Landscape Ideas & Design

While the beginning of fall invites warm sweaters, colorful leaves, and pumpkins to proliferate, the season also brings cooler weather. As temperatures drop, our irrigation systems are at risk, but many steps can be taken to reduce and entirely prevent freeze damage. Damage prevention is particularly important in our area, where we can experience long frigid winters, as evid…

Do you want to update your home’s landscape design, but fear you will lack sufficient time to care for your lawn? Do you struggle to keep your garden looking healthy, despite your best efforts? If so, you may want to consider a sprinkler irrigation system. With a good sprinkler irrigation system design, you get an efficient and easy way to ensure that your lawn and plants ar…

As summer approaches, the sunny days and beautiful evenings are often enjoyed in outdoor living spaces. If you wish to enhance your outdoor living space, the process can be as simple as reconfiguring some of your current furniture pieces and adding a few new items to tie the area together. Arranging patio furniture in a different fashion can transform both the feel and funct…

June 6, 2018 – West Chester, Pennsylvania – Burkholder Landscaping Company’s Barry Burkholder attended a ribbon cutting ceremony held at Penn Wood Elementary School in West Chester, PA to officially open the Penn Wood Legacy Garden on May 17,  2018. A dedication plaque on a large rock reads,“Our Penn Wood Garden begins with tiny seeds that bloom into bold flowers; each one u…

by Mary Bowe Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. from Nothing Gold Can Stay – Robert Frost Katsura Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’) is a spring favorite of mine for many reasons. It has all the characteristics needed of a “four seasons” plant: outstanding ornamental characteristics in spring, summer, …

Malvern, Pennsylvania – April 20, 2018 – The Outdoor Living & Design Center, Burkholder Brothers’ premier outdoor patio furniture showroom, will host their second annual event known as Patio Day, on April 28. 2018. Last year, their flagship showroom opened in April and they celebrated Patio Day as a one-month milestone.

Building a patio is arguably one of the most popular outdoor projects, probably because you are in effect creating an entirely new living space with an unlimited design potential. The most important thing about designing a patio is to plan for the quantity and type of furniture you wish to place on the patio. A dining table for eight takes up more space than a dining table f…

By Mary Bowe, Burkholder Landscape Designer Spring is here, and beautiful lawns are on the minds of many homeowners. Having one of the most attractive lawns on the block takes planning and time. You might even be wondering if you should make a call about landscape maintenance services. Burkholder Landscape offers great lawn care programs for all size landscapes and we have s…