Landscape Testimonial Camas WA

Posted on November 23, 2011 by woodys
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On this landscape project we removed an old deck, installed a new paver patio with 2 areas that required manor stone steps vs. the existing rotten wood steps,, installed a planter box, installed two seperate stairways to other portions of the garden.
I’ve enclosed a video of some of the work as well as a couple of the finished patio photos. We love our landscape testimonials.

- Nov 8, 2011
Woody and his crew removed our back deck and enlarged our backyard entertaining space with a paver patio, walkway and large planter. In addition, he replaced uneven wood and rock steps through the center of our hillside garden and side garden with Manor Stone steps. We were impressed with how creative his crew was in tackling the hillside steps. Along with looking great, the steps provide safe footing and good access on a steep slope. The products Woody suggested blend beautifully with the natural rock we have in our landscaping. As our project neared completion, we extended a walkway and added steps along a difficult side slope. Woody suggested some fine-tuning before we had a chance to mention it. His crew returned the next day and made the changes to everyone’s satisfaction. Woody’s crew were here, happy, and ready to work at 7AM every day. Each one of the crew was knowledgeable, hard-working and friendly. They showed pride in their work and were able to make adjustments, at our request, as the project proceeded. The finished hardscaping project highlights our mature plantings and garden. Woody’s Custom Landscaping is first rate, easy to work with, creative, and competitively priced. Woody’s will do our next project and we recommend them unconditionally. Barry and Karen
Working the Vancouver WA and Camas WA areas for over twenty years with award winning landscaping services.

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Proper Landscape Drainage Saves Your Home And Landscaping

Posted on November 17, 2011 by woodys
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Landscape drainage is one of those items that many looking to have some landscaping done, do not consider enough. When I was a landscape contractor in California, just about 10% of each and every landscaping job, was something to do with landscape drainage. Here in western Washington, it seems the concern is much less on foundation problems and drowning trees, shrubs and plants because of pooling rain water and poorly functioning grading away from the house and landscaped areas. It is still surprising to me that western Washington gets about 500% more water at least than the Bay Area in California, but still the interest in getting a proper landscape drainage system installed is almost nonexistent. The only exception is if a landscape architect has done the landscape design. Then I tend to see drainage systems at least being proposed.
The following photo shows what can happen in your yard with improper drainage.

The landscape drainage system is an important and profitable part of any landscaping project that, if overlooked, can result in costly damage to a homeowner’s property, creating unsatisfied customers and fewer referrals.
Here’s what can happen if your yard does not consider drainage. Without proper drainage, excess irrigation and rainwater can cause damage to a homeowner’s property, which could be as minor as a yellow lawn spot or as extensive as a crack in the building’s foundation. Any change to a landscape inevitably changes the flow patterns of the excess irrigation and rainwater. The new flow patterns are difficult to predict, and it is even harder to predict how the new flow patterns will develop over long periods of time. This can lead to soil erosion and may create low spots or direct pathways to the building’s foundation. None of those items, I’m sure are on your want list.

One quick and easy solution is with area drains which would of taken the water away from the above photo. Below is an example of a area drain. the biggest thing to remember is that the rain water will have to go somewhere. What I have found in areas that are hard to drain are trench drains. They help in having a place to collect water and drain naturally into the existing soil, sight unseen.

With proper landscape drainage your landscaping could look like the photo below. Prior, this landscape was a shady and very wet area. The drainage problems were solved and now they have a yard that they can enjoy and be confident that their home is protected and their plants will thrive.

We have been solving landscape drainage issues in the Vancouver WA area for over twenty years. give us a call at

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Step By Step Slide Show For Pond Building

Posted on November 5, 2011 by woodys
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A beautiful functioning and good looking pond requires some steps that must be followed and a good filtration system. All of our pond building projects have a skimmer and bio filter is the size allows us to. For this project we indeed had both a bio filter and skimmer. We installed two pumps, one for the skimmer and one for the bio filter. While all the photos don’t show every step of where all the soil excavation went to, it does give some idea of the steps to making ponds with a waterfall. Here’s how we install our typical ponds.
1. Excavate soil for the pond and waterfalls.
2. Install heavy felt barrier cloth.
3. Install liner. We like to install two liners, just to be sure.
4. Install boulders, rockery, piping, skimmer, and bio filter, pumps, etc.
5. Test out water feature and clean pond water.
6. Fill totally and watch to make sure water is flowing how we and the clients want it.
Enjoy the slide show of some of the steps of pond and waterfall building.

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Interlocking Concrete Paver Driveways Vancouver WA

Posted on November 1, 2011 by woodys
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Paver driveways are an economical way to spruce up your cracked and broken concrete driveway. They are close in price to a high quality stamped and colored concrete driveway, but it never will crack or break. The only thing that can happen to paver driveways is they may raise because of tree roots. If that occurs the remedy is simple. Take out the pavers in the effected area. Remove the gravel and sand. Prune out the roots that are causing damage to the pavers and reinstall. Your have the same product and patina of the pavers and your back in business. Not so easy with broken concrete. We have certified personnel that work on every interlocking concrete paver job we install to insure great quality and a beautiful looking driveway or patio. Think pavers, they have been around since the Romans were making roads and many are still functional 2,000 years later.
The video below shows a finished paver driveway installed in Vancouver using holland pavers in three sizes. The color is Summit. The product is from Mutual Materials.

Installing hardscapes in the Vancouver WA area for over twenty award winning years.

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Landscaping Review Vancouver Washington

Posted on October 31, 2011 by woodys
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All I can say is thank you for giving a landscaping review 5 years later. I really can’t remember the job, but will take the credit, gladly. I love clients who remember who we are and what we strive for in our company.
It goes to show that as a potential client you must really check out references and don’t always go the lowest price. Quality does count. This will be a reference I will pin up on my office bulletin board.

Evan ‎ – Oct 29, 2011
Unfortunately, I did not know about Woody’s Custom Landscaping until after a disaster. I had hired someone through a referral from a local nursery. Halfway through the job I realized that this person did not have the expertise or experience to install walkways and patios in my back yard. He had shown me photos of jobs he claimed he’d done and I checked his references. I learned too late that the references were not authentic and the photos he showed me were not of jobs that he had done I lost $10000 — he skipped town — and I was faced with having to redo the entire job. Fortunately, a client told me about Woody’s. He came out right away, pulled out the mess that was made and started over. He was very professional, showed me a selection of materials from which to choose and started the job within a few days. It only took him and his crew a few days. The result was fantastic! Now, five years later my backyard still looks gorgeous, the designs he created — meandering walkways and two circular paver patios …make my back yard look much bigger. The pavers he installed have held up beautifully and the first question anyone asks who visits is “Who did this amazing back yard?” Of course I tell them my story and the happy ending. Woody is my hero — he really saved the day. Thanks! E.C., Vancouver,
Servicing the Clark County and Vancouver WA area with exceptional landscaping and hardscape services for over twenty years.

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Back Yard Custom Landscaping In Clark County

Posted on October 26, 2011 by woodys
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In the previous blog I showed a few photos of what we did in this award winning project in Washougal Washington. Now we get to the side and back yard. The entire front and back yard was completed by the time spring came. We only had one transplanted plant die and no call backs. In the back yard we constructed a very nice vegetable garden area, paver pathways and patios, a huge pond with 330,000 gallons of water, low voltage lighting, planting, etc. etc.. Christine Ellis with Gregg Ellis Landscape Design came up with the landscape design. Christine was a pleasure to work with.
The first photograph is a sample of the large side yard in which we installed a lot of sod but also this custom vegetable garden area. woodyscustomlandscaping.com

As we leave the garden area we do that on a paver pathway. Note all the grass area.

As we keep on the paver pathway we start hearing some sounds like a large waterfall and come around a bend to a huge pond.


The next landscape photographs show most of the back yard with different view points.




Serving the Vancouver WA area and all of Clark County with award winning, certified and exceptional landscaping services.

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Front Yard Custom Landscaping And Outdoor Living In Clark County

Posted on October 26, 2011 by woodys
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We did a lot of everything on this residential design build landscaping project. It took about 5 months with most of my crews working there. It was a pleasure to install the hardscape and landscape at their home. The front yard consisted of a 200′ long cultured stone faced retaining wall, 10,000′ sod, irrigation, front entry pond, and extensive flagstone patio work, trees, shrubs, low voltage lighting, dry creeks and of course bark.
As you will see the front yard landscaping was very large. the entire project was in the acres and I will be showing you just the front yard at this time. The following landscaping photos show all that was described above.
The first landscaping photograph shows some of the scope of the front yard. OUr web site is woodyscustomlandscaping.com

the next 7 landscaping photographs show more detail of the flagstone work, front entry pond, and cultured stone faced retaining wall.

We have been installing custom and exceptional quality landscapes in the Clark County area for over twenty years. This project was a award winning project presented by The Washington Association Of Landscape Professionals. OUr landscaping services we provide are the best.

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Vancouver WA Landscaping

Posted on October 21, 2011 by woodys
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At woodyscustomlandscaping.com we are one of the most reputable companies that install Vancouver WA landscaping in Clark County. We have over twenty years of happy clients and some of them even award winning. A lot of times I get asked if we install small jobs. Of course we do. Our goal as service industry professionals is to give you a accurate estimate of your needs. If you accept the landscaping estimate our next mission is to construct whatever project it may be with exceptional personnel and quality materials. We are a on time company with a good sense of humor mixed in.
The landscaping photographs show some of our work. We will highlight outdoor living, paver patios, ponds and of course general landscaping.
The following photos will show different water features and ponds. Please note they are are all unique to themselves. All our landscaping projects are about our clients wishes and desires.

The next group of landscaping photos of our work will be paver patios we have installed. We construct them to last and to be beautiful. Having half of our crew nationally certified makes that a little easier.

The next group of landscaping photographs are all Vancouver Washington Landscaping. I decided to include general landscaping that includes softscaping through hardscaping.


Give us a call at 360-687-1882 and decide for yourself if we can’t indeed make your home a landscaped paradise you can treasure for years.

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Can You Really Landscape In The Winter?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by woodys
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Lots of friends and potential clients always ask if we can landscape in the winter months? I always tell them, of course you can. In Southwest Washington the winter months may be wet, but most of the time temperatures are mild. In fact for some reason, many of our award winning projects are in the months of November through January. Last year in October and November we had 2 large residential projects both in the neighborhood of $50,000.00 each.

  

Right before the economy went south, we had one project that we worked on November through April. I will show some photos of that landscaping project so that you can see the many types of hardscape and landscape that easily can be done in the winter months. In fact the job was about 8 miles north up the Washougal River Road. About the only thing that stopped us was ice and over 2″ snow accumulations.

We installed a huge pond, flagstone patio, paver patios, a front entry koi pond, a 200′ cultured stone face retaining wall, low voltage lights, sod, planting and of course bark. To top it all off we won an award for residential construction on that project.
Don’t feel like you can’t get your landscape installed in the winter months. It is all possible with www.woodyscustomlandscaping.com

Serving the Vancouver WA area for over twenty years with award winning landscape services.

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ROI On Your Landscaping

Posted on October 13, 2011 by woodys
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For the past few years, it seems, everyone is worried about return on investment on what ever they decide to dabble their money in. Many have pulled their money out of stocks, bonds and even their money market accounts. I can’t say I blame them much since we are either losing money or making .01% interest. This is a landscaping blog, so you now can figure out that I am going to try to show you the return on investment on landscaping your home.

Let’s imagine you are planning to sell your home. Landscaping can return as much as 14% for the amount you put into it. The studies are not any older that 2 years, but for sake of argument, let’s say you only get a 7% return on investment. Not bad in these times. In fact, a inviting front entry and patio space in the back yard landscaping just may sell your home very quickly. That is almost worth it’s weight in gold.
Taking a step further. Let’s assume that you plan to stay in your home. Why have cash laying around doing no good at all. I’m talking about the return on investment of you enjoying, using and relaxing in your own personel paradise. I can’t say what value that may have to you, but the credit card companies call it priceless. Imagine enjoying yourself off after work or on weekends in your own outdoor living area, complete with water features, patio spaces, fire pits, and maybe even a outdoor kitchen. That seems to me to be money well spent.

So get a return on your investment and invest in landscaping and get years of enjoyment.
We have been producing quality landscapes for over twenty years in the Vancouver WA area. Don’t let your sour return on investments in stocks, bonds and money market accounts get you down. Enjoy yourself with a new landscape constructed by Woodys’ Custom Landscaping, Inc.
Check out our landscape services at www.woodyscustomlandscaping.com

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