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Mother’s Day Plants and Precautions – Tip of the Week

May 07, 2016
Mother’s Day and the start of the new growing season almost coincide.  That makes this holiday one to honor mom with plants she loves.  From the smallest to largest growing space,...

Categories: Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Holiday Lighting & Decor, Holiday, Green Landscape, Events, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials

Colorado's Consumable Wild Plants

May 06, 2016
Colorado has some of the best varieties of plant “super foods” known to nature growing in our own back yard.  After extensive studies it has been proven that wild plants...

Categories: Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials

Getting to Know Designscapes

May 02, 2016
  Designscapes Colorado, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and owned by Phil Steinhauer — and today is regionally recognized as a premiere design, construction, and maintenance firm...

Categories: Trees, Water Features, Structures, Pools & Spas, Outdoor Living Spaces, Outdoor Fireplaces & Fire Pits, Gardens, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Holiday Lighting & Decor, Holiday, Design, Green Landscape, Events, Designscapes News, Company, Trades, Streetscapes, Playgrounds, Parks, Commercial, Awards, Annuals & Perennials

Make Room for Our State Flower

April 29, 2016
As the hiking season gets underway, we’ll stroll past Columbine growing entirely on their own in the high country without support from any humans. It’s a miracle of nature...

Categories: Structures, Outdoor Living Spaces, Gardens, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Design, Green Landscape, Parks, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials

Resident Hawk – Welcoming Mr. & Mrs. Swany

April 28, 2016
  Designscapes Colorado has the pleasure of having two Swainson Hawks take residency on our property after their record breaking yearly migration.   Every year these...

Categories: Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Events, Designscapes News, Company, Commercial

What are the Benefits of Hiring a Professional Landscape Design Company?

April 26, 2016
    Landscaping is a unique balance of enhancing the natural features outside your home to create an environment that is both attractive and functional.   Trying...

Categories: Trees, Water Features, Structures, Pools & Spas, Outdoor Living Spaces, Outdoor Fireplaces & Fire Pits, Gardens, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Holiday, Xeriscape, Design, Green Landscape, Events, Designscapes News, Company, Commercial, Awards, Annuals & Perennials

2016 Day of Service – ALCC

April 21, 2016
2016 DAY OF SERVICE Friday, April 22, 2016 Denver Chapter 2015   Get involved with ALCC’s 2016 Day of Service projects. This is one time we come together to...

Categories: Residential, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Events, Designscapes News, Company, Commercial, Awards

Which Lawn Care Myths Do You Believe?

April 15, 2016
What Americans think they know – and really don’t know – about lawn care might surprise you. Up to 64% of Americans who have a landscape believe faulty information about...

Categories: Residential, Maintenance, Green Landscape, Designscapes News, Commercial

Colorado Gardening – Pros & Cons

April 11, 2016
Colorado has earned the nickname of “Colorful Colorado” due to its splendid scenery of mountains, rivers, plains, wildlife and lavish landscaping. Don’t underestimate the...

Categories: Trees, Gardens, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Trades, Parks, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials

Consider Dog Tuff™ Turf

April 04, 2016
Looking for an easy care turf grass that requires minimal water, mowing, and fertilizing? This new selection could be something to consider if you’re shopping for a new lawn this...

Categories: Residential, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Playgrounds, Parks, Commercial

Bright Ideas with Outdoor Lighting

April 01, 2016
You’ve trimmed and pruned all your plantings, aerated your lawn, installed all the new age landscape features known to man and now what??  You’ve worked diligently to cultivate and...

Categories: Trees, Outdoor Living Spaces, Outdoor Fireplaces & Fire Pits, Gardens, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Xeriscape, Design, Green Landscape, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials

Snow & Wind Can Devastate Trees

March 28, 2016
SNAP!   That’s often the only noise we hear outside in the quite of heavy-falling snow.  It’s the sad sound of a tree branch breaking or worse yet, the side of a...

Categories: Trees, Residential, Pots & Planters, Maintenance, Lawn & Garden Care, Green Landscape, Commercial, Annuals & Perennials