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
“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”)
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.”
~ John Steinbeck
Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& early June celebrant)
Imagine the ultimate retreat in your own backyard: A beautiful custom swimming pool perfectly paired with a peaceful, low-maintenance landscape…a year ’round oasis just outside your windows! This post will address a final consideration in the realization of your dreams for a garden oasis.
It may be an encouragement for you to know that many, if not most, of our clients choose to divide their garden landscape project into phases. This enables them to spread their investments in high-quality, custom work over a number of years, making each outlay more do-able. If you are interested in this approach, we will work with you to devise a master plan at the outset and can implement the design in phases to suit your budgetary needs.
At our house, we prioritized the planting of trees right from the start, since trees take a longer time to realize their potential. Hardscaping and boulder “planting” around the house was done over a span of several years, as was the case with stepping stone paths through our wooded wetlands. Gradually, as time and resources allow, we have regraded and added boulder and shrubbery beds on the banks. Our home is now surrounded by vibrant, interesting vistas and plants that are increasing in value and beauty each year. For us, this phased approach has served us well: it has permitted–rather than prohibited–many gorgeous, top-notch garden spaces around our home.
Gratefully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& phased-garden proponent)
“Here is a heart that knows
The truth of May
And walks the way,
By which its fairy beauty leads,
Through woods and lanes,
With haunting strains
Of magic music, sowing seeds
Of summer in the sod,
Until she finds her fulness,
And bows down in adoration
‘Mid the yellow cowslips
At the golden feet of God.”
~G. A. Studdert Kennedy (English Anglican priest and poet; 1883 – 1929)
Can we create green-garbed woodland paths, tree forts or wildflower meadows for your little ones to wonder at, discover, and explore? We’ve done this for our littles and would love to share the joy! Give us a call: 717-653-1273.
Joyously shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& lifelong Truth-seeker)
