Green Jay Landscape Design
Green Jay Landscape Design
Working with the land, working with nature. That’s what we do !
Like music, a powerful composition using earth products and living thing can generate a sense of well being and happiness.
Our landscape compositions offer serenity in often stressful world, not to mention a holistically healthy environment. Oh, I just did.
Our creative, artistic design allows us to add water…. seasonal containers…and more !
Jay Archer, President
914-560-6570
greenjaylandscapedesign.com
Fall is the best time time for lawn installation and renovation
Take advantage of the rain, the cool temperatures and perfect sunlight to install your new lawn or improve your existing.
This is also the best time to test your soil, check the ph and organic matter etc. to get on the right track for healthy living.
Don’t put in your landscape what you would not put in your body !
Whether you’re in Scarsdale, Croton, Pound Ridge, Bedford or Greenwich be a model, an example of clean, green
Every one of a kind project starts off as an idea concept and like the moth to the butterfly
it grows and matures. In this case the design concept was developed over winter and executed in spring. We took advantage of the power of the waning moon to employ the energy of biodynamics in this landscape installation.
The result was maximum growth in the first three months after installation !
The site was prepped, including removing the lawn, demolition of the existing concrete walk base, masonry construction including perennial steppables in the joints, grading, drainage and terraforming in addition in limited soil amending.
The result qualifies for our Masterpiece Collection.
Stay Tuned …..More to come !
If you want to improve the appearance and hopefully the health of your landscape during the hot days of summer or if you must move and relocate plants because of construction, here are some tips;
Water generously before you transplant dig wide and deep to get as much root mass of your plants as possible.
Add compost to improve the soil
Use Yucca plant extract to aid in watering
Use bio-stimulants such as Quantum Growth, Bio-Plex, Plant Magic to help with transplant shock
Use Stress X to increase soil biology and…yes..you guessed it..help alleviate stress
And the most important thing…Water, Water, Water !!!
Nature can sometimes take our breath away with a beautiful view or feature…but it’s rare and unusual.
We make a living by creating natural masterpieces with natural resources including plants, soil, stone, water and wind.
Jay Archer, President
914-560-6570
In our landscape design and construction business we often run into issues which might not ordinarily be considered “landscaping”. Case in point would be infrastructure drainage. Many water management problems
start with the infrastructure. This includes displacement of ground water due to overdevelopment by increasing impervious space. Same is true of surface water or storm water/rainfall. Very simply, water needs to go somewhere, especially in storm events. This means if there no positive flow and directing of sheet flow to a designated utility (i.e. storm chamber/ catch basis, perimeter /curtain drain etc.) it may wind up in the wrong place causing a problem or damage.
In landscape design we should always deal with and anticipate water. After all, water management is essential for successful, sustainable planting, construction and maintenance.
Simple rule of thumb is to be sure water is conducted away from the foundation of the house (usually from discharge from gutters/leaders) at a minimum distance of ten feet. This can be accomplished by piping to a dry well. Something as simple as a wagon wheel which is constructed by overlaying perforated PVC in a gravel trench with filter fabric.
A more advanced design solution involved the use of sub-surface drainage in addition to reducing and limiting the impervious space/displacement. For this application we employed attractive fieldstone to establish/construct tracks to enable the client to move his vintage auto (with a very low clearance) in and out of his beautifully restored, rustic barn/garage to the road while maintaining as much lawn and grass joints between the stone both for appearance on managing storm water.
Before any underground excavating is undertaken call 811 to have the utilities marked. This is a free service and is required by law. We very often have to work around water, electric and other utility lines.
Jay Archer, President
914-560-6570
