Fairfield Landscaping

Japanese gardens derive their beauty from a mixing and blending of many different elements: sand, rocks, water, water basins, bamboo fences and ornaments such as lanterns, as well as dozens of different plants, shrubs and trees.

Have you ever considered having separate outdoor living spaces, if you have a large back or front yard? This will allow you to create mini-landscape designs for each of them. You could still strive for overall unity, but have each space somewhat different from the rest by planting different flowers, or having a wood deck in one, etc.

Stones are an integral aspect of a Japanese rock garden. Their quality is judged in terms of shape, color, texture and original location of the rock. The most prized stones have ‘wabi,’ a Zen term that means inner life and emanates beauty in its simplest form.

Were you aware that prices for hardware and gardening supplies typically go up during the Spring? This is because it’s the most popular time to start landscaping projects. The most cost-efficient time to start a big landscaping project is typically in the Fall.

Since Japan is an island nation, it should be no surprise that water is an integral part of a Japanese garden. Water can be integrated either directly with waterfalls and ponds, or symbolically with the placement of stones or gravel.

Proper hardscaping requires extensive site preparation. Digging, hauling materials for setting bricks or pavers, pouring concrete (if required), and then backfilling is hard, backbreaking work. We recommend using a team of professionals.

Are you planning to build your new home on your own lot? If so, now is the perfect time to start working on your landscape design so you can deal with all the different types of construction before you move in.

There’s more than just the feeling you get when you’re actually in the garden, there’s also how you feel when you approach the garden as well. Many Japanese landscape designers will incorporate sode-gaki, or screen fences, in the approach so one must enter the garden as a whole to feel it.

A beautiful multi-tier fountain or a birdbath adds a relaxing vibe to your Japanese garden. You can relax your mind and senses while listening to the soothing sound of flowing water.

The azalea is a common flowering shrub used in Japanese landscape design. Care to guess which other flowering shrub the showy azalea is closely related to? If you guessed the rhododendron, you're right.

Perhaps the true beauty of switching to an organic lawn care service is that you don’t have to worry so much about the products used to treat your lawn. While you may have once kept your dog inside for a full day after treatments, your lawn will safer for your pets after switching to organic.

Have trees at your business that make keeping up with the leaves a challenge? You don’t have to do it alone! Professional landscapers can take that work off of your hands and keep your business looking great.

The elements that are found in fertilizers (namely nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) are actually found in nature. Fertilizer is simply a way of speeding up the replacement of these elements in the soil, which would normally be a byproduct of the natural processes of decay.

Conventional lawn chemicals can have many negative impacts on lawn health. Basically, these chemicals kill good organisms that help product the nutrients plants need to grow, thereby weakening the grass, increasing the incidence of thatch, and encouraging disease.

Did you know that most believe the lawn to be a European invention? Indeed, some of the earliest lawns were the grasslands that appeared around medieval castles in Britain and France. These lawns were often meadows in which trees were removed, so that castle guards could maintain an unobstructed view of approaching visitors.

Water is an essential element in a Japanese garden, whether it's real or conceptualized. To represent water, you can create a dry stream out of pebbles or gravel. The sense and feeling of water must be present to fulfill the fundamental idea that water is the source of all life.

More and more people are choosing to forgo the rickety wooden deck and build a stone deck around their swimming pool instead. Paving stones provide natural beauty and a slip-resistant surface, so they’re an ideal material for this purpose.

Many don’t realize the part of the fall cleanup process involves thoroughly watering all plants, trees, and shrubs. While dehydration during the colder months is an all too common cause of tree damage, it is easily preventable.