Basics of lawn care

2. A well maintained lawn is a great way to increase the value of your lawn, which requires only basic maintenance such as fertilizing and mowing. Whether you want to focus on increasing your curb appeal with a reimagined front yard, create a backyard retreat with dining and entertaining areas, or both, there are many options and features to consider.

3. SOD, LANDSCAPE DESIGNS SEEDING & MULCHING LOW VOLTAGE LIGHTING OUTDOOR KITCHENS & FIRE PITS WATERFALLS & PONDS RETAINING WALLS

4. •Pool & Water Feature Add-ons • Synthetic Grass / Residential Turf • Fireplace • Shrub Pruning •Weekly Lawn Maintenance •Aeration / Thatching • Mulching • Decorative Stone •Asphalt / Driveway •Vinyl & Wood Fence Install • Pressure Washing • Low-Voltage Lighting

5. •Inter-Locking Concrete Pavers •Walkways • Patios • Driveways • Concrete Walkways Driveways • Concrete Brick Steps • Concrete Sidewalks • Concrete Pads for Sheds

6. • Flower Beds • Preventative Soil Erosion • Gravity Retaining Wall • Cantilevered Retaining Wall • Sheet Piling Retaining Wall •Anchored Retaining Wall • Stone Veneers on Concrete • Natural Stone Walls

7. Pool & Water Feature Add-ons For a fresh take on designing your new swimming pool and patio area, consider a grass lawn for the deck. A swath of green extending around your pool can provide a distinct backyard setting along with practical benefits for your lifestyle.

8. Outdoor Kitchen and Fire pit Add your outdoor barbeque by installing a kitchen and fire pit. Since outdoor parties and events has started to modernize, this feature give a conventional feel of intimacy. There are multiple designs available now a days to choose the most appealing one for your outdoor kitchen. It extends the house space as well as it adds up more value to your home.

9. Synthetic Grass / Residential Turf Residential turf designs provides: •A beautiful, green, fresh-cut lawn all year round! •A yard that is child and pet-friendly and ideal for active play. • Eliminates unsightly weeds and lawn pest control treatments. • No more major sprinkler care, mowing, seeding and fertilizing. • No more worries about too little or too much rain. •Trees and bushes grow without fear of thinning turf. • Better yard and lawn drainage – no more muddy puddles! This is not the fake grass or green carpet you knew of. Let Sequoia Landscape Design give you a free quote to remove or replace your natural lawn with an ever-green, vibrant and lifelike residential synthetic turf design.

10. Shrub Pruning The best time to prune is after flowering. If the plant needs to be renovated, or severely reduced, this can be done late winter and early spring just before growth begins. Remove old flowers (deadhead) and cut back to healthy outward facing buds. Remove damaged, diseased, old wood and straggly growth. There are four major methods of pruning • Removal cut • Reduction cut. • Heading cut • Removing dead branches

11. Weekly Lawn Maintenance Regularly mowing your lawn will help promote lush, green growth. Nip out weeds like dandelions when you see them to stop them competing with the grass and scatter grass seed into bare patches to get them growing again. Here are the six essential lawn maintenance Steps: • Fertilizing •Watering • Mowing • Edging • Controlling Weeds • Repairing Damage

12. Aeration / Thatching Aerating lawns to relieve soil compaction and enhance grass growth is a regular annual task. Almost any lawn can benefit from aeration when it's timed well and done properly. Grass roots need air, water and nutrients to grow thick, deep and strong. When soil becomes compacted, even slightly, it inhibit the flow of the essentials that support thicker, healthier turf growth. You should aerate your lawn when it's at the height of its growing season, helping it to heal and recover more quickly. For cool-season grasses, that's early spring or mid-fall. For warm-season grasses, try May or June. Areas with heavy wear and tear or clay soil should aerate each year.

13. Decorative Stone Enhance the look of your lawn by installing decorative stones in your land design.

14. Asphalt Driveway Asphalt driveway costs cheaper than normal concrete driveway. Perfectly paved space with an asphalt driveway increases the curb appeal of the property as well as the cost of property. It provides a much easier maintenance than concrete, you can easily seal coat, resurface, repair cracks and more.

15. Low-Voltage Lighting Design Low voltage landscape lighting provides accents and a sense of safety and security when you come home at night. It gives your home an equally beautiful look at night without consuming a heavy amount of energy, which benefits not just on the bills but environment as well .

16. Inter-Locking Concrete Pavers Interlocking paver stones, simply known as interlocking pavers, are small slabs made of concrete or cement typically used in the construction of decks, driveways, walkways, and patios. Interlocking concrete paving ensures vitality and stability of the construction of a pavement.

17. Patio A patio is a place where you can sit and enjoy your morning coffee while taking in the sights of your yard. It’s a place where kids can play, cookouts bring people together, and home decor gets creative. It provides you with extra living space. Even on rainy days or in the cold, you can enjoy your patio if you enclose it. You can also leave it open and let your home extend naturally. Patios act as an extension to whichever room you build it out from.

18. Flower bed Adorn your lawn by installing beautiful flower bed. There are multiple designs and flowers to pick for your land according to area, space, weather and climate.

19. Prevent Soil Erosion Take a good care against soil erosion to maintain the landscape shape and floral life of your lawn. Don't leave soils bare. A bare soil is particularly vulnerable to erosion. To prevent soil erosion make sure: •To use land according to its capacity. • Protect the soil surface with some kind of cover. • Control runoff before it develops into an erosive force. You can use professional guidance for better and long lasting results.

20. Retaining Walls A retaining wall is a structure designed and constructed to resist the lateral pressure of soil, when there is a desired change in ground elevation that exceeds the angle of repose of the soil. You can choose wall suited for your lawn design from following: • Gravity Retaining Wall • Cantilevered Retaining Wall • Sheet Piling Retaining Wall •Anchored Retaining Wall • Natural Stone Walls

21. It’s recommended to explore your ideas with best professionals in your area, they know the land/environment better as well as they are fully capable of providing better insight to enhance your ideas lawn improving experience. If you are interested you can visit Sequoia Land Design and contact us for any service or improvement for your landscape.