- Mar 22 2023
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Got Mulch?
March 22, 2023 Landscaping, Spring 2

Swelling Redbuds, drifts of Squill, and nodding Daffodils began to pepper the bleak canvas of early Spring with bursts of life and color. Hope was lifted. Along with Spring Clean Ups and Lawn Renovations, we must turn our attention…
- Apr 13 2022
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
M.U.L.C.H. (Multi Use Landscape Commodity in Horticulture)
April 13, 2022 Landscaping, Spring 2

Swelling Redbuds, drifts of Squill, and nodding Daffodils began to pepper the blank canvas of early Spring with bursts of life and color. Along with Spring Clean Ups and Lawn Renovations, we must turn our attention to one of…
- Mar 3 2021
- Landscaping, Spring
- 2
Mulch! You Need It! You Want It! You Gotta Have It!
March 3, 2021 Landscaping, Spring 2

Islands of snow floated atop the landscape as grass and plants began to reveal themselves, as if waking and stretching from a long, deep slumber. March has thus far been a lamb, and although not out of the woods, Spring…
- Oct 23 2019
- Fall, Landscaping
- 0
Winterizing Lawns: Important Final Steps
October 23, 2019 Fall, Landscaping 0

The silvery lace of morning frosts shimmered in the rising sun before the landscape became gilded in the warm, golden embrace of October’s aura. Colorful leaves quaked and swayed against the crisp blue sky before floating towards the ground. These…
- Jul 25 2018
- Landscaping, Summer
- 0
Promote Perennials Through Pruning
July 25, 2018 Landscaping, Summer 0

The hum and drone of the cicadas rose and fell in unison, like waves on the ocean. Their song lulled the landscape to sleep like a midsummer’s night lullaby, exhausted and spent from her good and decent work. Mid Summer, often, has…
- Apr 29 2015
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 0
Unadulterated Beauty
April 29, 2015 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0
The sun settled in the western sky, like an unlit celestial match, dropping quickly to the horizon where it collided and set the sky ablaze, the clouds smouldering like embers. Sunsets – a heavenly gift. Nature unrestrained and uninhibited. Perfect. So…
- Oct 15 2014
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 0
The Importance of Fall Clean Ups
October 15, 2014 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0

No other season mimics the intensity, color, and glow of a sunset than Fall. Its distinct look is matched only by its sound, smell, and feel. I love to open the door and find my welcome mat has been replaced…
- Apr 24 2013
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 0
Sweeney’s Goes High Tech
April 24, 2013 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0
We hope all of you made it through the rains and floods unscathed. We were lucky, but we know our neighbors in Elmhurst, Oak Brook and Des Plaines are still reeling from the record-breaking rainfall. Lord knows we needed the…