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  • Small Trees, Big Impact

    Small Trees, Big Impact

    Using Ornamental Trees as Landscape Focal Points Not every landscape needs a 30-50 foot towering shade tree to make a statement. One of the easiest ways to add structure, personality, […]

  • Made for Shade

    Made for Shade

    Bringing Color & Life to a Woodland Garden Many of our East TN landscapes have mature trees that create filtered/dappled light, bright shade, or morning sun only. These gardens can […]

  • Gardening Calendar: November

    Gardening Calendar: November

    November definitely isn’t time to halt in the garden and landscape. It’s a great time to “put things to bed” per say. You may have already completed some of these […]

  • Spring Pruning

    Spring Pruning

    Warm weather have you itching to start cleaning up your landscape beds? Be careful when pruning so to not prune the wrong plants. The exception to the pruning rule is […]

  • Fall Pruning

    Fall Pruning

    As Fall continues, we will see most of our landscape begin to go dormant. While it may be tempting to just cut everything down to the ground or to prune […]

  • Crape Myrtles – Summer Season Care

    Crape Myrtles – Summer Season Care

    Crape Myrtles are soon going to be in full & gorgeous bloom! This traditional beauty is a highlight of Southern landscapes. There are a lot of varieties from smaller bush […]

  • Early Summer Pruning

    Early Summer Pruning

    Early summer is here and is a great time to prune back specific plants. Pruning can be intimidating because of timing so we hope this helps make your early summer […]

  • Beauty of Native Planting

    Beauty of Native Planting

    Native plants are plants that naturally thrive in our region. These plants require less water & maintenance in addition to providing beauty and wildlife benefits. Our tree & shrub department […]