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Scottsdale Landscape Design Company, Envirogreen Landscaping Goes Social
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 26, 2012
Quality landscaping design, inspired by clever architecture and natural textures, can heal, restore and enhance the appearance of all types of residential properties.
In an attempt to raise awareness to the importance of implementing true art and timeless quality into landscaping design services, Envirogreen Landscaping goes social, setting up a new Facebook page and encouraging everyone to http://www.facebook.com/envirogreenaz?sk=info Like us on Facebook and get our newest photos and videos!. At the same time, homeowners interested in enhancing their houses appearance without large investments are welcomed to https://twitter.com/EnvirogreenAZ Follow us on Twitter and get the latest updates and articles!.
Unfortunately, outdoor settings and surroundings are many times the last to receive the necessary design attention from homeowners, and they shouldnt be. Whats surrounding the house is at least as important as what can be found on the inside. Whether it is the manicured lawn in front of the house, a welcoming backyard fireplace or a fabulous and fully functional fountain just outside the office, these are spaces that benefit from more attention to detail and innovative design provided by Envirogreen Landscaping, a premier Scottsdale landscape design company offering a wide range of design services.
At Envirogreen, we believe that well-designed landscapes are the simplest way to complement a homes appearance, style and architecture, allowing the house to expose itself as a good story and reflect the owners personality. By taking your personal design approach outside, you can transform a balcony or a patio into another wonderful room of the house, said spokesperson for Envirogreen Landscaping. From exquisitely crafted masonry to welcoming fire places, calming fountains, thresholds, amazing waterfalls and low-maintenance front yard decorations, we offer a wide range of landscaping services well within anyones budget.
http://www.envirogreenaz.com/ Follow us on Twitter and get the latest updates and articles! [Please visit our official website to see what we are all about!].
The services of Envirogreen Landscaping are very appreciated by homeowners who resorted to such improvements – Phoenix, AZ Robert G.: Not only did they provide quality work, but they finished the job as promised, made sure we were satisfied and happy with the result, and they cleaned up nicely afterwards! We found Grayson to be very professional, listening to what we wanted and didnt seem to mind the many times we changed the plans. We are sitting outside today in our new patio waiting to show it off to our friends and family! Very good customer service and his crew was hardworking and knew what they were doing. Grayson made sure we got what we paid for and even came back to do a little extra finish work at no extra charge! Thank you!.
About Envirogreen Landscaping LLC
Envirogreen strives to help the homeowner understand and interact with the development of the landscape. Fully understanding any kind of landscape installation done to their home will help clients fully understand and appreciate the outskirts of their home better.
Envirogreen respect the creation and development of landscape design and treat it as an art. Envirogreen will educate clients on how to take care and maintain their yard so that they fully understand the growth of the foliage and understand the culture of their landscape.
Landscape Forms Introduces UrbanEdge Designed by GGN
Kalamazoo, MI (PRWEB) July 09, 2012
Landscape Forms, the industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture and advanced LED lighting, announces the introduction of UrbanEdge, a collection of landscape framing and furniture elements for urban spaces. The collection is designed by Seattle-based Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), the recipients of the prestigious 2011 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture. UrbanEdge pairs GGNs experience in designing urban spaces with Landscape Forms expertise in developing and manufacturing beautiful site furnishings that address issues in urban environments; built to perform and endure under conditions of heavy urban use.
UrbanEdge responds to the demand for more outdoor public areas with an interest in less formal, more welcoming spaces, and effective use of scarce available urban space. UrbanEdge is a tool for designers to create unique yet functional sites; defining edges and turning dead corners into outward oriented settings that interface with the urban fabric. It helps designers construct places for orienting and organizing, resting and reflecting, meeting and greeting, people watching and taking in a view. It can be used to create curbside transit stops and eddies along sidewalks where people step in and out of the flow; to develop niches and focused social settings within larger spaces; and to enrich experience in outdoor spaces with dynamic and kinetic furniture elements that suit the way we interact today.
GGN designers took inspiration from the social interactions in many types of spaces lunch rooms, living rooms, transit stops, and play grounds and extracted their relaxed, informal spirit to design furniture elements that enliven them. UrbanEdge family consists of MAX Trellis; JESSIE Railing; GUS Planter; OLLIE Small Seat; SOPHIE Large Seat; BERNIE Bar Height Seat; and STELLA Table. Frames include the trellis, railing system and planter. Core elements are the seating and table pieces that live within defined spaces and activate the core, enhancing the experience of place.
UrbanEdge family members are multifaceted and work together in multiple combinations. UrbanEdge was created by designers for designers. Its focus is on the functionality of spaces and facilitates a wide range of activities. The suite of furnishings can be combined in inventive ways to energize outdoor settings and provide varied opportunities for people to interact within the same space over time. UrbanEdge is a dynamic resource for maximizing under-leveraged urban space, designing vibrant, integrated urban settings and creating a sense of place.
About Landscape Forms
The industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture and advanced LED lighting
Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. The Landscape Forms U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan with sales offices throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. The company has an installed based of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Boeing, Cisco Systems, Disney, Sprint, American Airlines, Herman Miller and Nike. Landscape Forms was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 15 Small Workplaces in the US.
For more information about Landscape Forms, please visit http://www.landscapeforms.com
About Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN)
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is a landscape architecture practice based in Seattle, Washington. Founded by partners Kathryn Gustafson, Jennifer Guthrie, and Shannon Nichol, GGN works throughout the Americas and Asia. Its projects are developed by designers with professional backgrounds in landscape, architecture, engineering, graphics, ecology, and other sciences, and express the sculptural qualities of contextual landscape. GGN offers experience in designing high-use landscapes in complex, urban contexts. GGNs landscapes are widely varied in type and scale, but they share qualities as healthy settings for diverse and ever-changing activities. The landform of each space is carefully shaped to feel serenely grounded in its context and comfortable at all times — whether bustling with crowds, offering moments of contemplation, or doing both at once.
GGN’s recent project awards include the prestigious Cooper Hewitt 2011 National Design Award for Landscape Architecture, multiple ASLA National Design Excellence Awards, Tucker Architectural Awards, AIA/ASLA Honor and Merit awards for Design, in addition to being recently selected as winners for the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square. Other prominent projects include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus in Seattle, Lurie Garden of Millennium Park in Chicago, the Robert and Arlen Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, and the new forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Kathryn Gustafson is also a partner in the UK design firm, Gustafson Porter.
For more information on Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, please visit http://www.ggnltd.com
Cherry Logistics Adds Landscape Manager to Improve Client Services
North Aurora, IL (PRWEB) May 30, 2012
Cherry Logistics, which bundles and consolidates exterior and interior facility maintenance services, today announced the addition of landscape manager Laurin Czyzyk. Czyzyk will be responsible for developing and organizing the burgeoning landscaping division of Cherry Logistics, and brings with her a horticultural background in sustainable design and maintenance.
Prior to joining the Cherry team, Czyzyk served as an educator and horticulturist, and spent the last 3 years as Account Manager at Western DuPage Landscaping, where she was responsible for managing commercial landscape maintenance, organizing seasonal events and applications for each site, designing and managing the installation of four-season color displays, and monitoring the health of plant material to ensure ongoing insect and disease controls. Laurin Czyzyk attended Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. During her career, Czyzyk has also given lectures on sustainable landscape design/installation and site grading/drainage. With her former company, Czyzyk received awards for Excellence in Landscaping from the ILCA (Illinois Landscape Contractors Association) and from the City of Schaumburg for Most Improved Landscaping in the retail division.
We are incredibly excited to have Laurin as a part of our team, says Ken Thorne, General Manager of Cherry Logistics. Her experience in the landscaping field, on both sides of the desk, will be a great asset to Cherry and to all of our customers.
About Cherry Logistics
Cherry Logistics, Inc., headquartered in North Aurora, IL, was founded in 2003 as a snow removal service. Since that time the company has become a premier provider of consolidated facilities maintenance services including landscaping, lighting, emergency power, and HVAC, displaying proficiency in each category. Cherry Logistics specializes in offering facilities services for owners of multiple-location real estate. Specific services are offered to each client as needed, including snow removal, lot sweeping, landscaping, and window washing. The company is currently operating within 42 states.
Cherry Logistics prides itself on the fact its staff is comprised entirely of experts with years of experience within their respective field. This diverse team includes managers and executives with experience in retail management, facilities management, customer service, commercial real estate, construction, transportation, information technology, and meteorology. For more information about the company, visit http://www.cherrylogistics.com.
Knaak Design Group Releases Its New Virtual Landscape Design Division that Gives Homeowners and Investors Several Budget Friendly Options for Do-It-Yourself Projects
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 12, 2012
PlanWorx is a new concept in residential landscape design that gives homeowners and investors in the United States and Canada a variety of options to address their front and backyard projects that suit their budget and time frame. Delivered by registered landscape architects, the virtual landscape design services are at a fraction of the cost compared to most custom designed projects delivered by the same professionals in the industry. Homeowners and real estate investors can benefit from an increased savings of up to 40% by buying the materials should they choose a do-it-yourself approach providing their own installation resources. In addition to creating a custom landscape designs that gives guidance to plan their project, PlanWorx helps people avoid the common mistakes that occur during do-it-yourself projects that further cause delay and waste valuable dollars. KDG will also provide scheduling options to help phase various parts of the project over time due to life events and budget constraints.
With the recession, many homeowners dont have the same discretionary income as they did 5 to 7 years ago. Times are tough, and people need to find innovative and efficient ways to beautify their front and backyards, without feeling like it isnt worth the effort, says Robert Kn
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BlueSnaps Open Commerce Handbook to Help Online Vendors Navigate an Evolving eCommerce Landscape
Fremont, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2012
BlueSnap, a global provider of open Cloud Commerce technology and services, today released the Open Commerce Handbook, a practical guide for companies and entrepreneurs wanting to expand their online selling presence. The handbook is a free, downloadable resource designed to help companies navigate the changing eCommerce landscape and develop best practices for increasing revenue. As it evolves, the Open Commerce Handbook will help newcomers and veterans alike expand their Web presence to new monetization models and provide a path toward an agile, flexible architecture that addresses the changing demands of their customers.
We believe that the future of commerce is open and will be fundamentally different from traditional eCommerce said Hagai Tal, CEO of BlueSnap. We created the idea of this handbook as a living document that will grow and deepen with additional chapters and expand to cover emerging challenges and future opportunities. It will never really be finished just as the evolution of Open Commerce will never end, but only evolve. We hope the handbook will be an excellent resource for enterprise clients as well as small and medium-size businesses. Whether you are a new entrant to the digital goods space, or an eCommerce veteran eager to expand into Open Commerce monetization models, we hope the information will be as interesting as it is useful.
BlueSnap is committed to enabling digital commerce through an open and simple payment-processing architecture. The Open Commerce Handbook will cover various business success factors including:
Florida-based Landscape Architecture Firm Knaak Design Group Launches Budget-Friendly Online Landscape Design Services for Homeowners and Investors
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) June 13, 2012
With PlanWorx, homeowners gain more control over the budget and schedule of their outdoor living project through innovative design and accessibility. Homeowners can receive comparative bidding by presenting the same set of construction plans to various landscape and pool contractors. If a homeowner wishes to implement a DIY (do-it-yourself) strategy, PlanWorx can reduce the labor costs by up to 40% and open scheduling options to phase various parts of the project over time.
Our landscape design services are help homeowners who are trying to maximize their return on one of their largest investments, by lowering costs and offering a friendly alternative to the traditional way of shopping for a landscape contractor. We feel it is important for consumers to know what they are buying and getting apples-to-apples bids from different landscape and pool contractors will help them be more informed and gain more buying power said Robert Knaak, Principal and founder of Knaak Design Group.
PlanWorx is the online division of Knaak Design Group, offering low-cost landscape design services to homeowners, real estate investors, and contractors nationwide and in Canada. Kn