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Welcome to the Designscapes Colorado news and blog. We will discuss landscaping news as well as sharing insider tips from our landscaping experts. You can leave a comment or question and communicate directly with our professional staff.

Elk Ridge Park Featured in Landscape Architect & Specifier News

March 20th, 2012

Elk Ridge Park was just featured in the Landscape Architect and Specifier News in the March 2012 edition!  This seven page spread looks incredible.  You should read it – it highlights the Landscape Architecture by Design Concepts and the landscape … Continue reading

Happy 1st Day of Spring!

March 20th, 2012

It’s the first day of spring.  Time to schedule your maintenance services! Finally, it’s official.  It’s the first day of spring – even though it really has felt like spring for the past few weeks with all the warm temperatures … Continue reading

Sustainable Landscaping

March 19th, 2012

So, you’ve probably heard the term “sustainable landscaping” but, do you know what it means?  Simply put, sustainable landscaping considers the environment with the goal to reduce air, water, soil contaminates and to reuse as much as possible in the … Continue reading

Spring Landscape Maintenance

March 15th, 2012

Our spring landscape maintenance newsletter is about to go out and is full of really important information that you should be doing in your yard now! I love this time of year when the days are longer and spring is … Continue reading

What a great day for the park!

March 14th, 2012

I was thinking – why not take the kids to the park today?  In fact, I know a great new park that opened last year in Castle Pines called Elk Ridge Park.  Elk Ridge Park covers 15 acres of recreational … Continue reading

Time to Start Seeds Indoors

March 6th, 2012

It’s the first week in March already!  Typically, the last frost date is Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May each year.  This year, it is on May 13th.  So, this is the ideal time for us to get our … Continue reading

Have you thought about building a terrarium?

March 6th, 2012

I have been noticing terrariums everywhere I turn.  It seems that lately their in stores, in catalogs and I see them as props in TV shows.  Terrariums are very hot and trendy right now.  Have you thought about building one? … Continue reading

2011 ALCC Excellence in Landscape Awards

February 22nd, 2012

Designscapes Colorado receives 8 Excellence in Landscaping Awards by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) for 2011, including 2 Grand Awards. This is a large recognition of outstanding landscape design, construction and maintenance professionals.  ALCC takes the opportunity to … Continue reading

Designscapes Colorado wins Contractor of the Year!

December 16th, 2011

We are very proud to announce that on December 1, Designscapes Colorado was awarded two awards from ASLA Colorado, including the prestigious ‘Contractor of the Year‘ award. This award is a peer nominated recognition from the landscape architecture community of … Continue reading

New and Improved Designscapes Colorado Website!

November 28th, 2011

Designscapes Colorado is proud to launch our new website redesign. We’re excited to launch this website to cap off what was already a great year at Designscapes Colorado. The new website features an improved design. We also knew that it … Continue reading