Saturday, May 25, 2013
Rain, Rain Go Away
San Antonio has had significant rain fall the last few days and we are experiencing some severe flooding. Please be careful out there - Turn Around, Don't Drown!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Calling all Gardeners!
The festival features a city-wide plant swap where over 1,000 plants are swapped annually. It is also a one-stop shopping for all things related to gardening. They also will have seminars by experts as well as one-on-one advice at the Ask the Expert booth.
Stop by the SAWS exhibit for a free water-saving plants as well as an application for the $100 rebate we posted about earlier this week.
Find detailed information of the event at http://safestivalofflowers.com/wpfof/
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Testimonial Tuesday
We love to hear feedback from our customers! Here is feedback from a returning client on her most recent project...
"About 3 years after Preferred Landscape did a beautiful job on a complete renovation of our back yard, which created a wonderful outdoor living space we use just about every day,
"About 3 years after Preferred Landscape did a beautiful job on a complete renovation of our back yard, which created a wonderful outdoor living space we use just about every day,
we
called them again for another idea we had in mind for the front yard. We started
with only a vague idea, and Darryl came up with a great design that echoed
elements of the back yard. It involved creating a completely new front patio,
replacing walkways from the street and across the front of the house, and
building two new stone walls.
The
walkways, patio and rock walls were done by Daniel Cardenas and his team, who
did a wonderful job. Daniel and the team leader, Miguel, were both excellent at
communicating and
dedicated
to doing high quality work and making sure they addressed any concern, however
small. Miguel and his team worked tirelessly, with great attention to detail.
They put in very long days to catch up after losing two days to rain. It was
amazing to watch them work together as a team, with everyone having a job to do
and doing it well, anticipating where help would be needed, and staying ahead of
the next step. In building the stone walls, their level of craftsmanship was
really an art.
We've
already had a passerby pull over and want to know who did the work because it
looks so awesome. The greenscape and lighting going in now will finish off
another beautiful space. Thanks so much for another great job, and especially to
Miguel and his team for their talent, hard work, and creativity." ~Laurie
W.
Monday, May 20, 2013
$200 landscape coupons available!
San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) is offering customers $100 coupons on landscape materials if you replace lawn grass with drought tolerant plants. The Watersaver Landscape Coupon will start this Saturday at the Festival of Flowers.
To receive the coupon, you need to do the following:
1. Apply for the coupon with SAWS. Online applications will be available 6/1 or you can call 210-704-7283.
2. Once application is approve, customer will receive $100 coupon which can be used at a participating nursery.
3. Replace 200 sq ft of lawn with 15 plants chosen from a list of drought tolerant plants.
4. You must also cap any automatic sprinkler heads in that section of the lawn and use at least one yard of mulch.
5. You can apply for up to 2 coupons if you are planning on doing 400 sq. ft.
SAWS offers two plant lists; one for shade and one for sun. Each list contains several plants in three different categories; small evergreen, spreading perennials and large shrubs. To qualify for the rebate you need to include at least three varieties of plants, one from each of the categories. The specified plants need only hand watering to get established, then little if any water to survive.
"We are trying to lower people's upfront costs and give them the opportunity to get a significant discount off the materials they need to make a transformation in their landscape," according to SAWS conservation director Karen Guz.
If you are up for a DIY landscape project, the rebate offers a great incentive to transform a patch of your grass into a beautiful xeriscape bed that will save you water.
To receive the coupon, you need to do the following:
1. Apply for the coupon with SAWS. Online applications will be available 6/1 or you can call 210-704-7283.
2. Once application is approve, customer will receive $100 coupon which can be used at a participating nursery.
3. Replace 200 sq ft of lawn with 15 plants chosen from a list of drought tolerant plants.
4. You must also cap any automatic sprinkler heads in that section of the lawn and use at least one yard of mulch.
5. You can apply for up to 2 coupons if you are planning on doing 400 sq. ft.
SAWS offers two plant lists; one for shade and one for sun. Each list contains several plants in three different categories; small evergreen, spreading perennials and large shrubs. To qualify for the rebate you need to include at least three varieties of plants, one from each of the categories. The specified plants need only hand watering to get established, then little if any water to survive.
"We are trying to lower people's upfront costs and give them the opportunity to get a significant discount off the materials they need to make a transformation in their landscape," according to SAWS conservation director Karen Guz.
If you are up for a DIY landscape project, the rebate offers a great incentive to transform a patch of your grass into a beautiful xeriscape bed that will save you water.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Updated Water Restrictions for 2013
Despite
the recent thunder storms that have been rolling through our area, we are still
under Stage 2 water restrictions. SAWS has made some changes to the
restrictions this year we wanted to make you aware of:
1.
Landscape watering with an irrigation system, sprinkler or soaker hose is
allowed only once a week from 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. on your designated
watering day, as determined by your address.
2. Watering with drip irrigation or 5-gallon bucket is permitted any day,
but only between 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m.
3.
All residential fountains and indoor commercial fountains can operate at any
stage of drought.
4.
Residential car washing allowed during drought once per week on Saturday or
Sunday as long as there is no water waste.
For
more information and complete listing of all the restrictions , please visit
SAWS website at www.saws.org.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Preferred wins 2nd in BBQ Cook-Off
Congratulations
Big John and all who helped!
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