Category Archives: Fairfield County

Using Annuals in the Landscape

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Richard Schipul

At Designing Eden llc, the landscapes we design and install tend to have a lot of seasonal interest.  We accomplish this by using a mixture of various flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcovers.  For most of our clients, that approach … Continue reading →

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13 Common Landscape Design Mistakes: 8. A Lack of Bloom Sequencing.

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Richard Schipul

This post came to me today while looking at my own garden.  The last thing you want to do when designing a landscape is not provide enough interest throughout the garden season.  I’ve seen way too many gardens over my … Continue reading →

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Moving Towards Computer Landscape Design

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Richard Schipul

If you are a regular follower of this blog, you’re aware of my quest towards designing all of our landscapes with computer aided design.  Triumph, tribulation, excitement, frustration, and stress are just some of the emotions I’ve felt in recent … Continue reading →

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Getting References from Contractors. Will the Real Landscaper of the Abriola Funeral Home Please Stand Up.

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Richard Schipul

I met with a new landscape client last week in Goshen, CT.  After I gave the couple a proposal to upgrade the gardens around their property, they asked for references.   At the time, I thought it was odd.  In … Continue reading →

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Landscape Design

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Richard Schipul

This week will be my 5th computer aided design class.  As you can see from my original post about my experience with getting back into CAD for landscape design, I have made huge progress.  This landscape design is not a … Continue reading →

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13 Common Landscape Mistakes: 5. Proper Plant Spacing

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Richard Schipul

Because most plants are not mature at the time of installation into new landscapes, there is a tendency to plant trees and shrubs closer together than they probably should be planted.  What happens is, everything looks good for a couple … Continue reading →

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Landscape Design

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Richard Schipul

20 years after graduating with a degree in Landscape Architecture, I’ve decided to go back to school.  I’m dating myself by saying that I took one of the first computer aided design classes my college offered.  It was such a … Continue reading →

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13 Common Landscape Mistakes: 3. Not realizing the growth habit of a plant

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Richard Schipul

Plants are like children, most are very different in how they act and look.  Some plants have hundreds of cultivars or varieties that might look similar to the parent plant but each can have a growth habit that is very … Continue reading →

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13 Common Landscape Mistakes: 2. Not working with what you already have.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Richard Schipul

As a landscape designer, nothing drives me more crazy than homeowners and professionals who disregard the site analysis and history of a property.  Follow this simple approach for a successful and unified landscape.  If you have a lot of shade, … Continue reading →

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13 Common Landscape Mistakes: 1. No Landscape Design

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Richard Schipul

Most homeowners and quite a few professionals start a landscape project without a landscape design.  They wake up, go to the nursery and start buying plants.  The plants come home or to the job site, get unloaded into a pile … Continue reading →

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A Successful First Season Landscape in Ridgefield, CT

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Richard Schipul

  This is an update, from a previous blog post, of a landscape design and installation project Designing Eden installed in the fall of 2010, in Ridgefield, CT.  Watching and maintaining this garden’s growth through its first full growing season … Continue reading →

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A day in the life of a New Milford Landscaper

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Richard Schipul

I’ve been a landscaper a long time, over 30 years to be exact. I started my business when I was 12 years old.  Along the way, I received a degree in Horticulture and another in Landscape Architecture.  I still love … Continue reading →

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Ideas for Winter Interest in the Garden

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Richard Schipul

Ilex verticillata Blue Princess Holly There are plenty of ways to extend the gardening season for our long Connecticut winters. One way is to add plants which hold berries well into the winter. Besides giving birds a needed treat, placing … Continue reading →

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