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10 Tips To Get Your Outdoor Living Space Ready For Summer

With Memorial Day quickly looming on the horizon, I took a quick look around the patios out here yesterday and had a small minor freak out. Like the sticky note on the fridge reminding me to take my vitamins daily, I had been ignoring our outdoor living spaces. Upon closer inspection, I realized there was […]

How to Increase Your Property Value with Landscaping & Outdoor Features

Whether you are remodeling a home or looking to build a new one, you want to make sure the upgrade decisions you are making will give you the best Return on Investment. Everyone knows a good kitchen or bathroom remodel is great for your ROI, but what about the outside? Most Real Estate agents will

10 Tips to Prepare Your Outdoor Living Space for Winter

Winter is coming! Don’t be stuck cleaning your outdoor living space once warmer weather is here. By taking a little bit of time for maintenance now, you are protecting your investment and are ready to go in the Spring. 1. Protect and prep your furniture and accessories. Cover any larger pieces that can’t be stored

5 Reasons to Hire a Professional Paver Installer

A wise instructor once said, “Do your best work where no one can see it.” Nothing could be more true when it comes to building the  hardscape at your home. Especially here in Colorado with our crazy freeze thaw cycles! If the base layers below the pavers are not properly installed then the system will

New Year’s Intentions

Curate cu·rate /ˌkyo͝oˈrāt/ verb 1. select, organize, and present (online content, merchandise, information, etc.), typically using professional or expert knowledge. I hate New Year’s Resolutions. I can honestly say I have never kept any of them. Ever. Maybe they were too ambitious? “I’m going to lose 50 lbs. by March, and organize and clean sweep

Ultra Violet 2018 Pantone Color of the Year

Now that Spring is starting to show her pretty face around Colorado, it seems like a good time to talk about a color that we will be seeing more of as the season progresses. Purple. More specifically 18-3838 Ultra Violet, which just happens to be the 2018 Pantone Color of the Year. Ultra Violet is

What is Hardscaping?

One of the questions we get asked often in our business is, “What the heck is hardscaping anyway?” It is often followed up with, “Do you hate plants?” So, just “what the heck is hardscaping anyway?” As seen on the back of our tool trailers, we define hardscaping to be: “the placement of non-plant elements

How To Start Your Landscaping Project

The “Spring Hustle” is here and we are excited! 2018 is shaping up to be a wonderful year with really cool projects and amazing clients. Whether you have new construction and are sick of the dirt, or are just plain tired of your existing yard, we can help. And it doesn’t have to be hard!

ALCC & The Landscape Career Pathways Program

    Last week at CSU’s CoBank Center for Agricultural Education at ARDEC, Summit teamed up with Zak George from Zak George Landscaping to educate a group of Colorado teachers involved in the Landscape Career Pathways Program. The program was founded by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, ALCC, and the Colorado Community College System,

Top Trends in Landscaping for 2017

2017 is shaping up to an amazing year. You have probably seen some of the “Top Trends of 2017” lists floating around on the internet. Since we like to think we are somewhat trendy people, I have complied a list below of what we think will be popular in 2017 in the landscaping industry. Greenery

Top 5 Hardscape and Landscape Trends for 2016

It is currently July and we have reached our halfway point for the year. Most people try and predict what the top hardscape and landscape trends will be either at the end of a season for the upcoming year, or at the beginning of that year. We prefer to look at it halfway through. By

2015 was a good year to be a landscaper

Like a fine wine, 2015 was a good year for landscaping and a busy one at that! We spent the year behind the scenes, tweeking, pulling, prodding, and hemming and hawing over details and systems. Who we are as a company, what kind of landscape company we want to be, and how to be an

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