Pics for a magazine...high praise indeed!! Thanks Kim.
Marla...thanks. Frankly, I think I got lucky with the landscaper crew . Nah...let's says it's God's wonderful grace! Landscaper knocks on my door asking whether we need to fix sprinklers and grass since he saw PB'S sign outside the house. One thing let to the next and he fixed sprinklers, grass, added 70 shrubs, laid pebbles on both side yards, added flagstone pavers on stones, laid Mexican beach pebble near pool - all in 4 days. Total of 4 people working hard...first day it was raining hard and they were fixing the sprinklers on that day. The landscaper also did not want any payment till job was completed (I did pay 50% once 90% was complete). No formal contract. Just a shake of hands...we discussed general type of plants and pebbles. That's it.
Timing and price were great (in my opinion).
Marla...thanks. Frankly, I think I got lucky with the landscaper crew . Nah...let's says it's God's wonderful grace! Landscaper knocks on my door asking whether we need to fix sprinklers and grass since he saw PB'S sign outside the house. One thing let to the next and he fixed sprinklers, grass, added 70 shrubs, laid pebbles on both side yards, added flagstone pavers on stones, laid Mexican beach pebble near pool - all in 4 days. Total of 4 people working hard...first day it was raining hard and they were fixing the sprinklers on that day. The landscaper also did not want any payment till job was completed (I did pay 50% once 90% was complete). No formal contract. Just a shake of hands...we discussed general type of plants and pebbles. That's it.
He bought a lot of extra compost and laid it on my front yard and sideyard trees / shrubs. I did not ask him to do that.
Very fortunate that he knocked on my door
Based on a sample I saw recently I'm pretty sure he got them from Keystone tile:
The bullnose coping is sometimes slicker than the tumbled pavers. We used Keystone "light travertine" pavers and the light bullnose coping was honed and quite a bit slicker. The coping was beautiful, but too slick for us. We were talked out of using travertine pavers on the stairs down to our backyard due to it being slick, so ended up using limestone slabs for the steps.
Thanks bdrex. Oleander along fence. Fox tail just in front. Ginger something is near the table. Some knock out roses on far side of fence. Wife is planning a herb vegetable garden in sideyard and will probably add on stuff as time goes.
