6/30/03

Finishing Touches for the Display at Brick and Supply

Today we were finishing up the construction of the paver and block display at Brick and Supply on Prospect in Appleton.  Stop by to see a sampling of our work, and say hello to Pam and all the friendly folks there.  Be sure to ask for a Stonehenge Portfolio CD ROM, where you can see a multimedia presentation of more of our work.

June 2003

See us at work

Brick and Supply, the Fox Valley's Unilock distributor, and one of our suppliers, has hired us to design and install the hardscape display at their Appleton location.  Work has already begun, and in the coming weeks we will complete this mix of styles, colors and textures to give you an opportunity to see what's possible for your own property.  So if you have some time, stop by and say hello!  We'd love to see you.  Brick and Supply is West of highway 41 on Prospect Avenue in Appleton.

4/5/03

Old Man Winter Blows One More Time

Looks like the midwest has been hit with ice and snow over the last few days as old man winter tries in vain to hold onto his season. Parts of the Midwest and middle America may get more over the weekend.

Ice coated most of Wisconsin Thursday night, and as the thaw began today, plants began to find their way out. Below is a Lilac bud in my backyard from earlier today.

07/28/02

Reason #34 to hire a landscape professional for your project instead of doing it yourself:  

You get to use your whole driveway, all summer long.

This pile of excavated soil is so old that weeds have grown, bloomed, gone to seed, and started new crops of weeds.  

Our average project takes 2-4 days to complete, giving you full access to your driveway and your whole yard, all season long.

6/5/02

Rumbled, Tumbled Pavers

The tumbled look is in!  

Above is a picture of a paver patio we recently completed using tumbled pavers.  They are a concrete paver (clay pavers wouldn't stand up to this process) that was put in a tumbler, and tumbled over and over, nicking up the corners and edges, leaving a finished product that looks like natural stone, but installed leaves a uniform surface perfect for any patio furniture.

Because there is more time and handling that goes into manufacturing tumbled pavers, you can expect to pay $1.00 or more per square foot for tumbled pavers.

And these pavers, to best achieve the intended look, should not be cut in the usual fashion.  It's one of the many details that makes a patio installed by Stonehenge special.  Ask about it when you call to discuss paver options.

5/23/02

Appleton man spotted watering driveway - Crazy?

Hardly.  Our design challenge at this 75 year old home was to create a driveway that harkened back to the days when the home was built.  That included drives that had narrow strips of paving to accommodate the narrow wheels of the buggies and cars of the day, with turf between those strips.

With today's advances in paving materials, we were able to create a drive that has both a full width of functional, structural paving, but also has turf areas between the Hollandstone pavers to remind us of days long ago.  The voids in the honeycomb-like Turfstone (c) were packed with quality topsoil, then hydroseeded.  These pictures were taken two weeks post-seeding.  

In just a few weeks he'll be mowing!!

4/23/02

We can cure your Volcanoruptitis  

For those of you who have a water feature in your yard, are you suffering from Volcanoruptitus?  The symptoms include an eruption of fieldstone boulders somewhere in your yard, piling up to form a small volcano.  This volcano then produces a continuous eruption of water into a pool or pond below.

Other symptoms include less than enthusiastic visitors to your backyard, coupled with your mild disappointment.

Our staff can cure this disease, turning this:

Into this:

This:

Into this:

Just give us a call at (920) 788-4550 and we'll begin treatment right away.

4/22/02

What a Spring!!

First we have weather warm enough to make us want to turn on the air conditioning, then just a few days later we get covered in a 3" blanket of snow!!  No grilling out this weekend!

I was out in my yard on Saturday covering up as many bulbs and perennials as I could, so they wouldn't get frozen in the storm.  I hope your delicate plants hold up as well as mine look to be.

3/6/02

The first annual Fox Cities Landscape Expo was a great success, and fun was had by all!  Click on the Expo button to the right for details.

Did you know that of all the landscape company websites in the Fox Valley, this one is the largest?  We want to provide timely and interesting content to our pages, to continue to make it interesting for our visitors.

3/1/02 

The first annual Fox Cities Landscape Expo is upon us!  The Plant Station will open it's doors to the public at 10am on Saturday, March 2nd to a landscape event everyone can enjoy.  The picture below is our booth (but it doesn't do it justice!).  

We hope to see you there!

2/20/02

My wife and I just got back from a extended weekend getaway to Charleston, South Carolina.  In the 3 1/2 days we were there we managed to take 5 rolls of pictures, though the pictures were predominantly aimed downward!  (You'll see what I mean when we get the photos developed)

We saw some cobblestone streets and some granite stone streets, as well as bluestone for miles, mixed with clay pavers used in walks, drives, streets and parks.  Because of the climate they install pavers a little differently than we do in Wisconsin, but again, we'll tell you more about that once the pictures are developed and I can post them here.

-Jeff

2/5/02

We'd like to swing open the doors and welcome everyone to our newly improved website.  If you've visited before, you'll notice a dramatic change in the look of the site.  But there has also been a substantial update of the content of the site.

Some of you who've visited have asked for larger pictures so you can see some of our work up close.  Done.  We've created photo galleries for you to view for each of the services we offer.

Some asked to have the 'Care Tips' we hand out at the end of projects included on the site, in case they misplace them.  Also done.  We'll soon add photos with those pages to help you better understand what you need to do to care for your landscape.

We've added archives to review 'seasoned' materials, and in general made this website a place to discover a great deal about us, and about what our professionals can do for your property.