#AtoZ Challenge – C is for Construction

Construction is the process Integrity Landscape Services undertakes to improve the appearance and function of your property. The skillful and experienced Integrity team can transform your outdated rear private setting or increase your curb appeal in as little as one day. Our workers are respectful, efficient and truly hard working. We keep the construction site clean during the process, and strive to create as little inconvenience to your daily routine as possible.

Our clients rave about how we meet that goal:

They were cheerful, professional and prompt. They also impressed my next-door neighbors that they asked Integrity to submit a bid for a job on their property. Back in 2004, the same company did my front walkway, I was happy with that work, which is why I employed them again. -Judith H.

#AtoZ Challenge – B is for Brick

Brick is a wonderful and powerful option for landscape improvements. Brick has incredible natural beauty, with a myriad of color and shape options. Brick is durable and elegant. Brick is amazing flexible for a patio, a pathway, a fire pit, a wall, a grill enclosure, a water feature, and so much more. Ahhh brick, we salute you!

Contact Integrity Landscape for a free consultation about brick landscape options for your home.

A is for Angie’s List Super Service Award Plus a Bonus A

Welcome to Integrity Landscape’s first year of participating in the worldwide A to Z Blogging Challenge!

Bloggers around the world are posting a topic each day with a sequential letter of the alphabet: today’s April 1st blog post is about a topic that begins with the letter “A.” April 2 is “B,” April 3 is “C,” and so on. No posts on Sundays and we finish with Z on April 30. This will be quite a challenge but we intend to have fun and we hope entertain and inform you about the many possibilities and options in landscaping.

A is for Angie’s List Super Service Award

Angie’s List had become the best choice for impartial referrals for all manner of services. Their entire success is based on the legitimacy of their information and recommendations. They do not frivolously hand out awards. For the third straight year Integrity Landscape has been awarded the elite Super Service Award. With the many landscape companies in Southeast Wisconsin, only 3 qualified for a Super Service Award.

We strive to deliver exceptional beauty and unique appeal for your landscape work. We are only satisfied if you are satisfied.

We like to let our work, and you the satisfied client, speak for our efforts. But if we must occasionally toot our own horns—this toot is a beaut! Thank you for helping us win a Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 3 straight years.

Bonus A: ARLEE BIRD! Special thanks to the A to Z Blog Challenger Creator Arlee Bird. This is a wonderful phenomenon. We are happy to participate and want to thank you for the time and effort to make this worldwide Blogger initiative a reality. Keep up the good work, Arlee!

Cold March, Still Need Landscape Tips

Did you know this March had the most days of below-average temperatures since 1981? April’s nearly here. Warmer weather is (FINALLY!) just around the corner. You can enjoy landscape improvements you make in April for the entire warm weather season in Wisconsin. A custom-designed brick patio or pathway will improve the value of your home and the natural beauty and warmth of brick and stone adds a touch of elegance to your property. Increase the patio and pathway nighttime beauty with commercial-grade landscape lighting. Custom-designed light can create stunning evening beauty for your home.

Late-March Landscaping Tip

Don’t forget to check and clean out your gutters. The high winds of the past couple months may have deposited unwelcome branches and other materials that can clog up your gutter drainage.

Other April News

This April, Integrity Landscape is joining the national A –Z Blogger Challenge. We will have 26 days to use every letter in the alphabet to talk about topics related to our business. We are joining bloggers from around the world in this fun exercise in creating a helpful collection of articles for people interested in learning more about landscaping.

Anticipating Your Lawn’s Return

We have had a brutal two months to close out this winter season, but that doesn’t mean spring temperatures aren’t right around the corner. While the forecasters tell us another visit by Mother Nature’s snow machine is not out of the question, we’d like to remind you that sensible gardening has to pay attention to the erosion that’s possible with the spring melt.

Especially in cases where your home is built on a steeper grade, runoff from piles of snow can quickly become gushing torrents, carving ruts into the sides of your property.

One way to avoid these issues is to push your end-of-season snow banks further away from your house. Be sure to watch for and avoid blocking off any drainage culverts.

Another way is to consider a terracing job once the warmer weather is truly in swing. Proper drainage will ensure your basement stays safe and dry, while also increasing the curbside appeal of your house, raising its market value.

Bring Patio Living to Your Home

Tired of being cooped up inside with this brutal, late-winter Wisconsin weather? Warm weather will arrive before you know it. Why not enjoy it like never before?

Make this the year you add a beautiful patio, where friends and family come together to enjoy the precious months of warm, Wisconsin weather. With a stylish fire pit, you extend the outdoor recreation use of your home from March to December as well as increase the value of your home.

Whether modest or extravagant, Integrity Landscape Services will be your trusted partner in the glorious transformation of your yard or slab to a remarkable outdoor relaxation and entertainment area.

Trust is earned. For three straight years, Integrity Landscapes has earned the rare and prestigious Angie’s List Super Service award.

"We just wanted to say thank you for the incredible job you guys did with our front yard landscaping and our patio. We think it turned out fantastic and are really enjoying the transformation of the front yard and the beautiful patio. It was really amazing to watch your entire crew work like a well-oiled machine. They were incredibly fast, hard-working and detailed. By the end result, we are very happy to have chosen Integrity for this job. You guys said what you were going to do, and did just that. In short, you lived up to your name, Integrity." Justin & Bridget L. from Oak Creek, WI 

Now’s the time to embrace landscape improvements for your home. Schedule a free consultation and quotation.

Creative Illumination

If you are thinking about ways to provide a distinctive effect to your landscape, adding lighting fixtures is an affordable and creative way. By adding a light system, you can tastefully accent and highlight selected features of your landscape and improve home security measures.

Soft lighting adds warmth and dimension to a landscape.

One way to incorporate landscape lighting is through up lighting, or projecting light upwards to focus on specific objects and plants in the landscape area. Up lighting accentuates trees, shrubs, and other plants that stand above the general landscaping plane.

Similarly, down lighting is another lighting technique that can create unique and dramatic effects. You can achieve a down lighting effect by mounting flood or spotlights above the landscape line. Down lighting, sometimes called moonlighting, creates a soft, subtle radiance throughout specific areas of your yard.

Another approach to enhancing landscape through the use of light is backlighting, or silhouette lighting. Placing light fixtures between your home’s facade and a particular object causes the object in front of the lighting to appear as a silhouette. You can also use backlighting to highlight walls, columns or doorways for further effect.

There are endless possibilities to incorporate lighting into your overall landscape design. Integrity Landscape Services has designed and installed lighting approaches throughout the Milwaukee area and surrounding counties. Enjoy unique results that fit your budget by integrating lighting effects to your landscape this season.

For creative ideas on illuminating your Milwaukee area landscape, visit our photo gallery.