by Scott Bradley | Jul 14, 2015 | Gardens, Sonoma County Landscape Design
Fine gardens need a finishing touch. After the trees and plants are in and dripped, and the low voltage lighting is installed, it is time for bark or mulch to cover all the drip tubing and lighting wire, and give the garden a finished look. Bark serves two basic...
by Scott Bradley | Jun 2, 2015 | Gardens, Sonoma County Garden Design
Designing a garden includes creating an interesting palette of plant material ranging from trees to shrubs to groundcover. We like to say that we are very good at mixing heights, textures and bloom seasons so that there is always something exciting going on. One of...
by Scott Bradley | Mar 24, 2015 | Gardens, Sonoma Landscaper
In Northern California land is at a premium. Homes are being built on smaller and smaller lots, with neighbor’s houses a few feet away, with windows looking down on adjoining houses. At Details Landscape Art, a Sonoma landscaper, one of the most frequent requests we...
by Scott Bradley | Feb 24, 2015 | Gardens, Petaluma Landscape Contractor
The typical residential landscape project in the North Bay is a smaller lot size, with neighbors’ houses very close, second story windows looking down on neighbors yards, thus requiring some degree of privacy screening. Other projects are near walkways or driveways,...
by Scott Bradley | Jan 27, 2015 | Gardens, Sonoma County Landscaper
Ground covers are plants that, well…cover the ground. When we at Details Landscape Art talk about landscaping, we like to suggest mixing heights, textures and bloom seasons. The shortest of the heights, or the base, is the ‘lowly’ groundcover. In addition to covering...