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This was Lisa & Dave’s property when we met. We created a new stucco walled courtyard within which a bluestone patio, cedar pergola, and garden now sit. The second phase will include more plants, a fountain, and low voltage lighting.
Ian checks on the progress
Lisa & Dave’s new courtyard in Hartford, CT.
A Sunny Day in Watch Hill, RI
Earl, our client in West Hartford, joyfully snapped this photo of our team on his new front step.
This is Emily & Joe’s new granite steps, bluestone patio, and eucalyptus furniture. We removed a rotted small deck from the left door. We transplanted their existing plants from around the property and will add more elements as budget allows. Below is what we started with.
Our team meticulously sanded down the maple colored cabinets to finish them with Tea Cookie colored paint in Westerly, RI. Below is what it looked like to begin.
Pam’s living room gets a makeover with a new gas fireplace between the windows in her Westerly, RI home. Below is what we began with.
Our client’s inability to climb stairs well inspired us to create this outdoor ramp to an outside elevator. The plants are chosen to soften the mechanics of their space in Old Saybrook CT.
This synthetic putting green in Farmington CT is only one of the many specialty items we designed and built at Dave’s home in Farmington, CT.
This is our office garden in Essex, CT.
We planted this perennial Essex Cove garden in the summer of 2009 and took this photo in June 2010.
A Pondless Waterfall With Plantings in Farmington, CT
We planted this large Paperbark Maple to anchor an enormous home in Watch Hill, RI.
Spring Bloom On The Eastern Redbud in Madison CT
This house in Guilford, CT was once brown and had a large deck attached to the back of the house.
The deck on the left had pressure treated vertical balusters that we replaced with glass panels to created unobstructed views. The new curving walls, steps. and rails replace a boxy concrete block and paver wall and walk. This is a second season photo of the Spring bloom at Dasve’s home in Farmington, CT home.
Organized chaos in Deep River, CT.
Spring in the garden in Farmington, CT
The gardens of Cloud Nine Deli & Catering in Old Saybrook CT. Delicious food. Click here to visit them
An indoor table top vase becomes the centerpiece of this natural fountain for Judy & Charlie in Canton, CT
A veggie garden for Barbara in Amston, CT
We drilled a hole through this granite laughing Buddha statue so water can flow up through his head into the riverstone pool for Sue in Essex, CT.
A Shadblow tree anchors our office in Essex CT
Meditation in the garden in Simsbury CT
We removed White Pines from this sloping property in West Hartford CT and created this stream and waterfall into the fish and tadpole filled pond. Ian snapped this pic the day we completed this project. The photo below was taken two years later.
Peace and leisure by the pool in Simsbury. CT
Antiques re-invented for Lew in Killingworth CT
Pepe moved from Ecuador to New York over 10 years ago to seek a better life for his family. He was studying to be a veterinarian while he continued to hone his skills as a craftsmen in stone and carpentry
Concrete once surrounded this pool in Killingworth CT. We covered it with sandstone, added a cedar pergola, and softened the area with new plantings.
This is Ian’s boy Bingo.
A new garden softens this bluestone patio in Essex, CT
Mature plants soften this new paver driveway and walk in Watch Hill, RI
Low voltage lighting warms this custom fountain in Glastonbury, CT.
We created this typical English garden for Jim and Lincoln at their weekend home in Chester, CT
Stargazer Lilies and Phlox shine in the sun at Ian’s home in Old Lyme, CT
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Could it be more beautiful? Thanks for sharing and the tip about the Tin/pie dish and the cucumber slices. I will try this to be sure to get rid of these pesky things in my garden.
Thank you for these beautiful pictures! They are inspirational. The Buddha fountain would be a nice idea for a friend of mine.
Last summer, I moved into a condo that I rent. I have a very small area that I can use for flowers, however, I don’t get a lot of sun. I think the patio faces South and edges a wooded area. (I actually saw a Coyote at the edge of the trees in my small yard!)
There’s a large lilac bush to the right of my patio against the outside wall of my neighbor’s condo. In this area, I planted some iris bulbs and Lily of the Valley from a friend’s garden. I had some beautiful blue and purple iris blooms this year. The Lily of the Valley bulbs, however, did not do well.
There is also a huge butterfly bush in front of one of my BR windows. I think the bulbs I planted here were cone (?) flowers. I wasn’t as pleased with these.
Because I don’t get sun in my Living Room, my indoor plants are dying so I need to find something colorful that doesn’t need sun inside. I may have to just use pictures of flowers in my living room!
I enjoy listening to Maureen (The English Lady) on WRCH!
Valerie, Lily of the Valley take many years to establish but are worth waiting for - make sure you have manure on the garden, three times a year to keep the soil rich.
Some ideas for the shade are: Perennial anemone, Astilbe, Perennial geranium, daylily (try to get the repeat blooming ones) Veronica and Viola. Hope this helps. Maureen
The English Lady Team,
We could not be happier with our amazing patio! The entire process went so smoothly. Ian’s design sense is beyond compare. HGTV would be hard-pressed to come up with a more talented designer. I would not be surprised if one day I open up an issue of Veranda and see a pictorial of Ian’s work. It’s that good. In addition to having an aesthetic sixth sense, he has cultivated a team that carry out his vision to the letter.
The crew was excellent and took painstaking care with every detail. What struck me most is the level of craftsmanship from every single member of the team. Anyone can hire a “landscaper”. Finding a true “craftsman” is rare and an altogether different experience.
We look forward to more projects!
Lisa & Dave
I was hoping to get an answer to my question about making compost tea from betony. What proportions should be used? Elga