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When you’ve invested in a landscape project, you want to see the final result come together the way you envisioned. The last thing that you want is to be left with an outdoor living space that’s not only not what you wanted, but one that has a lot of mistakes.

Unfortunately, that was the case for this landscape design in Ashburn, VA. When we were brought in, the Czajkowski family expressed to us that they were incredibly unhappy with the screened-in porch and deck they had gotten built by another contractor. There were quite a few problems with its design and construction.

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Are you wondering whether lawn aeration for your Ashburn, Aldie, or Leesburg, VA home is something that you need? You may be unsure as to whether aeration is going to make a big impact on your lawn or not. The last thing that you want to do is waste your time or money.

If you’re not familiar with the term, lawn aeration is the process of producing small holes by pulling ½” x 2”-3” plugs throughout the lawn. This allows more water, oxygen, and nutrients to penetrate the soil and get down to the root zone, where they’re needed most. As a result, roots are able to grow deeper giving you a healthier lawn.

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Come fall, it’s easy for any landscape to start looking a bit unkempt. Your yard may appear littered with fallen leaves and branches, have messy ornamental grasses or shrubs that look overgrown, or have plant beds that could use a fresh coat of mulch.

Even so, as the weather cools off and you’re probably spending less time in your yard, you might have thought about just putting off any landscaping services for your Ashburn, Aldie, or Leesburg, VA home until the spring.

Unfortunately, failing to perform some fall landscaping cleanup can leave you with such a mess in the spring that it’s much more time-consuming and costly when you do get around to landscaping.

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A front yard should do a lot of things. For one, it should make friends and family feel welcome. It should help make your home look inviting and should help usher visitors from the driveway to the front door with ease.

But it should also “wow.” It ought to make passersby do a double take and add to the overall value of your home. It should make your home the most stunning on the block rather than look like every other cookie-cutter front yard around.

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Work hard, play hard is the mantra of this hard-working family who enjoys spending their weekends entertaining guests with some good food and drinks. It wouldn’t be uncommon to find 30 or 40 guests over on any given weekend—oftentimes friends from the close-knit neighborhood. On top of that, these homeowners love hosting their annual family reunion of 100+ guests each year.

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Keeping your lawn looking its very best requires some important services that will allow it to thrive. This includes lawn aeration—one of the most important things you can do to ensure a healthy lawn.

By failing to aerate, your soil health will decline and, in turn, so will the overall health of your lawn. A lawn that has not been properly aerated may not grow as thick or green.

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Your backyard should feel like a safe haven—a space that you and your family can relax and truly enjoy themselves. But if you’re dealing with ticks and mosquitoes at your Ashburn, Aldie, or Leesburg, VA home then even just stepping outside might feel like taking a risk.

This can be incredibly frustrating! After all, you shouldn’t have to worry about being outside at your own home. You ought to be able to find a solution that will put your mind at ease so that you can put these worries to rest.

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Once you’ve made the decision that you’re going to get a pool, chances are you want to have it completed as soon as possible. Whether you’ve been waiting a long time for this pool or not, you’re excited, and you don’t want to just be imagining jumping in—you want to actually do it.

Despite your eagerness, you also know that rushing a job as important as your dream pool could lead to mistakes. Details may be overlooked that could impact the entire pool area for years to come. You would never want to see quality sacrificed just because the pool designer is in hurry.

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Do you love having friends and family over to your home? If so, then you may love the idea of relaxing, eating, and spending time together outdoors. But with a backyard that doesn’t have much to offer, you might feel as though your get-togethers are lacking when it comes to the fun factor. You want to make your backyard party-central and in order to do so, you need to add some real excitement.

An outdoor kitchen is definitely one way to up the ante of your outdoor experience. With the incorporation of an outdoor kitchen, you can prepare and eat your meals outside. But maybe that’s not enough?

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Among all the decisions that come with adding a pool, the decision of gunite vs. fiberglass is the very first one to decide upon. These two materials are completely different and therefore have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages.

The material from which your pool is constructed is obviously an important decision and you want to invest your money wisely.

You may be worried that you’ll make the wrong choice and be disappointed. That may be why you’re doing some research at the onset in order to make sure that your pool is a wonderful addition to your backyard—and not a constant source of worry.

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