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JOEL T. PARKER JR. ASLA RLA LEED AP

    Landscape Design

    Landscaping with Trees: Adding Contrasting Color

    By JOEL T. PARKER JR. ASLA RLA LEED AP | February 10, 2011

    This landscape design for trees and shrubs will add contrasting early spring color. This free do-it-yourself tree and shrub landscape design provides a show of spring flowers highlighted by an evergreen backdrop of the Green Giant Arborvitae. This planting can serve as a great focal point or accent piece to any yard I call it the “Flowering Green Giant”…

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    Designing Bird Habitat in Your Yard

    The Arbor Day Foundation approached me about designing several plant combinations that their members and fans could use for plantings of aesthetic interest and which provide function in the landscape. During the next few…

    By JOEL T. PARKER JR. ASLA RLA LEED AP | May 20, 2010