Pine Lake Auto Court 2018 Wisconsin NARI Gold Award and 2017 WLCA Award Winner
Hawks Landscape took home a Gold this weekend at the NARI remodeling awards! The award was for the design and construction of a beautiful project on Pine Lake in Wisconsin! This elaborate design centered on a large brick and stone auto-court along with unique granite walls and cut stone steps. Great job to all of the Hawks team for putting this gorgeous job together!
Certainly not the average home landscape, this beautiful project in Chenequa, WI utilized clay brick, granite pavers and cut lannonstone inlays to create a large and elaborate auto court. Cut ...
Winter interest
When we think about planning a landscape, our thoughts tend to go first to how the landscape will look in spring and summer, and perhaps fall. But with some planning, there is no reason that your landscape can’t look fantastic in the winter as well! While many of your plantings sleep, here are some elements that can shine in your winter landscape. Evergreen trees and shrubs are the obvious choice for a winter landscape, and it is important to make sure evergreens are well represented and balanced through a site. Many deciduous shrubs and trees have beautiful ...
Salt and safety this winter.
Snow and ice can make sidewalk and drives hard to negotiate, salt can be an easy answer. Salt can be harmful to plants and the soil on your property as well as the environment down stream (both figuratively and literally). Think about what to use, amount and type of material you are using.
Sand (torpedo), crushed limestone (TB) and kitty litter can work well on there own.
Rock salt (sodium chloride) only is effective down to about 20 degrees, mixing with any of the above is a good way to reduce the salt being used.
Potassium chloride and Calcium chloride are ...
Seasons Greeting from Hawks
It's the holiday season, and many of you have gift exchanges, cookie baking, and general merriment scheduled for the days ahead. Landscaping may be the last thing on your mind.
Is there a special someone on your gift list that might benefit from a new patio or lawn service?
Consider a Hawks gift certificate to make your gift giving complete!Trim-A-Tree and Fantastic Forest!
December 1-29 - Milwaukee County Zoo - U.S. Bank Gathering Place'Tis the season for Trim-A-Tree and the Fantastic Forest - two events we are proud to support! For the 19th year in a ...
Oak Wilt Plan Ahead
Oak wilt is a deadly disease that mostly attacks trees in the Red Oak family. White Oaks can be damaged by this disease but, often they will recover. This disease however, usually kills trees in the Red Oak family. It’s caused by a fungus that affects the vascular tissue of the tree. It clogs up the xylem of the tree and causes rapid decline, often leading to death. It’s spread by beetles that feed on infected trees and then fly to an uneffected tree and feed there. It also spreads from tree to tree by root grafting. Early warning signs are wilting of the canopy in ...
What is a Landscape Architect?
Landscape Architects are professionals that design a variety of outdoor spaces such as residential landscapes, commercial landscapes, parks, botanical gardens and campuses . Landscape Architects typically have a college degree with extensive coursework in Botany, Geography, Horticulture, Hydrology, Soil Science, and Master Planning. In addition to a degree, one must train for two years under a Licensed Landscape Architect and pass a series of exams. Landscape architects work in tandem with architects, city planners and civil engineers to construct outdoor environments that ...
New Patio; bringing indoors to the outdoors
A new outdoor living space, columns, seat walls, firepit and plenty of paved space for eating, sitting and having fun.
