Landscaping Design on the Main Line

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April 25, 2019
by Aardweg Landscaping
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What is Landscaping Photographic Image Design?

When beginning your journey towards a redesigned outdoor space, it is reassuring to know that you are getting exactly what you imagined for your garden, yard, or patio. To help design and redesign scenes based on the professional landscaper’s experience and the customer’s preferences, the most advanced landscaping services often use photographic image design technology. So what does this technology do and how does it help promote design within the landscaping field?

Photographic image design allows landscapers to create a digital image of what the outdoor space would look like following the transformation. If you opt for this service, here is what the photographic landscape design process will look like:

Step 1: Initial Consultation

First, this process involves taking a picture of the outdoor space you would like redesigned. The landscaper will complete this during the on-site evaluation of your space. They will also speak with you about how you would like the space to look in the end, what functions you hope the space will provide, and which features you would like incorporated into the space.

Step 2: Drafting the Photographic Design

Your landscaping professional will use the photograph to design a space based on your discussion. Their design will also be informed by the needs of your area and their years of professional experience. They do this using advanced in-house technology services.

Step 3: Review, Revision, and Finalization

Your landscaper will provide you with the first draft of your landscaping design. This is when you begin to see what your space will look like after the transformation. This also gives you an opportunity to discuss any concerns and make any adjustments before the design is finalized.

Step 4: Design Implementation

The final step in the photographic image design landscaping process involves the exciting implementation of your new outdoor space. With this technology service, you can be certain that the end product that your landscaper envisioned is exactly what you want and need for your home.

If you are seeking landscaping help but are wary about committing to a design before viewing it, partner with an expert who uses photographic image design. While there is some margin of flexibility required, as with any design process, this service will ensure that you get the stunning outdoor space you want with all of the features that you need. If you are seeking a new outdoor space in or near Philidelphia, Aardeweg Landscaping has what you need. With expansive experience serving the Main Line, Suburban Philidelphia, the Tri-State Area, and beyond, Aardeweg Landscaping has the experience you are looking for!


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“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction
For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping
Possessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvaniacommunities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.


April 15, 2019
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Strategic Designs: How to Use Landscaping for Property Privacy

If you are like most homeowners, you will likely want an element of privacy in and around your home in order to feel safe and secluded. If there are invasive elements of your outdoor surroundings that you would like addressed, a beautiful and unique solution to your problem is privacy landscaping.

Attractive Fencing Substitute

Beyond the traditional fencing or other dated methods of seclusion, using landscaping for privacy gives you the separation you are seeking while creating an attractive sanctuary outside of your home. If you have ever dreamed of having an envy-worth garden or a front yard that turns heads, now is the time to achieve these dreams. You can have the garden and yard you have dreamed of along with the privacy you need.

Before: open front yard with clear view of the street
The Process

This landscaping process involves assessing the privacy situation and determining where elements of coverage are needed. Then, a landscaper calculates which types of flora can best provide the elements of privacy the space needs. By strategically designing your landscaping space for optimal privacy and minimal upkeep, a professional landscaper can ensure that you are getting the seclusion you need to feel comfortable in your home without creating excessive work for you.

Not only do these privacy elements keep others from viewing your home, but they also prevent you from having to look out your window to the sights you may not enjoy. Instead of noisy streets or views of your neighbor’s home, you can have sights flowers, trees, shrubs, and other attractive landscaping design elements.

After: Beautiful space providing early stages of privacy
A Constantly-Evolving Masterpiece

While the flora may need time to fill in all of the gaps in your spacing coverage, this is a lasting and environmentally-friendly solution to issues of privacy. Not only does this eliminate the need for plastic or metal fencing, but it also promotes the growth and wellness of the plants our earth needs. An additional benefit of using landscaping to create privacy is that it can increase the property value of your home, offsetting some of the costs that these services may generate.

One Year Later: Complete privacy and expansive, attractive greenery

By having a professional design, implement and maintain your privacy borders, you can reap all of the benefits of these landscaping services without having to put in any of the work. For a professional landscaper with experience in creating stunning spaces of privacy, you need Aardweg Landscaping.


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“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction
For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping
Possessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvaniacommunities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.


April 5, 2019
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April Showers: Perennial Gardening for the Spring

Spring is among us, which means that now is an ideal time to begin your gardening pursuits. For many, this is a long-awaited return to nature after a long and cold winter. For this reason, it is essential that your eager gardening efforts are rewarded. Perennial gardens are a popular choice among homeowners nationwide due to their longevity, easy upkeep, and vibrant colors. Here are some tips for achieving a healthy and attractive perennial garden this spring.

Balance in Design

Perennial gardens require a certain eye for aesthetic, one that can see balance in color, height, and placement. This balance can be achieved in a wide assortment of patterns and styles, so it is important that you work to find the right variety for you. Hiring a professional landscaper is ideal for those who may not easily achieve such balance in their garden composition.

Choosing the Right Flora

There are multiple important considerations for deciding which plants are right for your perennial garden. It is likely that you want something that is easy to maintain. Consult with a local landscaper who understands the climate and conditions that you live in. Native, resilient flowers will be best in giving you the most attractive garden possible with the least amount of upkeep. You will want plants that will continue to grow back stronger and healthier year after year, which may require some expert insight and care.

Pathways, Water Features, and Other Design Elements

For a perennial garden that is more than just a garden, you can add additional landscaping elements that help turn your garden space into a retreat. This can include paved pathways, water features, and more. Perfect for enjoying on your own or with your friends and family, your perennial garden is perfect for enjoying the warmer seasons outdoors.

While perennial gardens can be intimidating to pursue and tricky to maintain, you don’t have to do it alone; for a professional landscaper who knows everything there is to know about perennial gardens, Aardweg landscaping is here for you. Get expert help on your side by contacting our experts today for a free on-site consultation.


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“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction
For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping
Possessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvaniacommunities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.

March 30, 2019
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Garden Transformations That Will Give You Hope For Your Space

It is easy to be envious of beautiful gardens, yards, and outdoor spaces, but it can be harder at times to realize that your own garden can be outstanding. While renovating may seem like an intimidating undertaking, with the right help and expertise it can be a simple and successful process. It can be assuring to recognize how many others have transformed their outdoor spaces. Here are some striking garden transformations that will leave you feeling hopeful for your space and inspired to renovate.

Transformation 1: Formal Garden in Berwyn, PA

This first before and after speaks to the fact that any front yard can be renovated to perfection. While maintaining touching staples, like the birdhouse seen in both pictures, this yard was completely transformed into a beautiful, head-turning formal garden. This is an accessible landscaping design option for almost any front yard.

Before: A lifeless and messy yard

After: A welcoming and enticing walkway

Transformation 2: Privacy Fence in Villanova, PA

By incorporating landscaping designs along your fence, driveway, home, or walkway, you can create a serene and peaceful space that will have your home capturing attention. Beyond just adding an astounding aesthetic to your space, these landscaping elements can promote your home’s personal privacy screening by creating a stunning barrier from the outside world. This can provide you with a capturing view and an endless source of privacy.

Before: Open and Simple

After: Secluded Sanctuary

Transformation 3: Caribbean Escape in Gladwynne

If you have a vacation home that you would like to upgrade or if you would like to make your everyday home feel like a vacation retreat, landscaping can be a simple way to create this getaway. Here is an example of such a space in Gladwynne. What was once an ordinary backyard is now a luxurious and relaxing Caribbean retreat with a beautiful mixed border. Adding these capturing plants is an easy way to surround yourself with vacation feelings and escape the ordinary of everyday life.

Before: Empty Yard with Plenty of Potential

After: Completely Upgraded Caribbean Retreat

Transformation 4: Tradition and Tranquility

For those hoping to create a peaceful and tranquil outdoor space, a traditional Japanese garden is a timeless option. This Wynnewood transformation proves that any yard can become a place of harmony. With the contrast of open space and seclusive flora, you can find yourself at peace with your garden and with nature as a whole.

Before: Ready for Something New
After: Tranquilly Transformed

Transformation 5: Colorful Walkway in Penn Valley

The best way to call attention to your home is to add a bright collection of colors. With a perennial garden, your flowers will continue to come back stronger year after year. This Penn Valley walkway was transformed with colorful flowers that create a frontporch sanctuary. With a landscaped walkway, you and your guests will be surrounded by the colors of the season each time you enter and leave your home.

Before: Bare Pathway
After: Stunningly colorful

The next time you think your space is beyond repair, consider these incredible garden transformations. If you are in need of a complete garden transformation, consult the experts at Aardweg Landscaping. Our professionals will transform your space into exactly what you want and need. We happily renovate gardens in and beyond Pennsylvania, including those in Main Line, Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware. Give our landscaping experts a call today!


Complimentary On-site Consultation with Steve Aardweg

Aardweg Landscaping offers a complimentary on-site consultation to new landscape design clients with Aardweg Landscaping owner Steven T. Aardweg,  APLD. The consultation provides an opportunity to discuss design preferences and goals for your landscaped garden at your Main Line or Philadelphia home.

Aardweg Landscaping has over 35 years of design experience in southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Please call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form. Aardweg Landscaping has over 35 years of design experience in southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.


“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction
For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping
Possessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvaniacommunities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.


Mixed border landscaping maintenance

March 23, 2019
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Elements of Stunning Mixed Border Landscaping Spaces

Mixed border landscaping designs are a lasting trend in those wanting to make their garden and outdoor spaces stand out. These are the fanciful borders seen designed to bring elegance and appeal to otherwise ordinary outdoor spaces. Here are some tips on achieving beautiful and successful mixed border landscaping designs.

Maintaining Stunning Greenery

The varying and blended greens traditional to mixed borders give your space a healthy and peaceful aesthetic. This is achieved by combining striking variations of greenery and grasses. This might include winter-ready trees and shrubs or resilliant, native grasses.

Not only will these plants provide the visual attraction that you are looking for in your outdoor space they will also freshen up the air surrounding your home. By adding this expansive greenery look to surround elements of your home you will create an attractive and relaxing space while increasing your home’s retail value. With the right greenery, maintaining these spaces is possible on your own or with professional maintenance service.

Adding an Attractive Pop of Color

If you are seeking variation in your mixed border, adding colorful, native flowers and flora is the way to go. These are popular additions to almost any landscaping projects seeking an exciting and colorful twist.

Perennial flowers are the most suitable for mixed borders, providing more manageable upkeep with an attractive style mixed in. These garden additions are diverse in nature, meaning that you can find almost any style or appearance that you may be looking for, Perrenial flowers are of the easiest to care for, returning to life each year.

Incorporating Plants of Varying Heights

Movement can be made across mixed borders by incorporating plants of varying heights. This often includes patterns reading left to right or organized layers growing from the front to the back of your border. This movement is heightened by grass, flowers, and flora that grow in varying directions. With an eye for design, your landscaping professional will be able to design these borders with symmetry and movement.

For those in need of specialized services to design and plant your mixed border design, the experts at Aardweg Landscaping have the tools, experience, and expertise to get the job done! For landscaping services in and near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aardweg Landscaping has all of the extensive services you are looking for and more. Contact our experts to get started on the journey towards your mixed border space today.


Complimentary On-site Consultation with Steve Aardweg

Aardweg Landscaping offers a complimentary on-site consultation to new landscape design clients with Aardweg Landscaping owner Steven T. Aardweg,  APLD. The consultation provides an opportunity to discuss design preferences and goals for your landscaped garden at your Main Line or Philadelphia home.

Aardweg Landscaping has over 35 years of design experience in southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.


“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction

For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg LandscapingPossessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvania communities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.

A fall courtyard landscaped in Philadelphia

March 16, 2019
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Easy Upkeep: Beautiful, Low-Maintenance Gardens

Beautiful garden spaces are not solely reserved for those with a green thumb. If you are seeking an enhanced garden area but have concerns about upkeep, there is a wide variety of ways to incorporate low-maintenance landscaping elements that can transform your yard into a sanctuary without creating additional work for you.

Selecting the Right Plants

Finding flora that is easy to care for depends entirely on your location. You want plants that can comfortably and independently survive in the climate you live in, so resilient, indigenous plants are the easiest to maintain.  Luckily, there are low-maintenance plants that meet almost every climate’s conditions.

Perennial garden in St. Davids, PA by Aardweg Landscaping.

For those seeking a vibrant aesthetic, perennial flowers will grow back each season, removing the need for you to replant every year. Consult a professional to see which plants and flowers may be suitable for your garden’s specific needs and desired look.

Stunning, Simple, and Sensible Garden Elements

With the right eye, it is possible to create beautiful landscape designs that are simple to care for. Adding serene water features to your gardening can involve little upkeep when you include installments that have self-sustaining closed-loop water systems, and contain both mechanical and biological filtration systems.

Outdoor space in Haverford, PA. Designed and created by Aardweg Landscaping.

You can also consider incorporating beautiful walkways, outdoor seating, and other welcoming features that can transform your outdoor space without creating an additional hassle for you. These simple and stunning elements can make your space more attractive for entertaining guests or for enjoying beautiful weather on your own.

Simplicity in Design and Installation

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Perhaps most commonly found in natural, low maintenance gardens are a combination of these elements. An expert will likely design your garden based around its size, leaving your plants room to grow. Over time, plants will grow together, filling in any blank spaces and perfectly accommodating your garden area.

A common concern among those seeking a new garden space is the complexity of installation. Investing in professional landscaping services can bring easy success to your project as well as the knowledge necessary to implement the low-maintenance elements you are seeking. Additionally, this investment can pay for itself by increasing your property value.

Aardweg Landscaping and Design in Paoli, PA.

If you partner with the right experts, you can have a stunning space installed without lifting a finger. A landscaping expert can advise you on creating your low-maintenance garden area. If you have your heart set on more high-maintenance gardening elements,  you can hire a professional to maintain your space for you. This will leave the difficult pruning, trimming, planting, and cleaning to expert garden management.

The peaceful garden space of your dreams is more attainable than you may think. Get started on the path to the garden of your dreams by contacting Aardweg Landscaping today. Here you will find award-winning experts with more than 35 years of experience. If you are still not convinced, view our portfolio or read our customer testimonials. When you are ready to transform your garden, yard, landscape, or outdoor room, give us a call at (610) 355 0703, or send us an email using our website contact form. Our landscaping experts proudly serve homes from throughout Pennsylvania, including those in Philadelphia, the Main Line, and the Tri-State Area. Schedule your free consultation with our experts today!


Complimentary On-site Consultation with Steve Aardweg

Aardweg Landscaping offers a complimentary on-site consultation to new landscape design clients with Aardweg Landscaping owner Steven T. Aardweg,  APLD.  The consultation provides an opportunity to discuss design preferences and goals for your landscaped garden at your Main Line or Philadelphia home.

Please call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form. Aardweg Landscaping has over 35 years of design experience in southeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.


“Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction
For four years straight — 2014 to 2017 — Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square, PA  has received the “Best of Houzz” award for Customer Satisfaction from Houzz. Aardweg Landscaping also received the  exclusive “Recommended” badge for top rated professionals on Houzz.

Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping
Possessing a broad knowledge of plants, Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping creates landscape designs and installations that are naturally suited to southeastern Pennsylvaniacommunities. For more information call 610.355.0703, or send us an email using our website contact form.

Landscaping Design on the Main Line