How To Design The Perfect Front Foundation Garden

Allentuck Landscaping March 31, 2015

Creating The Perfect Front Foundation Garden Is Easy If You Follow These Steps Let’s face it, a house without a foundation garden simply looks naked, sort of like a picture without a frame. The right plants in front of a house not only hide the foundation, but if planned properly, enhance the beauty and value of a home dramatically. But where to start? A Layered Approach This may seem like

Montgomery County Greenfest | March 28, 2015

Allentuck Landscaping March 20, 2015

Greenfest to celebrate the Environment of Montgomery County Saturday, March 28th at 11am Silver Spring, MD – Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, and Jesup Blair Local Park Learn and Explore! Join your neighbors in celebrating the environment of Montgomery County This is a free event with something for everyone: Schedule of Events Rain or shine Food is available for sale Find out more here: Greenfest Phone: 3015-515-1900 Email: info@allentucklandscaping.com Allentuck Landscaping

Montgomery County Police Want You To Know

Allentuck Landscaping February 5, 2015

Did you know that thefts from vehicles is the number one crime in Montgomery County. The best defense…lock your car and keep valuables out of sight. Here is the flyer the MC Police have asked to be distributed.

Will Salt Damage My Landscape?

Allentuck Landscaping January 20, 2015

Will Salt Damage My Landscape? Let’s put it this way. In ancient times, salt was used by armies as a biological weapon to destroy enemy’s fields and crops. So the short answer is yes, salt will damage landscape plants. Salt is made from sodium chloride. It is very useful for melting snow and ice, and good as a seasoning on the dinner table. It can and does damage landscape plants

Baby It’s Cold Out There

Allentuck Landscaping January 8, 2015

How Will The Cold Temperatures Affect My Landscape? With record breaking low temperatures (9 degrees this morning!), one would wonder if these conditions are bad for our landscape? Will these temperature harm or kill our plants? Plants Can Fend For Themselves Plants are well suited to deal with cold temperatures. Trees and shrubs go dormant. Perennials die back to the ground. However, there is some damage that can occur to

Backyard Patio Design – Beyond The Basics

Allentuck Landscaping January 7, 2015

Good backyard patio design can make an ordinary patio and extraordinary patio. Put this image in your head for a moment – it is a beautiful summer evening, the sun is just beginning to set, close friends have arrived for a dinner and drinks, the kids are playing over in the yard and the adults are enjoying a glass of wine on your flagstone patio as a fire crackles in

Resolutions For our Garden

Allentuck Landscaping December 31, 2014

Resolutions For Our Garden As 2014 melts into 2015, I am overwhelmed by just how fortunate we are at Allentuck Landscaping Co. It has been a crazy year with so many good things (and a few bumps along the way). I thought I would share a few garden (and life) resolutions with you. First a disclaimer: Although these are garden resolutions for our company, they are also somewhat my personal

Seeing The Landscape In Winter

Allentuck Landscaping December 21, 2014

Winter may seem like the perfect time to take a vacation from your garden but, if used wisely, it can be an important time to lay down the ground work for making vast improvements. Just as plants are dormant and preparing to burst forth in the spring, so can us gardeners. A Time To Think About The Landscape During the warmer seasons we are busy with the day to day

We’re Not Quite Done Yet! December Landscape Stuff To Do

Allentuck Landscaping December 11, 2014

It may be December but there us still a lot to do in the garden. C’mon Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, North Potomac, Darnestown and Rockville, let’s get at it. Don’t let us landscapers have all of the fun.

Winter Weather Will Eventually Hit Montgomery County, MD – Are You Prepared?

Allentuck Landscaping December 9, 2014

Reprinted from the Weather Channel Every winter, people are injured or killed because they are unprepared or overconfident on snowy, icy roads. Even if you are a veteran driver from a Snow Belt state and don’t give venturing out in a blizzard a second thought, keeping these safety tips fresh in your mind can keep you on the road and in control. Make sure you and your car are properly

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