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6 Fun Family Earth Day Activities

Enjoy These Family-Friendly Earth Day Activities Every Day Although we consider every day to be earth day, the official Earth Day this year is set for April 22, 2021. Thankfully, there are plenty of Earth Day activities you can do with your family today, and every day. Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes

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A Quiet Day At Arlington National Cemetery

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Renewal & Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. Renewal & Remembrance is the landscape industry’s largest day of service in which we provide turf care, plantings, hardscape, irrigation upgrades and install lightning protect in very mature trees to the 639 acres that make up Arlington National Cemetery. Allentuck Landscaping Co. has long participated in Renewal & Remembrance

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Project Profile: A Chic Patio Design In Spring Valley

A Patio Design Made For Entertaining The words chic and landscape rarely go together, except when describing this patio project. Strong, bold lines, contrasting paver colors, and stainless outdoor kitchen fixtures combine to create a one of a kind hip patio for entertaining. This was a challenging project that took us out of our comfort zone. For the seat walls, we used greyed nickel colored wall blocks from the company

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6 Shrubs Rarely Damaged by Deer in Montgomery County, MD

Avoid Costly Deer Damage To Shrubs Deer can cause significant damage to landscape plants, as they have a wide range of dietary preferences and will often feed on a variety of shrubs, flowers, and trees. Their browsing habits can result in the stripping of leaves, twigs, and bark, which can weaken or kill the plant. Additionally, repeated browsing can cause a plant to become stunted or misshapen. There are, essentially,

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Secrets To Creating A Stunning Landscape Design

Landscape Design Techniques For Beautiful Landscapes Color And Form In A Landscape Design Most people focus in on color first when considering their landscape design but this is not necessarily the place to start. Color in the garden, with a few exceptions, is fleeting. It comes in and out of the garden with the seasons, or even a lesser period of time. Most plants only bloom for a few weeks

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Allentuck Landscaping Co. Acquires A Rockville, MD Landscape Company

Exciting news! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Allentuck Landscaping Co. has acquired KART Landscape & Lawns, a Rockville, MD landscape company. In a separate transaction, we have also purchased the KART facility and are in the process of relocating our company to it and making many improvements to the site. KART Landscape & Lawns has been in business for 40 years specializing in landscape design &

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Good Patio Design Will Improve Your Life

Good Patio Design Increases Your Living Space In this hectic go, go, go world, sometimes we all just need a place to chill out and enjoy ourselves. That is where a good patio design can improve the quality of our life. A patio increases your living space and provides a wonderful area for outdoor entertaining. It can quickly increase the beauty of your home and its value. An outdoor patio

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Recent Landscape Projects Showcase – Fall 2019

A Showcase Of Some Of Our Recent Landscape Projects It has been another busy fall here at Allentuck Landscaping Co. We are grateful for all of the wonderful project we have had the pleasure to be a part of and wanted to share them with you. Front Garden Project in Gaithersburg, Maryland This project was the second one we completed for this customer. Last year we designed and built a

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5 Great Ideas For Creating A Beautiful Paver Patio

A Paver Patio Add Value and Enjoyment To Any Home Pavers offer a lot of flexibility when it comes to patio design. There are tons of different styles and colors to choose from, they can be used in many very interesting combinations, and it is possible to add outdoor living features that will make your patio uniquely your own. However you plan to use your paver patio, the following ideas

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Prepare Your Patio For Winter

A Few Useful Tips To Prepare Your Patio For Winter Your patio is our outdoor living room and being outside, requires a little pro-active preparation to protect it and the furnishings on it from winter. Following these simple guidelines to prepare your patio for winter and you will assure that your patio will look good for a very long time. Clean off leaves and debris as often as possible to

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