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Garden Pathways: Beauty Beneath Your Feet

There are many choices for texture and pattern in walkways. The pathway selections we make together for your garden will coordinate with your overall plan, meet your specific functional needs, and express your unique message to your guests. Formal, casual, comfortable, or playful moods are enhanced by the shapes given to the paths that direct us to doorways or meander through the garden.

Shown below are a few examples of paths we have crafted over the years to carry clients and their loved ones to their entry ways and through their gardens. Do you have a preference? Or maybe, which style–formal or informal–best suits your site and your needs? Give us a call to begin exploring your pathway possibilities: 717-653-1273. We’d love to partner with you to welcome your guests into your home and garden comfortably and safely with a beautiful, enduring pathway.

Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& daily beneficiary of garden-path joys)

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A Garden Metaphor…

“The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.”
~ Larry Dossey (Contemporary American physician and author)

Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife

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Why Garden?

“I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature, to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.”

~ Julie Moir Messervey (Contemporary author, landscape architect, and Toronto “Music Garden” designer, in collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma)

Why do you garden? Do any of the reasons listed above resonate with you? Feel free to leave a comment below!

Shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& joyful garden grower)

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Garden Paths: Beauty Beneath Your Feet

Paths affect the mood in the garden in many ways. A gentle curve invites discovery of the garden ‘around the bend’, and a large, comfortable step encourages contemplation of a special feature. A pathway that is both functional and elegant is a key to increasing a garden’s accessibility, interest, and value.

Changes in direction or surface suggest a pause to examine the garden at hand. A welcoming entrance walk is usually wide enough for two to walk comfortably on a smooth surface, while a small garden path of natural stepping stones fits elegantly in a side garden, allowing your eye to wander when viewed from a window.

The craftsmen at Hanselman Landscape can increase your garden joy (and keep your feet dry!) with a thoughtfully-designed, well-constructed pathway in a variety of styles. Give us a call at 717-653-1273 to discuss your pathway purposes and preferences. We’ll help you take the first step and the next and the next…to craft a pathway that will carry you and your loved ones through your garden for years to come!

Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& daily garden-path explorer)

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What’s Your Pool Preference?

From nature-inspired featuring a swim-in waterfall, to sleek contemporary, Hanselman Landscape’s design team has an ear for the client’s wishes, an eye for what will fit the site, and the capability to complete the project.

Give us a call if pool-side is your preference, no matter the style! We’d love to make a splash in your back yard as we have done for these homeowners in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife

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June!

“Far up in the deep blue sky,
Great white clouds are floating by.
All the world is dressed in green;
Many happy birds are seen.
Roses bright and sunshine clear
Show that lovely June is here.”
~ F. G. Sanders

Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& June “jubilante”)