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Steinhauer awarded Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Circle of Excellence Award

March 04, 2019
Designscapes Colorado's owner and landscape architect, Phil Steinhauer was awarded Colorado Homes & Lifestyles 2019 Circle of Excellence award. This award recognizes design...

Categories: Awards

Soil is key to a successful landscape

February 04, 2019
  Not all soil is created equal. Soil serves many important functions in an ecosystem. In your landscape, soil is the medium in which your plants grow....

Categories: Gardens

Commercial Team Recognized for 2018 Mayor's Design Awards

January 28, 2019
  The Mayor’s Design Awards recognizes excellence in architecture, design and place-making in the city of Denver. Our Commercial Construction team was honored for...

Categories: Awards

No local workers, Designscapes Colorado turns to the H-2B visa program

January 15, 2019
    Even at a 2.4% unemployment rate in the Denver metro area, many landscape businesses struggle to find seasonal help. Due to the nature of landscaping...

Categories: Company

It's not debris, it's decor

November 19, 2018
  The holidays are upon us and 'tis the season for decorating around our homes and businesses. Craft stores abound with real and artificial pine cones, branches,...

Categories: Holiday Lighting & Decor, Holiday

Leave your leaves for your mower

November 05, 2018
                    If you mow your leaves and leave them on top of...

Categories: Maintenance

Your trees could use a drink

October 29, 2018
Fall is when we need to start paying attention to the moisture our trees need to survive the months ahead. Trees are the most valuable elements of our landscapes and we need to...

Categories: Trees

Save your dahlias for next season

October 22, 2018
  Those beautiful dinner-plate-sized flowers we enjoy until frost need to be rescued before cold weather is here to stay. Take an hour or so during the warm weekend...

Categories: Annuals & Perennials

The frost is coming

October 08, 2018
If the forecast holds, Monday night could be the first night of frost or freeze in the Denver area marking the end of the 2018 growing season. It's been a long season this...

Categories: Lawn & Garden Care

Preserve your fall harvest

October 02, 2018
For at least another week, it appears there will be no frost warning along the Front Range, so vegetables can be left to continue ripening if they are not yet ready to pick....

Categories: Gardens

Designscapes Colorado Nominates Six Team Members for U.S. Permanent Residency

October 02, 2018
One of our core values is to “Build and Shape a Better Future” for our local community and within our team. This year, we implemented a program to progress the future...

Categories: Company

Plant bulbs now for next season

September 24, 2018
Bulb planting is an easy-to-ignore fall chore because we don't see the results right away. Nevertheless, if you want to enjoy the first flowers of spring next season, now is...

Categories: Awards, Annuals & Perennials