The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for consistent cold weather in the greater Denver area with the snowiest period in mid- to late-February. This means ample time indoors to gaze outside and consider what your landscape can look like once spring shows up. The best way to beat the winter blues is to plan for…
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Freshen Up Your Hardscapes! For over 40 years Lifescape has offered Colorado residents remarkable landscape design and master planning to provide a year-round outdoor living space. We not only design but construct and maintain all of our projects and with the freeze-thaw climate creating cracks in concrete, winter can be a perfect time to begin construction on…
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Before making proclamations and promises for the New Year, let’s take a moment to look back on some of the highlights from an amazing 2016. A celebration 40 years in the making Lifescape has been recognized as a high-touch landscape architecture, construction, and maintenance company and this past year marked 40 years of crafting a…
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Landscape Winter Watering Tips Similar to sipping hot chocolate while watching Colorado’s winter weather through a window, the plants and shrubs within your landscape need moisture to survive the cold months. The semi-arid climate typically produces mild and dry winters with humidity levels ranging from 9% to 13%. It takes 12 inches of snow to…
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With the Colorado winter bound, we’re not far removed from traveling around to the numerous holiday lighting displays that adorn landscapes and homes. While we all pleasure in the beauty, it’s easy to forget the hours of effort outside in the shivering cold necessary to make it all happen. This year, why not stay inside…
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Colorado’s winter weather always brings everyone indoors to celebrate the holidays with family. We at Lifescape consider our employees to be family and we are thankful for all of them and the amazing work we accomplished together this year. Together, as a family, we left our old offices and moved into a new space that we…
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Enhance your Colorado Fall and Winter Decor! As chilly autumn winds make way for Colorado’s true winter, the cold can make going outside a chore. But that doesn’t mean you should abandon your landscape. With containers, you can keep color in your yard all year long and even create something special for the holidays. Here…
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An upper-level pressure ridge is keeping record high temperatures across all of Colorado. The heat has delayed typical fall landscape duties, but winter is coming. You might be wearing short sleeves and shorts, but now is the time to prepare your landscape with preventative maintenance. Plant Your Bulbs – If you are in search of a…
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2015 marked the fourth consecutive year that an outbreak of spruce beetles caused widespread tree mortality and since 1996, more than 1.5 million acres have been lost in Colorado due to the insect. But that pales in comparison to the 3.4 million acres of Colorado forestland lost from 1996 to 2013 to the mountain pine…
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When designing your landscape, the hardscapes are just as important as the plants, trees, and foliage. Selecting the right material for your outdoor patio and entertaining space can seem daunting with all the products that are available these days, but it should not be. The experts at Lifescape recommend products such as Belgard pavers and…
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