Patio Entertaining: Celebrating Life Outdoors

Thinking about installing a brand new patio area or overhauling an existing slab of concrete within your landscape? With the ever-growing popularity of outdoor entertaining, there are countless ideas and options for transforming and extending your living space.

Using assorted styles, sizes and colors of clay or concrete brick is one way to create a unique environment that is both beautiful and functional. Through the use of brick pavers or natural stone, the possibilities for turning a patio into an outdoor sanctuary are endless.

If you are looking for design inspiration, look no further than our designers here at Integrity Landscape Services, LLC. Whether your tastes are simple or extravagant, our landscapers can deliver the exceptional results you desire. Our passion is to create designs that accentuate your personality and encourage you to entertain, celebrate and live life outdoors.

Brick pavers or natural stone add a practical touch of elegance to any landscaped area.

Super Service Award from Angie's List

Integrity Landscape Services has received the Super Service Award once again from Angie's List!  This makes 2014 our fifth year in a row to receive this prestigious award.  We couldn't be more proud and thank our wonderful customers, staff and vendors for helping us achieve this goal!  We plan to put forth the same effort and service in 2015.  Thank you to all!

2015 Specials

Starting on March 1st, Integrity Landscape Services will be offering monthly specials on Facebook throughout our 2015 season.  Go to our Facebook page, "like" us, mention the posting and we will apply the special for that month!  We are looking forward to a great season this year. 

A Winter Garden

A winter garden can provide food and shelter for birds and other wildlife in the cold months.  A good-looking, inviting winter yard could include Cypress trees, Maiden Grass, and Boxwoods.  All varieties offer a lovely shot of green or burgundy in the dreary winter months.  Winterberry offers a vibrant red proving you can have a beautiful and colorful yard in winter too!

 

Merry Christmas to All!

Integrity Landscape Services wishes everybody a very, Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year!

We've enjoyed a busy 2014 and look forward to the beautiful landscaping to be done in 2015!

Calcium Chloride Is Our Choice

Calcium chloride is excellent for melting ice and snow and is better for your surfaces than rock salt.  It is more expensive, but delivers several advantages over rock salt.  Calcium chloride can be effective at temperatures as low as -25 F, while rock salt works loses its effectiveness at temperatures below 15 F.

Rock salt can poison soil and can also be damaging to trees and other vegetation. 

Rock salt can damage concrete. 

Rock salt can also be harmful to pets.  Pets will lick their the irritated paws to remove salt, possibly ingesting the salt.

For the reasons above, Integrity Landscape Services always recommends calcium chloride to reduce slippery driveways and walkways.

Pruning in Winter

The best time for pruning varies with the type of tree but it is generally accepted that early winter is a good time to prune deciduous trees, as long as it is not frozen!  If there is no freezing yet, the leaves are gone and you can easily inspect the branches and tree structure for any signs of weakness.

For Evergreen trees and shrubs, you should wait until after the last winter freeze before pruning.  Early Spring is best.

After a heavy snow, your trees and bushes might be icy and covered with snow.  It is best to wait until everything thaws before trying to assess damage.  Shaking snow or ice off a plant can cause even more damage to it.