Completed Projects

Moon Township - Residential Backyard Area

Apple Lawn Service was approached in June of 2011 by a client that wanted to make their backyard more homeowner friendly. In addition to rehabilitating the rear yard another variable was introduced into the projects work parameters - The homeowners have two large dogs that utilize the back yard area. Therefore our design ideas had to incorporate the homeowners needs for a usable backyard while making it pet friendly. The first problem was the inability of the existing turf to flourish with the pets and drainage issues caused by the hillside and the accompanying deteriorating timber wall. After careful considerations we proposed removal of the deteriorating retaining wall, the rehabilitation of the existing patio and the installation of a stone walkway surrounding by large decorative rocks (mulch wasn't an option since one of their pets liked to ingest mulch on occasions). To solve the turf problem we suggested the installation of synthetic pet turf in the pet area...

The deteriorating timber wall was replaced with a Keystone segmented retaining wall with steps to access the upper lawn area. The lower area was rehabilitated with a synthetic turf area in conjunction with a decorative stone bed with walking stones producing the perfect environment for both pets and their owners...