Best Garden-Home Improvement Forums to Visit
I have touched on some of these resources previously, but wanted to list some of the best garden and home improvement forums I have encountered to ask questions or find information. This morning on...
View ArticleInteresting Garden Water Features
Doing some browsing recently through some of our links, I found some additional interesting resources of prefabricated water features. Premanifactured water features come in all shapes, sizes, design...
View ArticleHow We Track Local Weather
On a day where I am sitting in my office, warm and dry, while our crews are rained out, I have been tracking the rain progress online. We use a few different websites to track storms, and play amateur...
View ArticleVersa-Lok Product Gallery
Versa-Lok, makers of stacking concrete retaining walls, have just launched a new section for homeowners and contractors with finished installation images for their various products. This is the type...
View ArticleKeep Tabs on the Weather Anywhere
We have just updated from our old Blackberry phones to new Palm Treo phones in our office. Of course there is always the hours spent figuring out and troubleshooting new technology equipment, but the...
View ArticleBest of the Bay
The Chronicle and City Voter have announced their Bay List best of 2008 list of Bay Area companies in a variety of categories. These “Best Of” are a bit arbitrary and were create based on nomination,...
View ArticleLocal GIS Mapping Resources
Geographic information systems, GIS, are a really valuable tool for planning projects. Most GIS applications available from local counties and cities are web-based interactive mapping applications that...
View ArticleLook for Example Landscapes with Google Maps
Google Maps is the process of updating it’s Street View service with even higher resolution images, making a neat tool even more useful. Google also recently added a birds eye aerial view allowing a 45...
View ArticleO’Connell Landscape Examples on Pinterest
Pinterest is an online bulletin board site that allows users to pin and share examples of images and other content. We were surprised to see how many pins we had from our blog and portfolios. Hopefully...
View ArticleO’Connell Landscape Featured Projects on Houzz
Houzz is a great website for high quality images for inspiration, to explore materials, or just window shop at some beautiful landscapes and homes. Here’s a slideshow of some of our featured projects...
View ArticleFinding that Hard to Find Tool
As contractors we are sometimes faced with the problem of finding the right tool to complete a specialized task. This can sometimes be a challange, as tools for a particular commercial application are...
View ArticleGardenDesignOnline Blog
Looking where our links come from, I wanted to give a nod to GardenDesignOnline, a nice blog of garden related information. Check the blog’s author, Jane Berger’s list of garden/landscape design blogs...
View ArticleEhow.com Garden Care Information
In my surfing looking for details on maintenance of a particular plant, I came across an excellent general garden care website from ehow.com. On the site they have good overviews and step by step...
View ArticleLooking Back at Our Website
In my wanderings online I stumbled across a very interesting tool for viewing older versions of websites. Internet Archive, a non-profit internet indexing and library site, has a “Wayback Machine,”...
View ArticleVaried and Interesting Garden Info at Gardenvisit.com
Browsing around various garden and design related sites, Gardenvisit.com put together by garden scholar Tom Turner has excellent information relevant for gardeners and landscape architects alike. The...
View ArticleHome Improvement & DIY Info- Bobvilla.com
Before there was HGTV, there was Bob Villa, the one man home improvement brand. The Bob Villa Website has good general information on a variety of subjects including garden care and do-it-yourself...
View ArticleSynthetic Putting Greens Guide
From time to time we receive inquiries from customers about installing synthetic back yard putting greens. These systems have gained popularity in recent years, and advances in product technology means...
View ArticleGreatplantpicks.org
Greatplantpicks.org is an excellent resource for some plants that are good performers for residential landscapes. Based in Washington, their recommendations are geared for the Pacific Northwest, but...
View ArticleFree Viewer for Microsoft Project Files
There are times on large projects where a subcontractor, owner, or other interested party needs to view a Microsoft Project generated schedule, but with no viewer available from Microsoft this can be a...
View ArticleGreat Gardening Advice from Across the Atlantic
Who better to get some good sound gardening tips than from the UK’s Royal Horticulture Society (most famous for the Chelsea Flower Show). The RHS has a great website that gives tips on common gardening...
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