Plantings & Softscapes
Plantings + Softscapes
Lending an artistic eye to your garden and landscape
From perennials and annuals to shrubs and trees, curating just the right foliage for your landscape creates balance, beauty and serenity. Our horticulture experts at Manzer's Landscape Design and Development create customized landscaping for homes, businesses and community centers in a range of areas including Yorktown, Peekskill, and throughout Westchester County.
Each softscape designer begins by working directly with their client to consider the unique property, geographical location, sunlight and soil.
Customers and landscape specialists then compose a master plan for the space, creating year-long natural beauty throughout the property.
Proper LAYOUT supports beautiful gardens Year round
The proper placement of each planting is just as important as choosing the plant itself. In addition to choosing the right flowers, plants and trees for each property, Manzer's design team also offers design plans for placement, drainage and hardscape support.
Foundation plantings beautifully line the perimeter of a home while perennial gardens provide stunning patches of flora that require little year-round upkeep.
Once the full landscape design is installed, property maintenance teams keep each yard looking healthy and fresh, serving areas throughout Courtlandt, Yorktown, Croton-on-Hudson and beyond.
Let your plants show themselves off at night with some well designed landscape lighting techniques to enhance their natural beauty. Discover five landscape lighting ideas for plantings in Croton and Somers, NY.
The purpose of foundation plantings is to beautify a home by concealing the point where the walls meet the ground. This is done to blend the building into the landscape as well as to hide unpolished features of the foundation that might otherwise be visible. The effect is a lush, more welcoming home. Here are some ideas for foundation plantings specific to Cortlandt Manor, NY falling into the plant hardiness zone 6b.
The role of a landscaper is to build and maintain residential and/or commercial landscapes, which can include both softscapes and hardscapes. Their duties include ensuring plant growth, installing and maintaining hardscape areas, shrub trimming, and more. If you’re wondering how a landscaping professional can simplify your life, here are __ essential landscaping skills and soft skills every landscape company should have in Westchester County, NY.
If you want your backyard to be as close to nature as it gets - to blur the line between your outdoor living space and the woodlands - here are some fabulous design ideas for backyards with natural surroundings in Westchester County, NY.
Beautiful, wildlife-friendly backyard landscaping ideas begin with a thoughtful use of space that is rich in diversity while still offering you the conveniences and amenities you expect in outdoor living.
When a lawn has lush, green grass and neatly trimmed shrubs and a profusion of blooming flowers, that does not happen by chance. A well-maintained landscape requires keeping to a schedule, and that involves some up-front time and effort. If you want your Yorktown, NY, lawn to look swoon-worthy, consider the benefits of getting on a maintenance schedule.
When the weather warms up, that’s when the grass starts growing again, the peonies peek out from the ground, and the trees have leaves once more. Even though spring is in full bloom, your Croton, NY, property may still be recovering from the winter frost. In that case, a spring cleanup is in order. Here’s how lawn care service can make your landscape look beautiful again.
Water features are a great addition to any outdoor design. Here’s how a landscape company can incorporate a water feature into your Westchester County, NY, outdoor design.
If you’d love to have a lush, green lawn, consider installing an irrigation system for your Croton, NY, landscape. Not only will it take away the hassle of remembering to water the grass, but an irrigation system can be designed to water your planters, too.
Blossom lovers in the Peekskill area can come enjoy the beauty of nature at the upcoming annual cherry blossom festival. This is a chance for you to give back to the community and support a good cause.
A great option is to use greenery such as Boxwoods. Here are tips for incorporating Boxwoods into your landscape construction for security in your Yorktown, NY, patio.