Articles by Falon Land Studio LLC

A deck is one of the most useful outdoor spaces because it can support so many different functions: lounging, cooking, container gardening or just sitting outside to enjoy the view. As a multifunctional surface, a deck needs to always look its best. R…

The dog days of summer are upon us. With intense sunlight streaming over our gardens, we’re reminded of just how brutal August can be in the heat. The tricky part is that spots in the garden that are hot now may be less so at different times of the ye…

You’ve approved your landscape designer or architect’s final site plan for your landscape design, and now it’s time to get the project built. You can pay the designer to select a…

Landscape architects do many things. We design parks, plazas, green roofs, gardens, public art, fountains … and the list goes on. It is a broad and flexible field with professionals working across many sectors. Yet there are many myths about what we …

You see all of the breathtaking gardens on Houzz and cruise the portfolio pages of landscape architects while dreaming about the possibilities for your own landscape. Landscape architects have many different styles and approaches, diverse backgrounds …

Sinking water, which is also called infiltrating and percolating water, enables water to pass through the soil in your home landscape, rather than sending it downstream through pipes and storm drains. This creates less runoff downstream and naturally …

Moving water aboveground, instead of in underground pipes, is an important part of sustainable stormwater management. Water that drains immediately to underground pipes carries silt and particles into our water bodies, which clouds them and, as a resu…

Traditionally, the practice for managing rainfall in landscapes has been to move it out as quickly and efficiently as possible. Though it moves the water quickly out of our yards, that approach has negatively affected our water quality by creating mor…

Drainage problems and issues with moving water are common challenges for homeowners. They can originate from the way the site was developed when the home was constructed and may become worse over time, depending on the neighboring topography and chang…

Mature trees are a valuable commodity in the yard because they take a long time to establish and then become gorgeous specimens that provide shade and year-round benefit to wildlife. Protecting them by keeping them in great health is an effective way …