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Secrets To Creating A Stunning Landscape Design

Landscape Design Techniques For Beautiful Landscapes Color And Form In A Landscape Design Most people focus in on color first when considering their landscape design but this is not necessarily the place to start. Color in the garden, with a few exceptions, is fleeting. It comes in and out of the garden with the seasons, or even a lesser period of time. Most plants only bloom for a few weeks

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Allentuck Landscaping Co. Acquires A Rockville, MD Landscape Company

Exciting news! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Allentuck Landscaping Co. has acquired KART Landscape & Lawns, a Rockville, MD landscape company. In a separate transaction, we have also purchased the KART facility and are in the process of relocating our company to it and making many improvements to the site. KART Landscape & Lawns has been in business for 40 years specializing in landscape design &

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Good Patio Design Will Improve Your Life

Good Patio Design Increases Your Living Space In this hectic go, go, go world, sometimes we all just need a place to chill out and enjoy ourselves. That is where a good patio design can improve the quality of our life. A patio increases your living space and provides a wonderful area for outdoor entertaining. It can quickly increase the beauty of your home and its value. An outdoor patio

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Recent Landscape Projects Showcase – Fall 2019

A Showcase Of Some Of Our Recent Landscape Projects It has been another busy fall here at Allentuck Landscaping Co. We are grateful for all of the wonderful project we have had the pleasure to be a part of and wanted to share them with you. Front Garden Project in Gaithersburg, Maryland This project was the second one we completed for this customer. Last year we designed and built a

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5 Great Ideas For Creating A Beautiful Paver Patio

A Paver Patio Add Value and Enjoyment To Any Home Pavers offer a lot of flexibility when it comes to patio design. There are tons of different styles and colors to choose from, they can be used in many very interesting combinations, and it is possible to add outdoor living features that will make your patio uniquely your own. However you plan to use your paver patio, the following ideas

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Prepare Your Patio For Winter

A Few Useful Tips To Prepare Your Patio For Winter Your patio is our outdoor living room and being outside, requires a little pro-active preparation to protect it and the furnishings on it from winter. Following these simple guidelines to prepare your patio for winter and you will assure that your patio will look good for a very long time. Clean off leaves and debris as often as possible to

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Our Guide To Fall Flowers For The Garden

Keep The Color Coming With Fall Flowers  Just because fall has arrived does not mean the garden cannot have lots of color. In Montgomery County, Maryland area, many fall flowers will bloom well into the approaching winter. Some, like pansies, will even bloom again once spring arrives. Fall flowers in bloom are a spectacular way to add extra color to gardens, flowers pots, even fall flower bouquets in a vase

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Japanese Stilt Grass Control Strategies

Japanese Stilt Grass Is A Tough Weed To Control What Is Japanese Stilt Grass Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum) has become the bane of many gardener’s existence. It is an aggressive spreader, literally taking over acreage when one turns one’s back. It is so aggressive that it squeezes out other plant and actually can change a soil’s structure. It is a threat to both gardens and lawns. Japanese Stilt Grass

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5 Plant Pest Problems For Maryland Gardens

5 Plant Pest Problems That Will Give You Headaches Maryland gardens are faced with many plant pest problems. While it is practically impossible to recognize and know all of them, one can learn the ones that will inflict the most damage. Every plant gets some diseases and has some insects that are going to do damage to it. That is nature. Be that as it may, most plants have that

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Lightning Safety Guide

Tips For Lightning Safety   Summertime brings time spent at the community pool, backyard cookouts and vacations. It also brings afternoon thunderstorms, which brings lightning. Some of these can be very violent and even cause flash flooding. If you spend time outside, we thought providing these simple lightning safety tips would be a good reminder on how to stay safe during a thunderstorm. Know The Forecast Being aware of potential

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