Well it is nice to win… unless it is something like this! Atlanta has been given the distinction as the worst city for weeds this next growing season. Let me tell you, as a landscape guy in Atlanta, this is a bummer.

It can be very interesting to see information like this. Houzz just released their survey results from their most recent survey. The results don’t necessarily surprise us but it is interesting nonetheless. Let us know what you think, and if we can help you with your landscape project please let us know.

It is already March 1st and it seems more like March 20th! The spring blooming plants together with the late blooming Winter plants have made the last 2 weeks beautiful! I don’t remember ever seeing Camellias blooming with Cherry trees or Bradford Pear Trees blooming in February. It looks like so far, we are at least 3 weeks ahead of normal bloom time. Those of us who have lived in Georgia for a long time know that most likely winter is not over for us. If we get temperatures close to 30 degrees we will see some damage. If the temperatures drop into the 20’s to teens after everything is leafed out, we could see some significant damage to plants.

Here is a picture of the crew at the Sabaj residence… including Abraham Sabaj with his new Scapes shirt on. He loved working with the crew and appreciated the shirt! He said he would give us and the crew a great recommendation.

This is an interesting audio clip from Lisa Fiore, president of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association. The discussion is about what they are doing in their area to combat the problem. We see this in the Atlanta area also and wish there were better ways to protect potential clients and our community from these “businesses”.

Given an opportunity to renovate an arbor from one of our award winning projects from 2002, we jumped at the chance to update the materials. The original arbor top was made out of pressure treated lumber. It lasted for a long time and only needed occasional painting to keep looking new. Eventually the wood was just too tired to freshen up so we decided to rebuild the top of the arbor.

Just a quick update on what is happening in your landscape this month. The leaves are cleaned up and we are ramping up for Spring! If you have an event this month or would like a specific week, please let us know and we will do our best to rearrange the schedule as we want to make sure your property looks great!

Louisville, Kentucky October 19, 2017 – Scapes is proud to announce it has been awarded an Award of Excellence by the National Association of Landscape Professionals. The awards were presented at a dinner honoring the award winners as part of Landscapes 2017, the annual industry meeting with attendees from across the country.

Welcome to our first blog post! I guess it is about time…Soon we will start rolling out new content about interesting things in our industry and on our projects. We have so many wonderful clients and projects it is hard to update them into the website on a regular basis, so we will be introducing them on this blog and on social media. Keep a look out!