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01/01/2018 |
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17/04/2018 |
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19/04/2018 |
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Atando Court, Apex, NC, US |
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704-975-7695 |
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http://earthius.com |
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Warm Temperate |
(projects i'm involved in)
Back to Suburban No-Maintenance Design and Installation for Retired Couple
Project: Suburban No-Maintenance Design and Installation for Retired Couple
Posted by Adriana Chanmala over 6 years ago
Eileen and Charlie are an older couple who needed to eliminate the constant struggle with their failing lawn. Not only was there no landscape maintenance company able to keep the sod alive in the heavily shaded areas, but to add insult to injury, they came in to "mow" with zero-turn mowers that did nonthing more than compact an already heavy clay soil.
The landscape company's solution?? Install new sod at a cost of $7,000! And this without addressing the dense canopy of trees!
Thankfully, Eileen googled "rip out my lawn" and found The Earthius Project!
Eileen is a dream client, eagerly soaking up information about permaculture, more than thrilled with the "woodland oasis" I proposed in place of the bare, slippery clay mud spreading across her front and back yards.
The first step in each of my designs is to research how water moves across the site. There was a ditch that had been installed by the developer for this part of the neighborhood that ran along the north property line ON my clients' land. This had caused much grief as the large area was always wet and boggy, and this was the first place the lawn and plants had refused to grow.
Since there was a considerable grade from the house to the property lines on all sides, the soil had steadily eroded, exposing tree roots and spawning expanding moss growth. The landscapers had tried to kill it off with toxic chemicals and overseeded the area with grass, but Nature told them off. She killed the grass seed and the moss seemed to thrive on the chemicals!
Below you will find a survey of waterflow across the property, put together through onsite observation, elevation measurements, and listening to the client's experience and descriptions.
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