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14 03, 2013

Case Study: Updated and Refined

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:26-06:00March 14th, 2013|Case Studies, Outdoor Living|0 Comments

Like many of our clients with newer homes in older established neighborhoods, this family had to make a decision whether to move to a home with a yard more suited to their tastes, or to stay put and customize their landscape from the one they inherited from the builder and previous owners. What they desired [...]

16 01, 2013

Case Study: Cottage Garden With Curb Appeal

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:27-06:00January 16th, 2013|Case Studies, Flowers, General News, Landscaping, Plants, Retaining Wall, Seasonal Color|0 Comments

Our clients purchased this charming 1920’s Dutch colonial house with plans of making it their own. The existing landscape consisted of a traditional front lawn with overgrown shrubs and a scattering of perennials. Our clients wanted to simplify the maintenance, add curb appeal and create a garden for all to enjoy. After remodeling the home's [...]

2 11, 2012

Case Study: Restorative Garden at Three Crowns Park

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:29-06:00November 2nd, 2012|Case Studies, Flowers, General News, Landscape Lighting, Paving and Hardscaping, Plants, Water Features|0 Comments

Nature’s Perspective recently completed construction of a restorative water garden at Three Crowns Park, a senior community in northwest Evanston that has served its residents for over a century. Origins In the early spring of this year, Ariel Schrodt, a new resident of Three Crowns Park, had a vision of creating a memorial garden for his [...]

12 01, 2012

Case Study: A Garden For Birds and Butterflies

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:29-06:00January 12th, 2012|Case Studies, Flowers, Paving and Hardscaping|0 Comments

With winter in full swing, we hope you enjoy the first of several case studies to bring you inspiration and ideas for your garden. Spring is only a few weeks away! The owners of this charming vintage home, nestled in the heart of Evanston, love nature, gardening and entertaining. As volunteers at the Chicago Botanical [...]

16 02, 2011

Nature’s Perspective Receives Residential Design Award

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:30-06:00February 16th, 2011|Bluestone, Case Studies, Flowers, Landscaping, Paving and Hardscaping, Seasonal Color|0 Comments

We are proud to announce we have been recognized by the Illinois Landscape Contractor Association as a 2011 Excellence in Landscaping Award winner in the category of Residential Landscape Construction. This distinguished honor is unique because of its rigorous application criteria and that the judging is done by fellow landscapers throughout the industry. A landscape upgrade [...]

16 12, 2010

Case Study: A Nantucket Style Retreat

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:30-06:00December 16th, 2010|Bluestone, Case Studies, Landscaping, Natural Stone, Outdoor Living, Outdoor settings, Paving and Hardscaping|0 Comments

Our clients enjoyed everything about their new home– except the back yard, which was exposed to the street, had only grass, a dull, poured concrete patio installed by the home’s contractor, consistently wet soil, and a large, unsightly catchbasin in the lawn. The wide, poured concrete driveway also looked too plain next to the intricately [...]

13 08, 2010

Case Study: Making the Grade

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:30-06:00August 13th, 2010|Case Studies, Natural Stone, Outdoor Living, Outdoor settings, Paving and Hardscaping|0 Comments

The existing patio was crumbling and framed with old, unsightly shrubs. Our clients’ magnificent home, built in 1903 for Gordon L. Pirie and Samuel Carson (of Carson, Pirie & Scott), is built on a steep slope from the front of the house to the back alley. A two-story, four bedroom coachhouse was located [...]

4 02, 2010

A Garden to Inspire You: English Garden Rooms

By Nature's Perspective|2018-02-19T16:01:31-06:00February 4th, 2010|Case Studies, Landscaping, Paving and Hardscaping|0 Comments

The garden, newly installed in November 2009. The garden the following summer. The English Walled Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden features six different garden “rooms”, paying homage to the contributions of English gardens over the centuries. English gardens mix annuals with perennials and appeal to the senses, and the sound of water plays an [...]