Posts tagged Landscape Contractor

Sacramento Nursery End of Season Sale

Green Valley Nursery & Landscape is holding our End of Season Sale.

We carry a large selection of area tolerant plants, trees and specimen trees. Our wholesale and retail nursery combined with a full service landscape construction and maintenance company provides the freshest and most affordable plants in the Sacramento area. Don DeVorss has been a licensed landscape contractor in Sacramento for many years. With his 25 plus years of experience, Don oversees the abundant selection of area tolerant plant material.

Stop by early for the BEST SELECTION of
  • Plants & Shrubs
  • Trees
  • Fall Color
  • Pottery
  • Garden Wall Art
  • Ironwork
  • Fountains
  • And other unique gift items
30 – 50% off EVERYTHING

We are conveniently located on Green Valley Road in El Dorado Hills and we are open 7 days a week.

(Subject to stock on hand, not combinable with any other offers)

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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 >

On the cover – Home Improvement & Remodeling Magazine – April 2010

When you walk or drive through a neighborhood, what catches your eye? Beautiful blooms in complementary colors, gorgeous greenery, a water fountain or pond, a welcoming walkway, a balance of shade trees and shrubs? Certainly, that type of landscaping is attractive and appears to be skillfully created to enhance the home and its style of architecture.

Contrast that with a house where plants are haphazardly placed with­ out any pattern or plan. Or the one that appears to lack care with flowers that are fading, colors that clash or trees that are gasping for water. The first home is like a painting done by a professional artist. Every detail is picture­ perfect. The latter is like an unfinished or unframed canvas. (more…)

Home Improvement & Remodeling Magazine

by: Julie DeVorss

After years of waiting to remodel the interior and exterior of their home, an El Dorado Hiill’s couple decided it was time to take advantage of the slower economy and use their saved up funds to invest in remodeling their front and backyards. Five years ago the homeowners got a bid on replastering and re-tiling their pool and decided to wait. A year ago they’re neighbors across the street got a front yard “facelift” for their yard, which inspired them get a quote to remodel their own outdoor spaces. They knew that they could take advantage of lower pricing and probably get more for the same amount of money they would have spent five years ago on their pool. For example the cost of two-colored stamped colored concrete in 2005 was anywhere from $9-12 per sq. foot. You can now find that same quality concrete $6.50-$7.50 per sq. ft.

The homeowners started by contacting the neighbors’ landscape contractor, Don DeVorss of Green Valley Nursery & Landscape (“Green Valley”). Green Valley set up a meeting with their landscape designer, Jill Hardesty of Beyond the Gate Landscape Design, to create a plan for their front and back yards that would solve their More >