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When is the Best Time to Hire a Landscape Architect?

When is the Best Time to Hire a Landscape Architect?

by Todd Rutherford | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

Every year around the time of early April to late May, we get many calls from prospective clients who are thinking about hiring a landscape architect to help them achieve the landscape they’ve always dreamed about. But that time of year is often becoming quite busy...
Five Rules to Minimize Light Pollution from Your Landscape Lighting

Five Rules to Minimize Light Pollution from Your Landscape Lighting

by Todd Rutherford | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized

Low voltage landscape lighting is a great way to add evening functionality to your home landscape, as well as highlight and enhance some of those landscape elements at night.  But it’s also important to consider whether these light fixtures may be adding to the...
14 Great Native Plants for Beginning Colorado Gardeners

14 Great Native Plants for Beginning Colorado Gardeners

by Todd Rutherford | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorized

Lately, it seems there has been an ever-growing buzz in the media regarding native plants. We here at Outdoor Design Group appreciate this budding interest in native plants, but we have a long-established love and interest in utilizing native plants in the landscapes...
Does the pH of Tap Water Affect your Landscape?

Does the pH of Tap Water Affect your Landscape?

by Todd Rutherford | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized

Denver Water customers received news last year that the pH of the water delivered to them by Denver Water would be adjusted from near neutral (pH 7.5) to slightly more alkaline (pH 8.5), which began in Spring 2020. The motivating reason for this change is for improved...
Is this the Beginning of the End for Lawns in the Arid West?

Is this the Beginning of the End for Lawns in the Arid West?

by Todd Rutherford | May 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

With recent news headlines (https://abcnews.go.com/US/happen-colorado-river-system-recover-historic-drought/story?id=98475953) warning of the extreme drought conditions hitting the western U.S. and the region that makes up the Colorado River basin, cutting water use...

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