Resource Guide
Garden Path Revival
Garden Path RevivalFrom weary to wondrous, we've embarked on a mission to restore and elevate this beloved walkway.Phase 1: Renewing the FoundationBid adieu to the weathered stone pavers of yesteryears! With precision, we've carefully lifted them, safeguarding their...
Summer-Proof Your Landscape!
Summer comes with long days, fun nights, backyard cookouts, pool parties, sunbathing, and stargazing! I love summer, and it’s the perfect time to enjoy your yard and landscape. It also can be the most vulnerable time for your lawn and any newly planted flowers,...
Alexandria Landscape Design Including Pergola Installation!
What an exciting project! The scope of this project included the installation of a custom TLC-made pergola, a landscape redesign including Techo Bloc pavers, sod installation, and more! To start, we will begin with the custom-made pergola. This includes the...
Spring Showers Bring… Stormwater, Bayscapes, & Rain Gardens!
The inevitability of the rainy season is something that most regions are used to. In Alexandria and the rest of the DC-Metro area that rainy season comes in Spring. Early spring showers prepare your landscape to thrive throughout the summer months as water percolates...
Sustainable Landscaping’s Yin & Yang
Hardscapes & Softscapes Needless to say, Landscapes are important. Landscapes offer storm runoff and drainage control, add as much as fourteen percent to the resale value of your property, and drastically increase your property’s curb appeal. Sustainable...
Spring into Spring!
Have you noticed the plants in your landscape re-emerging? Spring is an amazing time to watch Mother Nature rise from her slumber. Your landscape comes back to life with foliage emerging, flowers blooming, and warmer temperatures. Sunny days allow us to be outside...
Winter Tips for Sustainable Snow Removal
WINTER TIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE SNOW REMOVAL It’s cold out there! Winter is here, and with it are freezing temperatures, ice, and snow! How have you managed thus far? If the first big winter storm of the season showed us anything, it’s that we cannot take winter...
KOKEDAMA CHRISTMAS
Kokedama Christmas Trees: The Newest option in Sustainable Christmas Trees! By: Patrick Moran, TLC Design Co. The holiday season is upon us, and for many families, that means it’s time to buy a Christmas tree and bring out the decorations! At TLC, we’ve undertaken a...
TLC Christmas Tree Resource Guide
Douglas Firs are typically one of the most expensive to purchase. They are known for their wide stature and needles that stay attached to the branches longer than other christmas tree species. They also have a sweet smell. Balsam Firs are one of the least expensive...
Fall Tips for a Beautiful (and Sustainable) Outdoor Living Space (Part II)
Get Ready for Leaves and Make a Plan Whether you are bagging leaves, blowing them to the curb for the city or county to vacuum, bringing in family or friends to rake them up and haul them out, composting them, or using them as mulch in your garden, make your plan of...
Fall Tips for a Beautiful (and Sustainable) Outdoor Living Space (Part I)
Fall Tips for a Beautiful and Sustainable Outdoor Living Space Part 1
Part 2 – How To Protect Your Home From Stormwater
What if the water is coming into your basement from below? It’s important to differentiate between water that is coming from drain lines and plumbing, or if the moisture is from groundwater seeping up from the earth below. For cases in which water is entering your...
Pest & Plant – The Art of Attraction
As we begin to shake off what will hopefully be the last of a wet, snowy season, days are becoming longer and warmer, the buds are breaking on trees, and blooms are unfolding from their winter retreats. Along with all these beautiful natural forerunners of spring come...
How To Protect Your Home from Stormwater
Stormwater Management is a pervasive issue in Alexandria and across the DC Metropolitan Region. It should not be a surprise though. The DMV is after all located within the watershed of our nation’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. Beneath our feet, under our...
Old Town Brick Permeable Patio Redesign
Introduction The purpose of this work is to outline the scope of a project completed June-July 2019 in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. The project provided substantial improvements to the sustainability of the property by installing a permeable hardscape and...
Old Town Permeable Patio & Fence Installation
Old Town Permeable Patio & Fence Installation Introduction The purpose of this work is to outline the scope of a project completed in July 2020 in Alexandria, Virginia. The project provided substantial improvements to the sustainability of the property by...
Old Town Alexandria Turf, Hardscape, and Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements
Introduction The purpose of this work is to outline the scope of a multidisciplinary project completed May-June 2020 in Alexandria, Virginia. The project provided substantial improvements to the sustainability of the property by installing permeable hardscape,...
Old Town Alexandria Sustainable Landscape Design & Installation
Introduction The purpose of this work is to outline a six-phase, multidisciplinary project completed December 2019- January 2020 on the 300 block of N. West St. in Alexandria, Virginia. These six phases are listed below in order of their completion. The first three...
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