By Hometown Landscape Most people think about landscape lighting in the spring, when they start using the yard again. We think fall is the better time to plan it. In Burtonsville, the sun sets at about 6:29 pm in mid October. Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026,
By Hometown Landscape Our shop sits on Sandy Spring Road in Burtonsville, in the eastern corner of Montgomery County. Howard County starts just to the north. Prince George’s County starts just to the east. So when a homeowner asks us whether a new wall needs a Montgomery County retaining wall
By Hometown Landscape If you are clearing out a garage, gutting a bathroom, or hauling off a weekend of yard and hardscape debris, the first question is almost always the same: what size dumpster do I need? Most guides answer it with a volume chart, matching cubic yards to the
By Hometown Landscape If you have started planning a bigger project for your yard, you have probably run into three different titles: landscaper, landscape designer, and landscape architect. They sound like the same job with fancier words, so most homeowners pick whoever answers the phone first and hope it works
By Hometown Landscape Here is something most property managers in Maryland never get told. A large part of your commercial landscape maintenance schedule is not written by your landscaper at all. It is written by the state. Between the Maryland Lawn Fertilizer Law and the way cool season grass actually
Hiring someone to mow the lawn at your house is a low-stakes decision. If they do a mediocre job, you are mildly annoyed. Hiring a company to maintain a commercial property or an HOA community is a completely different kind of decision, because the stakes are higher in ways that
When you set out to hire someone to build an outdoor living space, whether it is a paver patio, an outdoor kitchen, a fireplace, or a deck, you naturally judge contractors by their photos. The finished patios look sharp, the kitchens are beautiful, the fire features are inviting. The trouble
If you are hiring a landscape designer in Maryland, almost everything you will read online answers the wrong question. The internet is full of “landscape designer versus landscape architect” explainers, and they all say the same thing: the architect is licensed and does the big projects, the designer is not
If you are hiring a landscaper in Maryland, most of the standard advice reads the same no matter where you live. Get three quotes. Check reviews. Ask for references. It is fine advice as far as it goes, but it skips the two things that actually decide how a Maryland
Landscaping design, pool construction, and outdoor living features to create an outdoor oasis that is visually stunning, functional, and built to last. When pool construction and landscape design are planned together, the result is creating a cohesive outdoor space that blends the swimming pool, planting, lighting, and hardscaping seamlessly, enhancing
