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Like many projects, homeowners assume they should wait until spring to install professional landscape lighting. Many people think that they will not be able to enjoy the lights because its cold, and they are not spending time outdoors. However, with daylight savings time coming upon us; now is the perfect time to invest in landscape lighting. You'll be provided with a sense of security knowing that your house is well lit in dark times, plus it adds a beautiful accent to your home.

Snow is on its way to Ohio. Are you ready? If you have better things to do than bundle up and shovel your driveway in the dark before work, you need professional snow removal. Selecting a northern Ohio snow plowing company doesn't have to be difficult. Green Impressions has you covered. We're one of the region's largest residential snowplowing and de-icing contractors. We're fully licensed, insured, and bonded, and we're ready to tackle the toughest winter storms.

The cold grey winter will be coming soon but many landscaping plants can add color and interest. Fall is the perfect time for planting. When looking for plants for winter interest think of shapes, color in leaves, color of the bark, colorful fruit, shapes of the plants, shapes in the trunk or branches,

Beautiful outdoor living spaces look good year round by taking advantage of each season's best features. If you only consider how your landscaping will look during summer's peak, you'll be disappointed with its appearance the rest of the year.

Landscape lighting expands your hours of enjoyment and the security of your outdoors. Low voltage systems provided better versatility in lighting, as compared to 120 volt systems and solar lights. If you have decided to install a low voltage system, you will need to choose whether you want to install incandescent fixtures or LED fixtures. While LED bulbs are available to retro fit most low voltage fixtures, the real value in LED comes with the installation of the system. If you have ever looked into replacing light bulbs inside your home with LED bulbs you'll find it's more expensive they are and difficult to justify the cost. The same is true for existing landscape lighting systems. However, on new installs it's easier to justify some of the cost because it decreases the cost in other areas for a quicker return-on-investment.  Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of installing LED fixtures as compared to incandescent fixtures.

When it's time to give some shape and structure to your landscaping, consider hardscaping. Beautiful outdoor living spaces need definition, and hardscaping provides definition without inviting years of arduous maintenance. For example, an extensive wood deck may be look good right outside your back door, but that wood will require scraping, sanding, staining, and sealing to keep it from warping and cracking. Hardscape materials, however, will serve you year in, year out, without any complaints.

Beautiful outdoor living spaces add charm, character, and value to your home. When you drive down any given street, your eye immediately goes to the home with the most beautiful landscaping. It's a source of pride, not just for the owners, but for the entire neighborhood. Give your own home a chance to shine by framing it with custom landscaping.

The grass has turned green again in our landscaping but everything else is turning brown right? It’s just that time a year. As the temperatures fall there are some things we should be doing to put the garden to bed for the winter.

A pondless water feature is usually a pond that does not have any water showing but has an ample supply of water below the surface. The pondless feature is created by digging a large hole. The size of the hole or pond depends on the size of your pump circulating your water feature. The larger the hole or water storage area lessens the times you will have to fill it. Water loss usually is due to evaporation, warm water in a cool air. Water loss also happens when the water is running over warm rocks heated by the sun.

There are many advantages of landscape lighting. Landscape and home beautification, usability, safety, security, and value are some of the reasons. However there are many different options of what type of landscape lighting to use to spice up your home. This post will focus on what type of landscape lighting to use and why. Landscape lighting enhances your home, and therefore adds great value to home.