For the weekend warriors who want to do the landscaping around your house we offer some simple tips:

Planting Tips
Trees and shrubs must be planted at the right depth and receive the correct amount of water if they are to survive and grow properly. Planting too deep, underwatering, or overwatering are the most common planting errors. Planting holes should never be dug deeper than the height of the root ball. Planting holes should also be three times wider than the root ball to allow the roots to grow quickly in loosened soil.

Pruning Tips
Pruning plants is essential to healthy plant development by promoting new growth and removing disease. In general, always cut near new growth, such as a bud or another branch. Cutting beyond can kill portions of the branch, and cutting before will prevent the plant from froming a callus over the cut surface, inviting insects and infection. Proper tools should be used for pruning and cuts should be smooth to aid in healing.

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Design Your Own Landscape Project
Want some help designing your new landscape? Measure and inventory your existing space using the graph paper below. Bring it to the nursery and we will help you create a new enjoyable space!

Things to consider:

• buildings, existing and future
• fence
• walk paths
• any concrete areas
• overhead utilities
• light conditions
• existing plant material
• dog runs
• important views out of windows in home
• any other existing features

Download: Graph Paper
Please ensure that your drawing is done to scale. For example, 1 square on the grid = 1 foot.