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Stone walls and walkways: West Chicago landscape renovation, xeriscaping concepts
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Pre- renovation. Greenery covered much of the front, and a tired block wall. HAD to go! the final product a year ...
A West Chicago garden progressional bloom (late winter through late spring:
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West Chicago landscapers choice here. Easy to establish, first to bloom! Non native, but a beaut. Blooms in the dead ...
An uncommon shrub from a snappy Naperville garden
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Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parv.) A fantastic shrub for the woodland garden, or the shaded borders. Mounding habit to 10′ x 10′ ...
Wetland combinations only Mother Nature can create:
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BUT, there is no reason why we cannot imitate! Here we see a native stand of Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus) and ...
Garden Structures (functional or not) can lend to the scenery and enhance the landscape.
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Functional as well as handsome. Made from native materials found on site. Structures in the garden can add interest and ...
Landscape design for 2014- now is the time to plan for spring,so give us a shout!
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We’d be happy to meet and discus your landscape need: be it a new patio or a paver/brick driveway, garden ...
Witch-hazel ‘Arnold’s Promise’ (Hammemalis x med.) (click on pic)
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A gem of a shrub: incredible sulphur-yellow spidery blooms in late winter- a stand out in the snowy landscape, plus ...
Hemaris thysbe (Hummingbird Clearwing), unusual and colorful moth (tap on photo)
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What an incredible moth, hovering over a petunia in the late summer garden. A pollinator, a good thing!
Visions of a colorful spring to come (don’t I wish)!
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It just finished snowing….and it’s only Dec. 8. Ouch. A long winter ahead? Would do some good if it were ...
Seasonal clean ups from Max’s Greener Places, West Chicago, Winfield, Wheaton
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Fall or winter clean ups, including trimming of beds, and lawn clean up have been happening for some time,slowly- but ...