As sustainable landscaping grows in popularity, more homeowners are turning to rainwater collection systems to conserve water and reduce utility costs. These systems capture runoff—usually from rooftops—and store it for later use in irrigating lawns, gardens, and other applications. From basic rain barrels to more advanced underground tanks, rainwater harvesting offers an eco-friendly way to support your landscape. But like any investment, it comes with both benefits and challenges. Here’s what to consider before installing one on your property. Continue reading Pros and Cons of Installing a Rainwater Collection System
Pros and Cons of Installing a Rainwater Collection System
As sustainable landscaping grows in popularity, more homeowners are turning to rainwater collection systems to conserve water and reduce utility costs. These systems capture runoff—usually from rooftops—and store it for later use in irrigating lawns, gardens, and other applications. From basic rain barrels to more advanced underground tanks, rainwater harvesting offers an eco-friendly way to support your landscape. But like any investment, it comes with both benefits and challenges. Here’s what to consider before installing one on your property. Continue reading Pros and Cons of Installing a Rainwater Collection System
Water features like fountains or small ponds add visual appeal to your property and can provide a sliver of calmness and serenity to your yard. But as with everything else in landscaping and hardscaping, these require regular upkeep to stay functioning properly. Today, we’ll cover how to maintain an outdoor water feature and why it’s important to do so. 
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New England is home to some of the country’s most densely forested states, leaving many properties cast in large amounts of shade. Since most plants require sunlight of some degree to survive, this predicament leaves many property owners wondering how to go about their landscaping. Given the dreariness of a sunless yard, plants that can weather these environmental conditions are important to adding color to the landscape. Fortunately, Dolan Landscaping has tips for planning landscaping for your shady property. 
Nothing beats the experience of having calm running water flowing from your new pond or fountain. Not only do ponds and fountains bring strong aesthetics to your property, but they also improve the overall health of your environment. Unfortunately, a lack of proper maintenance of a fountain or pond can bring negative effects to its appearance, function, and ecosystem. Today we will take a look at what you can do to keep your pond or fountain looking beautiful.