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When I got out of my truck and saw the site for the first time, I said to myself, “You have got<\/em> to be kidding me!” \u00a0After the initial shock wore off, I started thinking . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0“OK, how are we going to make this job happen?”<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meet Tim. He is one of our landscape construction foremen.\u00a0\u00a0Tim is not easily rattled by difficult project sites,\u00a0however he could have understandably packed up his equipment and drove away from this one…….but he didn’t.<\/p>\n

Project Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project site is located along the western bank of the Rocky River. \u00a0The home is part of a larger row of townhouses that overlook the river. \u00a0Access to the project area is limited to a set of stairs 100 yards away and a narrow, steep side yard.<\/p>\n

The homeowner wanted to turn their weedy spot of ground between the house and the river into a nice garden. \u00a0Don Hoffman, the landscape designer\/salesmen charged with this task, looked at the difficult site with a similar\u00a0“glass half-full” mentality as our foreman\u00a0Tim did.<\/p>\n

“Challenging sites are not roadblocks,” Hoffman said. \u00a0“They are opportunities. \u00a0If\u00a0<\/i>you can come up with the right solutions that work in concert with a site’s existing features, you’ve got a home run. Regardless of the conditions out on the job site, we still need\u00a0to deliver a quality project that achieves the client’s vision for the property.”<\/p>\n

Tim\u00a0and crew got to work implementing the design solution that Don had developed. \u00a0The back of the house that faces the river was to become the primary garden area because it can be so readily from the home’s expansive decks. \u00a0Easier said than done.<\/p>\n

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The crew developed an ingenious \u00a0pulley system that gently lowered materials down to the project area. \u00a0One man served as a counterweight, and as the load came down the hill, he walked up the hill.\u00a0\u00a0This series of shots\u00a0show how they lowered some of the bigger, heavier material.<\/p>\n

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The crew continued pushing through the difficult site conditions, navigating impossibly small\u00a0and steep areas\u00a0to situate all of the plants.\u00a0\u00a0Below, \u00a0Steve and\u00a0Alex use the new sandstone path as a way to move a containerized tree into position. \u00a0Thankfully,\u00a0\u00a0they did not inadvertently go for a swim.<\/p>\n

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The first installation phase of this project concluded with quite an impact.\u00a0\u00a0Tim’s crew was able to stay positive and armed with a “can-do” attitude, they accomplished a seemingly impossible job. \u00a0Here are a few shots after the job was finished:<\/p>\n

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Need assistance with your challenging site? \u00a0 By all means give us a call<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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