TERRA DESIGN LANDSCAPES

See the dramatic changes of professionally designed and installed Terra Design landscapes

A foundation planting and interlocking concrete paver walk installation at a new home in Hopkinton, NH

Plantings include Stella d'Oro Daylilies, Endless Summer Hydrangeas, Little Princess Spirea, and Guinevere Crabapple.

Pavers are Genest Concrete Baxterstone in an earth blend. These pictures show the project a couple of weeks after completion.

Two fieldstone retaining walls were installed in a very tight space in Sutton, NH to create a front courtyard and street level parking at a lakeside cottage. These pictures show the beds before the homeowner installed his plantings.

A new home in Hopkinton, NH gets a lawn, an entry walk constructed of concrete interlocking pavers, and a few shrubs. The new homeowners will finish up the foundation planting.

Bluestone stairs and walkway snake down the hillside to provide access to the dock in Henniker, NH.

An angular paver walkway dresses up the front entry at this home in Antrim, NH. The crushed stone helps prevent soil backsplash onto the lattice.

This is a renovation project in Henniker, NH where we removed the old garden, designed and built the new walls and walkways, and planted a variety of materials.

Plantings include a cottage style perennial border, ornamental Maiden Grass - Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus', fragrant flowering shrubs (Dwarf Korean Lilac - Syringa meyeri 'Palabin', Judd Viburnum - Viburnum x juddii, Summersweet - Clethra alternifolia), and a Paperbark Maple - Acer griseum.

This renovation project in Hopkinton, NH features a curving set of bluestone stairs with fieldstone retaining walls. The material planted in the beds are natives and cultivars of native species. Included are: Dwarf Mountain Laurel - Kalmia latifolia 'Elf', American Cranberrybush Viburnum - Viburnum trilobum, Foamflower - Tiarella cordifolia, Fringed Bleeding Heart - Dicentra eximia, Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum pedatum, Cardinal Flower - Lobelia cardinalis, Canadian Wild Ginger - Asarum canadense, and Summersweet - Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'.

The entry walk to this new home in Hopkinton, NH is constructed of water-struck, Boston City Hall antique reproduction brick. The steps are granite and the retaining walls are built of fieldstone. To see more of this project click here.

This project in Sunapee, NH was installed improperly by the first contractor. The base layer was inadequate and site drainage issues had not been considered. The result - the thin base layer was washed away during a storm and the walk collapsed. The entire walk was lifted, the base layer reconstructed, and the pavers relaid. The drainage was addressed by the addition of a catch basin and pipes that directed the water away from the yard. Topsoil was spread and the yard was regraded.

Terra Design Landscapes PO Box 442 Henniker, NH 03242 (603)428-4258 info@terradesignlandscapes.com

All photos and text by Denise Rico/Terra Design Landscapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. .