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Bring Your Landscape Back To Life

Bring Your Landscape Back To Life

Spring is in the air, days are getting longer, and you’re probably starting to eye your frost-ravaged yard. March is a fickle month in Colorado, no doubt—but despite the on-again, off-again weather, it’s the ideal time to begin thinking about revitalizing your landscape for the sunny months ahead. At Lifescape, we’ve got a smorgasbord of spring cleanup services to help take your property from winter gray to spring splendor….

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Tree Talk: Should You Invest In An Annual Tree-Care Program?

Tree Talk: Should You Invest In An Annual Tree-Care Program?

With 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s not hard to see why trees are such coveted parts of our yards and landscapes (healthy trees can mean a healthy increase in property value, too). We love us some gorgeous arbor design at Lifescape. But while we all enjoy rustling leaves, colorful foliage, fragrant blossoms, and the…

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Why Pruning Your Plants Is Wintery Business

Why Pruning Your Plants Is Wintery Business

When it’s that time of the year and the mercury drops and snowflakes start flying, it’s tempting to hunker down and wait out the seasonal chill when it comes to your backyard landscape or garden design. That’s what the cozy hearth is for, right? But while it may seem counterintuitive, winter is actually the best…

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How to Get Major Curb Appeal in 2021

How to Get Major Curb Appeal in 2021

We’re all spending more time in the home and often focus on functional improvements inside, but changes to the exterior can make just as much impact and expand your useable square footage.   Curb appeal, defined as the attractiveness of the exterior of a property, as viewed from the street, can be elevated with simple tips…

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Winter Watering 101 for Your Colorado Landscape Design

Winter Watering 101 for Your Colorado Landscape Design

Winter is here. That means it’s the season for snowfall and cozy days spent by the fire. Before hibernating, it’s important to protect your landscape with winter watering so your evergreens survive during the winter months. Here in Colorado, the semi-arid climate typically produces mild and dry winters with humidity levels ranging from 9% to…

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Holiday Decor Making Spirits Bright

Holiday Decor Making Spirits Bright

Autumn’s departure is bittersweet—on the one hand, every gold leaf has been mulched or bagged, but on the other hand, the glittering atmosphere of the holidays is ready to take its place. Barren branches become a canvas for twinkling lights, and containers overflowing with fresh pine greenery are placed where pumpkins once were.   We sat…

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Full on Fall Displays

Full on Fall Displays

The turn of the season blankets Colorado in swaths of warm and vibrant color. Native grasses shimmer on the prairie while the Aspen trees sparkle in the wind—autumn is truly the golden season in the Centennial State. As evident in every year that passes, the season does not seem to last long enough.  Amplifying the seasonal…

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Don’t Waste Your Landscape Waste

Don’t Waste Your Landscape Waste

  Fall maintenance is not just a way to ensure your landscape stays beautiful in a new season—it also protects your investment and keeps your landscape healthy all year long. Without pruning, mulching and fertilizing your landscape during the critical autumn season, a once-beautiful investment may become lackluster in the spring. But once you take the necessary…

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Plant Your Bulbs for a Fall Color Palette

Plant Your Bulbs for a Fall Color Palette

Do you feel that Colorado? Fall will soon be here in full force bringing in a crisp breeze, freshly fallen scarlet leaves and the sweet smells of pumpkin spice and cinnamon. Before retreating indoors, there’s still time to attend to your autumn landscape so you can enjoy the great outdoors, even in sweater weather. Special…

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Smart Irrigation Month: The Secret to Saving Water this Summer

Smart Irrigation Month: The Secret to Saving Water this Summer

July is Smart Irrigation Month in the State of Colorado, which means it’s time for us to share the latest and greatest technology, updates and upgrades you can make to your irrigation systems to save water and create a more sustainable future for our beautiful state.  Keep reading for some tips from the Lifescape Colorado irrigation experts.  …

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