Asheville Landscaping: Spring Landscape Design

 It finally got warm today in Asheville. 

The hot day made me think of this picture. It's a great time to consider a water feature for your yard. The flowing water cools the air around your garden and gives you the opportunity to splash you face in the waterfall or wade in the pond on a hot day. 

Installing a Pondless Waterfall is a great option for those of us who want a nearly maintenance free Waterfall. 

 It's a great time to plant so flowers too. Bring something some fresh life and color to your yard after a long winter. 

We added a little spearmint to this planter. 

Spearmint is a great mosquito deterrent and can be harvested for some ice tea on a hot day. 

Give us a call with any questions about water features, landscape design or rock work. 

Thanks 

Jacob 

Living Waters Landscaping 

828-3018017

Is your Landscape Ready for Spring?

 Spring is here in Asheville! (I hope!)

It's a great time to get your landscape ready for the coming season. 

We spent some time this week in our clients yards blowing off hardscapes and ch cling for any winter damage. 

It's a perfect time to mulch your existing beds and check your irrigation system. 

If you have a water feature, you should get it cleaned out and check the pumps and filtration system. A little maintenance goes a long way. 

 

Your pond and fish are now just waking up from a long winters nap. 

Don't wait to long, it will be getting hot soon! If you wait until summer to get your pond cleaned you could disturb the ecosystem of your feature. 

April and May is a the prime time to clean out your pond. 

 Its also time to think about planning for your garden and planting some fresh flowers, perennials and trees. 

Give us a call if you need help with landscape design in Asheville. 

Thanks!

Jacob 

Living Waters Landscaping 

828-301-8017

Asheville Landscaping: Patio Update

 We finished the brick edging on the patio we are building in Asheville. Also got most of the Pennsylvania cut flagstone laid. 

Check back soon for more pics.  

Living Waters Landscaping 

828-301-8017

Asheville Landscaping: Flagstone patio

We had kind of a slow week with truck maintenance and sourcing the right materials for our clients patio in Asheville. 

Today we got the edging done for the patio. We specialize in dry laid patios like this one will be. However, we will occasionally mortar in the edging of a dry laid patio. This particular project will have a 3 ft brick skirt. With a tumbled Kentucky grey stone in the center. 

The mortared edging for this feature will keep the dry laid brick and stone from eventually migrating outward. It is not always needed to have a mortared edge. A heavy stone edge or a plastic/ metal pre-fab edge would also work. 

However, for this patio we decided that a mortared edge would be the best fit and the longest lasting edge. We tend to over-build our features a bit sometimes. 

We also prepared the base material for the patio as you can see here. We use a 3/4 drain rock for the base with a screed of 3/8 crushed stone for leveling. This is not always a standard practice for ft laid patios. However, we have found it to be superior to the traditional sand and road bond installation. The gravel allows for a stronger and free draining base.
We also attempted to install this large stepper that will be the entry stone in the patio. However, at nearly 5pm on a Friday, we decided to wait for fresh Monday morning energy!
Check back for more updates. 

Living Waters Landscaping 

828-301-8017

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