Fall Lawn Restoration

JPW Design TeamSeptember 10, 2024Ebony G. Patterson, August, fall, lawn restoration, mowing, aerating, raking, reseeding, Morano Group

Lawn restoration after a long, hot summer

JPW Design TeamAugust 7, 2024Ebony G. Patterson, August, fall, lawn restoration, mowing, aerating, raking, reseeding, Morano Group

Fungi and the garden

Adding to all the wet weather woes this summer is the presence of fungi, which can take several forms.

Valerio SaglioccoAugust 8, 2023Morano Group, fungus, fungi, milky spore bacteria, pH balance, lawn, grubs, beetle larvae, nitrogen, wet weather, rain, moisture, fertilizing, mowing, sprinklers, Northeast, Bob Vila, toadstools, mushrooms

A plague upon the garden

Pretty and pretty deadly: The spotted lanternfly is a seductive plague on plants like grapevines and the U.S. agricultural economy.

Valerio SaglioccoJuly 24, 2023allergies, pollen, El Niño, American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), apple, dogwood, pear, azaleas; daffodils, dogwoods, hibiscus, lilacs, roses, sunflowers, tulips, Morano Group

Allergies and the garden

Ah-choo! This is a particularly bad allergy season. But it doesn’t mean you have to give up being in – and working in – the garden.

Valerio SaglioccoJune 9, 2023allergies, pollen, El Niño, warm winters, allergies 2023, American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), apple, dogwood, pear, plum, azaleas; daffodils, dogwoods, hibiscus, lilacs, roses, sunflowers, tulips, Morano Group

The merry – and busy – month of May

When it comes to gardening, there “May” be no busier month than the fifth one on the calendar, even though there is still a chance of frost in our area.

Valerio SaglioccoMay 2, 2023May, mowing, electric mowers, lithium battery, robotic mowers, House Beautiful UK, Brigitte Girling, Morano Group, weeding, fertilizing, beetles, bees, butterflies, wildlife, pollination, tall grasses, dead-heading spring bulbs, pruning trees that have blossomed in spring

Safety in the garden

Our recent taste of summer in April had people not only donning tank tops, shorts and flip-flops but heading to the garden with even greater alacrity to tackle those spring chores.

Time to let your tree roots breathe

Winter 2023 exited the same way it came in – brilliant and cold. And while the hard season was not without its challenges.

Valerio SaglioccoMarch 20, 2023Morano Group, tree root collar excavation, root rot, girdling roots, tree flare, spring, vernal equinox

Climate and the garden

It’s the heart of winter, yet gardening enthusiasts are already noticing something unusual: Green shoots sprouting from the ground. But what is normally an exciting moment in late March has raised alarm bells in February and even back in January.

Valerio SaglioccoFebruary 16, 2023climate change, winter, spring, January/February warmth, weather, climate, humid subtropical, humid continental, New York City, southeastern New York, southeastern Connecticut, La Niña, hostas, bulb plants, jet stream, Morano Group

Bedford Quarry House, a Morano Group project, wins AIANY Award

The Morano Group is pleased to announce that Bedford Quarry House, one of our landscaping and hardscaping clients, has won a prestigious Residential Design Award from the American Institute of Architects, New York.

Valerio SaglioccoFebruary 3, 2023Morano Group, Bedford Quarry House, AIANY, American Institute of Architecture, New York, Rees Roberts and Partners, Steven Harris Architects, Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Bedford

Creating ‘the inner garden’

Now is the perfect time to become an indoor-plant parent, if you haven’t already joined those who took to the beauties as a distracting hobby during the pandemic, contributing to a multibillion-dollar global industry that will only grow.

New year, new us: Morano Group

The new year brings not only New Year’s resolutions but also plans, including plans for the garden. Though in some ways January – and winter in general – seems to stretch before us like a vast, icy plain, for gardening enthusiasts it remains one of the busiest of months. Now is the time to get out on good days, walk your garden and see what needs attention.

Paving the Way to a Brilliant Landscape

As any landscape designer will tell you, a garden is not just about grass, mulch, flowers, bushes and trees. Landscaping is also about hardscapes (walkways, patios and terraces). These not only offset your garden; they give you the secure space and footing with which to enjoy it. Pavers can be set close together with concrete joints or spaced apart, with grass peeking through for a checkerboard effect. They can be stone (bluestone, limestone, granite), brick and concrete (precast and poured-in-place).

Valerio SaglioccoJune 30, 2022pavers, stone, granite, bluestone, limestone, concrete, brick, landscaping, Morano Group, calcium chloride, hardscaping, terraces, walkways, patios

Potted plants – A Key to Summer’s Success

Even if you don’t have a green thumb or a house and garden, you can still enjoy a “garden” of your own with potted plants in a window box or on a patio, terrace, balcony or deck. As with plants you might place in the ground, the key here is, as they say in real estate, location, location, location.

Valerio SaglioccoJune 3, 2022pavers, stone, granite, bluestone, limestone, concrete, brick, landscaping, Morano Group, calcium chloride, hardscaping, terraces, walkways, patios