sky Pencil, Arbovitae, Encores, plus.
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Before: Old broken landscape.
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After: 12 Carissa Holly. Mulched existing.
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Before: Big plain wall.
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After: 10' Southern Magnolia.
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Before: Sensory Garden, Governor Morehead School for the Blind.
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After: We donated time and materials with about 25 other volunteers.
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Before: Old foundation shrubs already gone.
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After: Encores, Firepowers, Sky Pencil Holly.
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Before: Lonely tree.
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After: Emerald Arborvitae planted to match.
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PRIVACY SCREENS
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Before:
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After: 25 Emerald Arborvitae, 20 gallon, 3' tall.
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Before: Undefined property line.
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After: The widely spaced trees work.
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1200 pound, 10' Balled & Burlapped
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10' Leyland Cypress
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10 gallon Leyland Cypress @ planting
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19 months later
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Before: Overwhelming canopy.
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After: De-limbing to about 20'.
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Before: Overgrown and crowding driveway.
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After: Clean.
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Before: Where's the house?
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After: Time for a fresh start.
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Before: Weeding & mulching.
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After: Weeding & mulching.
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SOME PERSONAL PROJECTS
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Trees2Go.com Nursery Frontage
Located in East Wake County on Mial Plantation Rd - sorry, not yet open to public visitation.
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Halfway through planting, June 2006.
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43 Firepower Nandina added, March 2007.
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Sign is visible while driving southbound only.
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Winter-time color.
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Feature Construction
11 foot diameter stacked brick planter in front of our home. New January 2007.
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Helpers reporting for duty.
Foundation is dead-level.
Two rows.
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Four rows.
Five rows, 7 tons of dirt so far.
Ready for plants. Spiral irrigation hose.
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June, 2007. Hosta, Jap. Maple, and Annuals.
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Birds enjoy the cascading water fountain.
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1997 rooftop photo of old Apex backyard.
Installed two ponds, a 120' recirculating stream, and many plantings. Our current project is the thinning & planting of the Trees2Go.com Nursery. |
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