Each year the seasons come and go — and in Northern Colorado, that means exchanging our warm, sunny summer for a chilly, potentially rough winter. While the seasonal change does not bother most people, the way that the winter months affect their yard might.

As a residential landscape design company in Northern Colorado, we spend most of our summer designing and creating beautiful outdoor landscapes for homeowners in Loveland, Fort Collins, and Greeley. While these outdoor living spaces might not be as usable during the winter months, there are things that you can do to “winterize” your landscape and prepare it for summer use once the cold winter months end and the spring thaw arrives.

In today’s blog post, we are going to discuss a few tips and tricks that you can use to prepare your beautiful landscaping for winter. Continue reading to learn more.

Basic Lawn Care Tips & Tricks Setting Soil To get any lawn set to amazing standards takes a decent amount of preparation and planning. No matter the strategy you take to turn your lawn into a masterpiece, you need to be aware of the approach you should do before anything else: clear weeds, unwanted roots, and check the soil to ensure it won’t crust over or clump immediately after laying

Where did the summer go? Another beautiful one has come and almost gone here in the most beautiful place to live this side of the Mississippi. Yes, we are fairly lucky to live here in Northern Colorado. The Front Range is a magical place to be pretty much the whole year round, but when we get the kind of moisture we experienced this summer, the combination of blue sky and lush green is a healthy reminder of just how great we have it.

Welcome back to the Showcase Landscape & Irrigation blog! We haven’t gotten the chance to write in a while, so it’s great to be able to get back in the blogging saddle and touch base with our readers.

Now that we’ve established our bread and butter services, we will move on to the promised topic of today’s blog, when and how you should overseed your Colorado lawn!

Welcome back to the one and only Showcase landscape & Irrigation blog! Before we go any further, let’s get one thing clear — we are your Northern Colorado landscaping and irrigation specialists, serving Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greely with irrigation systems and landscape design.

More specifically, we offer outdoor living solutions that include outdoor constructions projects which completely transform gardens, decks, yards, fire pits, patios, and more into beautiful and functional outdoor spaces. We are passionate and experienced about what we do here at Showcase Landscape & Irrigation!

Now that we’ve established our bread and butter services, we will move on to the promised topic of today’s blog, when and how you should overseed your Colorado lawn!

We are the landscaping and irrigation specialists of Loveland, Colorado. For years, we’ve been providing residents and business owners in Fort Collins, Greeley, and the surrounding Northern Colorado region with affordable landscaping designs and professional services. We are a locally owned and operated landscaping company full of people who are passionate about making yards even more beautiful and pristine than they already are.

Now that we’ve established a bit about who we are and what we can do for you in terms of Loveland landscaping services, it’s time we talk about what our customers are saying about us. We could tell you that we are “the best landscaping company in Loveland,” but in sincerity, that’s not up to us. That’s up to our customers and the customers of other Northern Colorado landscapers. And that is exactly why we wanted to highlight a few of our favorite reviews we’ve recently received in today’s blog. So if you are looking for a reliable and affordable Loveland landscaper and aren’t yet sure who to choose, why not take some advice from folks who were once in the very same shoes you occupy?

It’s been a while since our last post, and seeing as how we’ve recently been blogging about essential fall yard tips, irrigation repair, and how to care for your lawn during the wintertime, we thought we might get back to highlighting our bread and butter services. While we certainly want to be a helpful resource for folks looking for landscaping and lawn-care tips, we want to make sure our readers remember what we are best at — providing expert landscape design, sprinkler repair, landscape construction, and even commercial snow removal services!

Summer is starting to wrap up, and soon it will be fall. Many people adore fall for its crisp air and vivid foliage. They especially like fall if they've been mowing their lawns all summer and are ready for a break. They'll probably be mowing for a little while longer, though, because Colorado autumns tend to be mild and heated in the middle by what we call "Indian Summer." However, that doesn't mean you can't get started prepping your landscape to go to sleep and embrace fall in all of its glory at the same time.

The team at Showcase Landscape & Irrigation loves fall, and we are proud to be helping home and business owners in Loveland enjoy fall while looking ahead to winter. Our passion for landscaping has shown us opportunities that can make all the difference, and we want to share what we know with you!

Spring is in the air! At Showcase Landscape & Irrigation, we love this season. Even though Colorado has been known to dump snow on us all the way into May, it cannot suppress the buds on the trees, the early spring flowers, and the lawns coming back to life. Spring is truly one of the most inspiring seasons there is and not just because everything is coming back to life; the opportunities for new landscaping features are endless. Understanding just what will work for your property and budget is very important, and our expert team can help.

Winter continues in Colorado, and though spring is on its way, it is going to be a while until it shows up. At Showcase Landscape and Irrigation, we know that this season is your grass's resting time. It needs the winter to rest up for the spring and summer, which can be very tiring for it. However, even while dormant, it isn't dead. It can still be affected by the weather, and winter can be pretty brutal. The winter will affect your grass's summer, and in today's blog, we want to discuss some of the effects cold weather may be having on your lawn right now.

We've had a pretty warm, dry fall so far, and as we hit December, we're all wondering: where is the snow?

In Colorado, we depend on cold season snow to water our trees, shrubs, and lawns. However, we don't really get a consistent, even amount. Winter can be particularly hard on plants here because of our dry air, low soil moisture, low precipitation, and temperatures that fluctuate all over the place. People assume that the plants are asleep when they're really in deep distress due to drought. Even worse, we're seeing an increase in lawn mite activity. Lawn mites suck the moisture out of both the blades and roots of the grass, causing serious damage. If you don't supplement your landscaping's water, it can suffer permanent problems. In today's blog, we want to talk about winter watering and how to handle it.

Fall is a time when people tend to stop caring for their lawns. School has started, the days are getting shorter, and many Coloradoans have their eyes on ski season instead of caring for their slower-growing lawns. However, dismissing your lawn in the fall is a mistake. This is a key season for its health, and neglecting it now can put it at risk for the coming winter and spring.

So just what happens in your lawn during the fall?

Northern Colorado has a stunning variety of native trees, shrubs and flowering plants that create stunning results when they are used in any kind of landscaping project. There are more than 500 Fort Collins natives, and most are readily available for landscaping projects.

Do you want to sit in your garden and watch the birds and butterflies come and go all season? Do you love the idea of providing a haven for your feathered friends, and inviting butterflies to do their pollinating in your yard? Then, let’s build you the best garden possible for attracting them to your yard. If you are in, or near Loveland or Fort Collins, give us a call and we’ll help you design and build your dream garden.