Author: Marie Limoge

di Stefano Landscaping’s Favorite Plants

When people find out that I am a landscape designer here in Vermont I always get asked one of two questions or sometimes both. 1. Can you come take a look at my yard? or 2. What is your favorite plant? I typically answer the first question with a laugh and briefly discuss their […]

Poppies And Memorial Day

As Memorial Day approaches many of us think about those we know who are or were in the military, especially those who were lost. You see veterans groups selling Red Poppies for remembrance this time of year, as well as in November at Veterans Day. I have often wondered why this practice takes place. As a landscape […]

National Park Week

I know that this doesn’t have much to do with landscaping in Vermont, but the blog this week is in honor of National Park Week April 18th-26th 2015! The National Park Services is offering free admission days, amazing programs and promoting these one of a kind natural environments this week. As a landscape designer here […]

Mulch!

For many of us here at di Stefano Landscaping one of the first sure signs of spring is the wonderful aroma of fresh mulch being spread throughout the gardens and landscape. Our Vermont landscape maintenance crew has been busily doing spring cleanups of both the residential and the commercial properties we take care of and maintain. […]

How to Make Your Own Evergreen Holiday Decorations

Yesterday marked exactly one week until Christmas and we are in the midst of Hanukkah. Many of us are busily getting ready for or already enjoying the holidays which seem to sneak up on us each year. This time of year is full of holiday traditions that have been either passed down from generation to generation or that […]

Putting Your Garden To Bed For The Winter

This is the time of year, especially with the recent dipping temperatures, that we start thinking about all that there is to do around the house and in the gardens to prepare for the long winter ahead of us. There are two schools of thought when it comes to dealing with the garden in the […]

HBRA of Northern Vermont Awards di Stefano Landscaping both Best Landscaping and People’s Choice

Our crew attended the annual Industry Awards for the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont, last Thursday November 6th . It turned out to be a great night. We not only won the Best Landscaping award, but we also won the People’s Choice award. Which was chosen from projects across a broad spectrum of […]

Recently Completed Projects

Here are several of our recently completed projects! At this Burlington, Vermont residence we installed a bluestone walkway and landing, as well as granite cobble edging. Plant material for the foundation beds is a mix of flowering shrubs and perennials. The clients asked us to re-use their stone mulch to control the weeds, which gives the […]

Frighteningly Beautiful Plants for this Halloween!

Japanese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi) This beautiful plant has an orange papery covering over it’s fruit, which resemble Jack-o- lanterns. This is a perennial that is native across southern Asia and is widely grown all over the world. The fruit can be used in cut flower arrangements and dries nicely. In Japan during the Bon Festival […]

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