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Summer Time – MEGA Sale
Yep, it’s those Dog Days of Summer once again. Business around the nursery slows down a bit because for most, it’s just too darn hot to work in the garden.
Boy, do we have a bribe for you!Take 40% off any plant or tree, 5 gallons and larger. But only until this Sunday, July 27, 2010 @ 4pm.
We not only sell plants and trees, we offer full service landscape installations. You can have us plant those trees and dig the holes for you (nominal fee). So be sure to visit us over the next few days to take advantage of our large selection.
Sacramento Summer Planting Made Easy
This is the time of the year when customers often ask us if it is too late to plant trees, shrubs and perennials. The short answer is a definite — no, it’s not too late to plant!
Success with summer plantings is easy to achieve. Trees, shrubs and perennials have the same needs whether it is spring, summer or fall, and following a few simple steps we have found for Sacramento homeowners that will ensure your success.
Proper planting technique, adequate but not excessive water, adequate but not excessive sunlight, and adequate but not excessive nutrients are all you need to provide your new landscape plants whether it is spring, summer, or fall. It is just as easy to do in summer as at other times.
When you plant, root prune potted plants aggressively, cutting through matted roots on the outside of the root ball many times on the sides and bottom. This will allow many new roots to quickly shoot out into the surrounding soil, providing much faster establishment and far better long term vigor.
Plant no deeper than the level the tree, shrub or perennial was growing in the pot or field, and make a circular dike of soil an inch or More >
Up Close and Personal – Green Valley Nursery & Landscape
This is an article which appeared in the Home Improvement & Remodeling Magazine, May 2010.
If you listed all the ingredients that make a company successful, customer service is usually No. 1. Add to that carefully selected merchandise, expert, experienced personnel, attention to every detail and repeat customers and you have a recipe for success. Toss in community service and that puts the company over the top.
Because of their focus on all those key details, Don and Julie DeVorss have seen Green Valley Nursery & Landscape blossom into a successful business. They credit that growth to personally ensuring that their customers’ experiences with their company are both rewarding and satisfying.
The DeVorss’ mission is to exceed expectations of customers and go the extra mile whether customers are looking for the freshest, most vibrant plant materials or they are working with Green Valley’s experienced landscape design staff.
“We are unusual in that we are landscapers who have a nursery,” said Julie. They not only help homeowners with design, consultations and installations, they also offer a wide selection of plants and plant materials that do well in the area. That knowledge is a plus when assisting homeowners with landscaping design plans and selecting the More >
Landscape Design
Landscape design is similar to landscape architecture. Landscape design focuses more on the artistic merits of design, while Landscape architecture encompasses the artistic design as well as structural engineering. Landscape design and Landscape Architecture, both take into account soils, drainage, climate and other issues, because the survival of selected plants depends on those. Landscape Architecture may require a license depending on the country and region (a license is needed in most USA states). In Oregon, for example, a Landscape Contractor licensed with the Oregon Landscape Contractors Board, may provide levels of landscape architecture and design as long as that landscaper does not assign the title “landscape architect” to themselves. Landscape designers may be required to have a license, depending on the level and detail in the design plan, as well as the location. Landscape design landscape planning is concerned with small and large scale projects. The establishment of landscape plants over a period of time is not landscape design, but is considered “landscape management”. Landscape design is almost synonymous with garden design. Landscape architecture and landscape design can, and should, embrace garden design, landscape management, landscape engineering, landscape detailing, landscape urbanism, landscape assessment and landscape planning.
Traditionally, landscape designers and architects have More >
