by Scott Bradley | Jul 16, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Petaluma Garden Design, The Landscape Process
The landscaping business can be run in many different ways. Whether design-build construction or maintenance, whether commercial or residential – or some combination of these, the business model options are endless. Details Landscape Art is has been primarily a...
by Scott Bradley | Jun 18, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Sonoma County Landscape Contractor, Wood Structures
Constructing fences on slopes essentially similar to normal fence construction with some adjustments. The three previous blogs discussed the construction of the six- foot, three railed fence, the hog wire fence, and the horizontal fence. On January 1, 2019 we wrote a...
by Scott Bradley | Apr 23, 2019 | Gardens, Miscellaneous, Sonoma County Landscaper
Occasionally our clients ask us about installing a veggie garden. Details Landscape Art is a North Bay landscape contractor, building beautiful gardens since 1991. Our bread and butter is NOT vegetable gardening, but we do offer suggestions and advice to customers who...
by Scott Bradley | Mar 26, 2019 | Garden Art, Gardens, Miscellaneous, Petaluma Landscaper
One of the key color groups in the pallet of plant colors is the shades of silver and gray. In other blogs we have discussed the importance of color and contrast in plant selection as well as the emphasis on plant combinations. Shades of Deep Red (8/1/17), Shades of...
by Scott Bradley | Feb 26, 2019 | Irrigation, Miscellaneous, Santa Rosa Landscape Design
The valve manifold is a key component of the irrigation system. Almost every project installed by Details Landscape Art requires irrigation, and usually the valve manifold calls for multiple valves. Drip irrigation requires a different valve than lawns, and when the...
by Scott Bradley | Feb 12, 2019 | Irrigation, Miscellaneous, Petaluma Landscape Design
The previous two posts discussed the primary features and the programming of the Raindial HR6100 irrigation controller. This blog focuses on some other special features of the controller. Details Landscape Art installs and uses this particular controller almost...