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Landscape Installation at The Avenue (Park Morton)

Landscape Installation at The Avenue (Park Morton)

January 17, 2012 at 11:42 am

E-Landscape has been selected to carry out installation of the landscape for The Avenue (Park Morton), located on the southwest corner of Newton Place and Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. The $130 million, 500-unit Park Morton redevelopment project is a dual partnership between the Warrenton Group and the Landex Companies. […]

 
Disease Resistant Elms for Fort Belvoir Business Center

Disease Resistant Elms for Fort Belvoir Business Center

January 3, 2012 at 1:15 pm

This winter, one of the projects we’ve been busy working on involves tree planting over at the new Fort Belvoir Business Center. Although the scope is simple – tree planting and the installation of an irrigation system – it touches on a subject (the prevention of Dutch Elm Disease) close […]

 
Design-Build for Dahlgreen Courts

Design-Build for Dahlgreen Courts

January 3, 2012 at 11:58 am

E-Landscape has been selected to provide design-build services for the development of Dahlgreen Courts, an affordable housing development in Washington, DC.  Developed by Mission First Housing Development Corporation (MFHDC), the Dahlgreen Courts project included the preservation of 96 units of affordable housing and the substantial rehabilitation of two historic buildings […]

 
Design-Build for Johnson Towers Senior Living

Design-Build for Johnson Towers Senior Living

December 22, 2011 at 2:37 pm

E-Landscape recently completed work on a design-build project at the Johnson Towers Senior Living Community in Washington, DC. Johnson Towers is an independent living community that includes housing for 55+, home ownership in retirement communities, and senior apartment rentals. They provide safe and easy-maintenance living for seniors who can still […]

 
American Trucking Association Project Update

American Trucking Association Project Update

December 10, 2011 at 2:15 pm

Earlier this year, we blogged about some tree planting we were doing at the Washington, DC headquarters of the American Trucking Association. The job is now complete and we’ve got the “after” photos to share with you! Our scope of work at the ATA included tree planting, irrigation, the use […]

 
Fall Aeration and Turf Over-Seeding

Fall Aeration and Turf Over-Seeding

November 14, 2011 at 3:42 pm

Achievement of a healthy lawn for next year begins in the fall of the previous year. Proper aeration and over-seeding helps relieve compaction in the soil from the hot summer months to allow for better retention of moisture, nutrient retention in the soil, and seed to soil contact for over-seeding. […]

 
The Benefits of Late Fall Fertilization

The Benefits of Late Fall Fertilization

November 14, 2011 at 3:28 pm

Late season Nitrogen Fertilization or simply late fall fertilization is one of the more overlooked treatments of turf. Late fall fertilization has many benefits as with any fertilizer or application. A high nitrogen fertilizer applied once the grass has stopped growing ensures color retention throughout the winter months and into […]

 
Top Dressing Your Turf

Top Dressing Your Turf

November 14, 2011 at 3:07 pm

Topdressing your turf with an organic based compost is not only a cost effective method to restoring stressed turf due to heat, long periods of drought, or compaction, it helps replenish valuable nutrients that are essential to a healthy lawn. Topdressing is usually performed in the fall months or early […]

 
E-Landscape Heads to New Jersey

E-Landscape Heads to New Jersey

October 11, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Although most of our work is located in the mid-Atlantic region, E-Landscape is able to provide commercial landscaping services in a much broader geographic area. A great example of this is our work on the Washington Dodd Apartments in Orange, New Jersey. Newly renovated in 2011, Washington Dodd Apartments including […]

 
Design-Build for The SeVerna Affordable Housing Community

Design-Build for The SeVerna Affordable Housing Community

October 11, 2011 at 3:26 pm

As we head into fall, the team here at E-Landscape has completed work on the design phase of the landscaping for The SeVerna, a 60 unit affordable housing community in Washington, DC. The SeVerna will consist of a five story building along First Street NW, connecting to two-over-two townhouses along […]