Everything You Need to Know About Retaining Walls
Let's talk about retaining walls. There's a lot to discuss because no two retaining walls are exactly alike. There are used for different reasons, different methods, and different materials so let's start at the beginning. What is the purpose of a retaining wall?...
Container Gardens and Installations
Container gardens are ideal for those that live in condominiums and apartments but they're certainly not limited to this type of property. Container gardening has become a big thing regardless of how much space you really have. These beautiful pots and containers can...
How to Have a Wildflower Lawn
Wildflower lawns are not new but they are becoming more popular across the Pacific Northwest. Easy to grow wildflowers makes an excellent lawn alternative. Wildflowers are low maintenance, they need little supplemental water once they are established, and you actually...
3 Steps to Lawn Renovation
Now is a great time to consider lawn renovation. The spring weather is perfect for regrowing a lawn or restoring it to its former glory. Perhaps it's been overrun with weeds and you're struggling to keep up with it. If you'd like to scrap it all and do over, May and...
How to Care for a Newly Seeded Lawn
Whether you are reseeding your lawn or laying a brand new yard, the basics of lawn care is about the same. We want to make sure it's the right time so now is the perfect time of year to consider giving your lawn a fresh reseeding or boost. If you're planning on...
5 Things to Look For When Hiring a Landscaper
Landscapers are everywhere and you'll find people that can do landscaping dirt cheap… No pun intended, to those that are extremely expensive. But, landscaping and choosing a landscaper is more than simply picking someone out of the phone book (what's that?) Or the...
Are You Growing Wild Edible Plants in Your Backyard?
You have probably heard of the term "foraging", which means basically traipsing into the woods and finding any and every edible thing you can. Well, the Pacific Northwest is a great place in which to do that but did you know that you could also do that in your...
Landscaping For Subdivision Developers
Did you know that First Fruits Landscaping does the landscaping and original set up for new home subdivisions and developments? Landscaping is a must when builders and developers are creating new subdivisions and communities. This is basically the icing on the cake...
How Often Do I Need Yard Maintenance?
How often should you mow your lawn? How often should you schedule lawn care services? How often do you need yard maintenance? These are all very common questions we get on a regular basis, especially from new clients looking at having a regular yard, lawn, and...
5 Great Rules of Petscaping
Last week we talked about rainscaping and this week we are talking about petscaping. As you can probably imagine, it's very similar in that we are landscaping our property with our pets in mind. If you're looking to create a space for your four-legged family member,...
What is Rainscaping?
It's wet here in Washington and that's no surprise. It's beautiful and green but it's because we get a lot of rain throughout the year. Why not do something amazing with all that water? Have you heard of rainscaping? It's one of the fastest-growing trends in landscape...
Landscape Restoration
What is landscape restoration? Landscape restoration is a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and tailor the property to local zoning conditions and for the overall well-being of the homeowner a property owner. It is restoring the landscape back...
The Difference Between Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
You may have heard the terms urban design and landscape architecture used interchangeably but they are different. There's quite a controversy over this difference in the landscaping community and even when I try to explain the differences to potential clients, they...
10 Genius Landscaping Tricks
You know landscapers that do this every day have secret hacks, tips, and tricks to make their life easier and to make your home and property look amazing. While we love landscaping, there are some things that you can do in-between visits or if you're really brave,...
8 Easy Curb Appeal Trends for 2020
8 Easy Curb Appeal Trends for 2020 - Well, we've had a couple of days of sunshine and you know what that means, people are out and about, walking their dogs in spite of the cold temperatures, and were starting to work on our yards and landscaping. We are still at the...
9 Reasons to Use Fertil-Mulch
I am passionate about dirt. I know that sounds odd, but when your landscaper, shouldn't you be passionate about mulch, dirt, plants, and landscaping? I have been doing landscaping for years now and have tried multiple different barks, mulch, and mulching materials and...
What is the Best Material to Put Between Flagstone
We recently redid the gravel between a flagstone patio at a home this week and it prompted the question as to the best material to put between flagstone. Whether you are just starting out with a brand new patio or redoing an old, tired one, filling in the gaps between...
Should I Lay Sod or Reseed My Lawn?
Should I Lay Sod or Reseed My Lawn? Redoing an existing lawn or if you have a brand-new house that needs landscaping, a common question is should you lay sod or seed the lawn? Even if you have an existing house that has a lawn that needs help, reseeding a lawn versus...
Can You Landscape in Winter?
Can You Landscape in Winter? I'm not exactly sure the Pacific Northwest knows what day it is. We had 60° weather on Sunday for the Super Bowl and now it's snowing just two days later. If you've been trying to time the weather just right in order to do some...