John Glenn Landscapes

Work

Some of our work around the island, photographed as the gardens have grown in.

Live oaks frame a two-story house with double porches; a paver drive circles a planted island.
Live oaks frame a two-story house with double porches; a paver drive circles a planted island.
Looking down on a circular paver terrace, Adirondack chairs ringing a brick fire pit.
Looking down on a circular paver terrace, Adirondack chairs ringing a brick fire pit.
A herringbone paver walk curves through beds of loropetalum and holly.
A herringbone paver walk curves through beds of loropetalum and holly.
A paver walk curves between lawn and mulched beds toward the door.
A paver walk curves between lawn and mulched beds toward the door.
A paver walk leads through boxwood and spring borders to a columned entry.
A paver walk leads through boxwood and spring borders to a columned entry.

Before

Nursery stock staged on the drive, ready for planting.

After

The same entry tiers planted: ti plants, lantana, and dianella settling in.
The same entry tiers planted: ti plants, lantana, and dianella settling in.
Blue hydrangeas ring a birdbath against a brick foundation.
Blue hydrangeas ring a birdbath against a brick foundation.
A ribbon of lawn winds between pebble-bordered beds and clipped hedges.
A ribbon of lawn winds between pebble-bordered beds and clipped hedges.
Sword ferns line a shaded walk beneath the oak canopy.
Sword ferns line a shaded walk beneath the oak canopy.

In progress

The crew screeds a fresh concrete pad at the marsh edge, the fire-pit ring formed at its center.

Finished

A fire-pit terrace at the lawn's edge, pines and palmettos opening to the marsh.
A fire-pit terrace at the lawn's edge, pines and palmettos opening to the marsh.

And the work in progress — our own crew, start to finish.

A brick fire pit and paver court complete below the new stairs, punch-list tape still on the treads.
A brick fire pit and paver court complete below the new stairs, punch-list tape still on the treads.
Paver bands cross a wet banded concrete drive.
Paver bands cross a wet banded concrete drive.
The crew lays the brick labyrinth at Isle of Hope, course by course.
The crew lays the brick labyrinth at Isle of Hope, course by course.