How to Turn a Side Yard Into a Glorious Garden Room Once again, a photo of a Statile & Todd project was chosen by the editors of the web site Houzz.com to illustrate a story they were writing. This particular story is about turning a side yard into a garden space. The 4th image […]
Landscape Design
Posts about our landscaping work
Water Accents Made Simple
When mentioning “water”, it often conjures up many images. For example, the pureness of icebergs, cleansing flow of waterfalls, refreshing crispness of lakes and flowing waves along a beach. Water is essential to life and we are naturally drawn to its majestic beauty. The mystical allure of water evokes many emotions and has a very […]
Happy Birthday America!! Family, Food & Fun
It’s that time of year to celebrate the birth of our country and what is more of a tradition on the 4th than an outdoor BBQ with family and friends? This week we would like to talk about outdoor cooking and grilling. Outdoor cooking has come a long way since man first started cooking with […]
The Heat is On
Summer weather has finally arrived and hopefully the rainfall will come into balance. The heavy rain created fungus and pest issues for many plants and lawns. If you have proper drainage and healthy soil, this should not have been as much of a problem. Since we are now about to get a long string of […]
Houzz-photo sharing site features Statile & Todd garden
Lay of the Landscape: Mediterranean Garden Style One web site that we have come to enjoy a lot is www.houzz.com. If you have not visited it, please do as it is a fabulous source for ideas. Statile & Todd has just started to upload images to the site in order to share our projects with […]
Eat What You Sow
The National Gardening Association says Americans spent $1.4 billion on vegetable gardens last year. That’s up almost 25 percent from the year before. Now is the time to get the beds or containers ready as the frost free date to safely plant (around Mother’s Day) is almost here. The startup cost of installing a […]
Arbor Day- Planting & Caring for Trees
Arbor Day is a day set aside for the planting and caring for trees. The first one was celebrated on April 10th 1872 when an estimated 1,000,000 trees were planted nationwide on that day. In the United States, it is celebrated on the final Friday of April. Planting trees and the education surrounding the importance […]
Spring’s Blooming Everywhere
Spring is in its full glory right now. Daffodils and hyacinths are gone and the forsythia is already pushing out new vegetative growth to replace the vibrant yellow blast of its flowers. Right now, Dogwoods, redbuds, fothergilla, azaleas, lilacs, wisteria and viburnums, are reaching their bloom prime. Vinca groundcover is lush with blue flowers. […]
Adopt the pace of nature….her secret is patience.
Our weather has been one extreme to another lately. The recent heat has everyone scrambling to begin getting their gardens in shape. A word of caution, however, it was just tax time! Normally this time of year, the Tulips are barely blooming. Last year on March 23rd we had ten inches of snow and we […]
The Buffet Is Closed
Plummeting temperatures last night had everyone scrambling here in north central NJ and beyond. Everyone is concerned about their flowering plants that have begun a gorgeous show. In case you are wondering, your spring bulbs should be fine in regards to the freezing temps. They could even stand a little snow (shh, don’t say that […]