Happy Thanksgiving from Johnson's Landscaping Service, Inc! We would like to wish you and your family a special Thanksgiving holiday!



 A garnished pumpkin and candles on a deck and patio we recently constructed in Silver Spring, Maryland

For more information about a beautiful custom deck or patio for your home, contact Johnson’s Landscaping at 301-740-8850.

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Walkway in Bethesda, Maryland

 

 

The masonry division at Johnson’s Landscaping is dedicated to improving the outdoor living experience for our clients. From traditional steps and walkways, to elegant patios and stone walls, our masons pride themselves on implementing your design to perfection. 

For this particular project, Johnson’s designed a walkway and pond to blend well with the existing stone arbor. 

For more information about a beautiful custom walkway for your home, call Johnson’s Landscaping at 301-740-8850.

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Many clients ask about the implementation phase of the landscape design. In the pictures below, you will note the planning phase, implementation phase, and completion phase.

After the landscape design has been approved by the clients, Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. will send its implementation team, to include the landscape designer, and the production and operations managers.  They work closely with the designer, who works closely with the clients, to ensure proper implementation of the landscape design.  The photos below represent the initial meeting of these three components.

 

 

 

Of course, after the initial meeting, the foremen and crew begin their work.  Typically, the hardscape (patios, walls, etc.) are completed first; after that, the crews install the plants.  In the pictures below, most of the construction (save for the deck) is complete.

 

   

 

After the planting and night lighting are installed, the project is complete, and clients are ready to furnish and enjoy their new outdoor living space!

 

 

 

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 Do you want to experience more Fall color in your landscape?  Try these top six plants for Fall Color.

 

1)    Fothergilla Mt. Airy

 

2) Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Snow Queen’

3)    Virginia Sweetspire ‘henry garnet’

 

4)    Rhododendron PJM

 

5)    Cotoneaster ‘cranberry’

6)    Korean Spice Viburnum

 

 

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Call the experts at Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. at 301-740-8850 to learn more about your own before and after. We serve in Northwest, Washington, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Worried about your home's current value?
Visit these links to learn how landscaping can help!

 

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The latest special at Johnson's Landscaping Service is here, and almost like time travel!

"Fall Back" to 2001 prices! This saves up to 20% on jobs over $2,000. This offer is based on 2011 prices, compared to a decade ago!
Use this offer on a new contract for landscape construction, planting and clean up jobs. Not good with other offers, and prior sales excluded.

This offer expires on 12/15/11, so hurry and book your time travel price on our services!

Have questions about this special? Give Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. a call at 301-740-8850 to learn more about services in Northwest, Washington, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. has been caring for properties in the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Northwest Washington, DC area for over 50 years. To meet the needs of our most particular clients, our program includes complete care for your yard. Our maintenance staff will care for your property from Spring through the Fall. In the Spring, we will begin with a complete clean up of your yard.

 

 

We will:

1) Rake up all the winter’s debris from under the shrubs and trees and off the lawn.

2) Edge and prepare all the planting beds and cover them with a 2—3 inch layer of double shredded hardwood mulch.

3) Dethatch, rake, fertilize, and seed your lawn.

4) Prune your shrubs and trees as needed for the time of year.

 

After the initial clean up, we will next visit your property on a regular basis and perform many other maintenance duties. In addition to regular maintenances, we fertilize at scheduled intervals. In the Fall, we clear the leaves off the lawn in order to protect the newly seeded grass.  

 

Click here to learn more about our maintenance program. To meet with one of our landscape professionals about our Full Maintenance packages, please call us at 301-740-8850 today!

 

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    For folks who live in a historic district in Washington, DC, there are factors which complicate the replacement of their retaining walls, particularly those walls facing the sidewalk in the “Right of Way”.   First, for any retaining wall over 36” in the District, permits must be obtained, and if it is deemed necessary, a structural engineer may need to approve the drawings for the retaining wall construction.  Next, if the retaining wall is on public space, then the homeowner will need a Right of Way permit.  In securing the right of way permit, the District will require the homeowner to post a bond, which can be redeemed 90 days after the final inspection.   Simultaneously, if the homeowner lives in a historic district, then approval for the project must be secured through the local historic district association.  Finally, once all permitting and bonding is secured, the project can commence.

 

     Recently, Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. secured permits for the replacement of a retaining wall in the Mount Pleasant Historic District in Northwest, Washington, DC.  In this case, it was a stipulation of the historic association that the wall stone match the wall stone used in many of the walls throughout the neighborhood.  This required obtaining a specific stone at “not so local” quarry because this type of stone is no longer quarried locally.  Once the footers are built for the wall, typically the District requires a “footing inspection”, which is the reason for measuring the depth of the footers.   In this picture, you can also note the location of utility lines within the footer.  Miss Utility was contacted prior to digging, and yet we discovered some other lines while digging (possibly coming from the neighbor).  No damage was done to these lines.

 

  

     After a successful footer inspection, the concrete can be poured and the wall can be built.  After completion, a permitting representative will return to the site for the final inspection.  Once the final inspection is complete, then the homeowner will have 90 days to expect a return of their bond from the DCRA.  We recommend the homeowner be vigilant about getting that money returned to them, because we have encountered cases where the return of the bond took longer than the 90 days.

 

     All in all, these projects can be completed within code and to the specifications of the local historic district.   Homeowners would do well to work with contractors who are well aware of the requirements and specifications of the District. 

 

  

 

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At Johnson’s Landscaping, we strive to achieve our clients’ goals for their home projects.

For this particular project, our designer planned with the clients the space they wanted. Our crew removed and hauled away the old landscape. Next, our carpentry crew built the stairs to the double doors, our masonry crew built the patio, and our planting crews installed the plants and step stone path per the designer’s specifications.

Custom Landscaping Renovation in Northwest, DC.

The space is now accessible, and provides an additional place for these clients to enjoy the outdoors at their home.

Click here to see more Before and After photos of the work we’ve done at Johnson’s!

Want your own custom design from one of the professionals at Johnson’s? Call the experts at 301-740-8850 to learn more about improving landscaping at your home the Washington, DC and Maryland area.

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Johnson’s Landscaping Service has been serving the greater Washington, DC area since 1960, providing quality service to the communities of Northwest D.C., Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington, Silver Spring, Rockville, Potomac, and Olney.

Our company traces its origins to the Johnson’s Flower and Garden Centers of Washington, D.C. and suburban Maryland, first founded in 1933 by Raymond Johnson, Sr.

Raymond Johnson’s youngest son, Jim, opened Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. in 1960. Today, Jim’s sons Jimmy, Charlie, and Matt work alongside their father to uphold the standards for landscaping excellence fostered over the years in both the landscaping and flower center traditions. 

Read deeper into our history, and learn more about the Johnson's, here on our website!

We look forward to helping you create a custom landscape to fulfill your wants and needs. Call us at 301-740-8850 to schedule your consultation with one of our professional landscape designers.

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At Johnson’s Landscaping, Inc., we pride ourselves in providing landscaping services to the area since 1960. One exciting service we offer is constructing water features and ponds.

With a custom water feature or pond, you have the opportunity to work with our landscape designers to build exactly what you want.

 

 

Thinking about a new pond? Call the experts at Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. at 301-740-8850 to learn more. We serve about solutions for rain and erosion in Northwest, Washington, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland.

 

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This September, folks in Northwest DC and Montgomery County, MD have experienced some incredible rain storms, and this brings on damage and erosion, and often issues of landscape drainage.  Coupled with the rains we always know we’ll be getting come Springtime, now is a great time to learn more about these common concerns.  The experts at Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. know all about these problems, so read on to learn more!

 

Here are some solutions for rain and erosion:

·      Connecting your current gutter system to new drainpipes running underneath the ground and away from the house.

·      Building a retaining wall with drainage installed behind the wall.

·      Installing ground cover (which is great to mitigate against erosion!), such as pachysandra, periwinkle, or ornamental grass

·      Installing hillside boulders in between planting to mitigate against erosion and add natural beauty to your slope.

·      Installing channel drains and/or catch basins to catch the running water and direct it to connecting pipes running underground and away from the house.

·      Installing a sump pump connected to your drainage system for the water that is difficult to move away from the house.

·      Directing the water to a dry well in the back yard.  In essence, a dry well is a large hole filled with gravel which receives the water from the house and allows the water to dissipate through the ground, with no resulting erosion issues.  Oftentimes, the drywell is covered with soil and sod, so it is not apparent in the landscape.

·      Installing a dry creek river rock bed to allow the water to flow through potential erosion areas.  This river rock bed supports the mitigation of erosion and is aesthetically pleasing.

 

Have questions about erosion and your yard? Give Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc. a call at 301-740-8850 to learn about solutions for rain and erosion in Northwest, Washington, DC and Montgomery County, Maryland.

A Bethesda Home Uses Hillside Planting & Boulders

and a River Rock Dry Creek Bed to Address Erosion

 

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By Ryan Sarvis, Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc.

Are you deterred from venturing outside by cold weather and annoying pests?  Do you shy away from inviting friends and family over because the only gathering place is inside your cramped house?  This fall, why not add value to your property and extend your living space with an outdoor fireplace?
With a return to the coolness of Autumn and the decline of the sizzling hot and humid summer evenings, many Washington, DC area residents are now returning to the outdoors from their air conditioned enclaves.   To combat cold temperatures and biting insects well into the Fall season, you can install an outdoor fireplace that will warm and protect you and your family while you gather around the warmth of a glowing fire. 

The options for outdoor fires are numerous, but Johnson's Landscaping Service, Inc. has many years of experience building fire pits, fire rings, fire places with chimneys.  Our experienced stone masons can build any fire place that you may desire with a wide range of material options. We can provide both natural and manufactured stone to build a fireplace.  You have the option of a wood or gas burning fireplace.  Whearas gas is cleaner, no mess, and easier to start, wood has a great smell, prevents pests, and provides a little charm to your patio. Please contact one of our professional designers so we may design a fireplace that will suit your outdoor living needs.

The outdoor fireplace adds a centerpiece to your landscape that will last forever and will bring friends and families together for years to come.   In addition to the outdoor fireplace, there are many other options to enhance our outdoor living spaces, to include landscape lighting, shade structures, patios, and seating walls. 
Interested? Contact us today!

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Johnson's Landscaping Service has taken this off-season as an opportunity to train our excellent crews, management, and designers.

Our maintenance and stone masonry crew leaders were put through rigorous training to enhance their knowledge and perfect their skills.  The attendees of this seminar are excited to put their newly acquired skills to work in the field.

Because of the increasing popularity of paver walkways and patios, our stone mason crew leaders participated in an installation certification program. This winter the crew leaders became certified interlocking concrete paver installers (ICPI). This certification ensures that the pavers are installed correctly and adhere to the manufactures' guidelines.

Several members of our skilled design team attended the a winter landscape workshop. The designers gained knowledge in the areas of biodiversity in our landscapes, use of native species, and enhancement of our outdoor lifestyles.  These issues are integral in developing sustainable landscapes.

Finally, Johnson's Landscaping Service's leadership team  took an opportunity to enhance their management techniques. Our management is dedicated to improving our communication with our customers and staff. As we strive to provide the best service possible to our customers, we will continue to train and educate our staff on the latest techniques and products available.

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