Schmechtig Landscapes
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Since 1960, Schmechtig Landscapes is an award winning full service firm who provides landscape and garden design including hardscape design and construction: brick and stone patios, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, firepits, driveways, walkways; landscape and lawn maintenance including fertilization; container pot service, plant bed design and irrigation and outdoor lighting service; InEx-teriors -outdoor furniture design service; 80 acre Nursery. Our philosophy is to treat the landscape of our client’s property as if it is our own by combining expert design consultation, professional craftsmanship, quality materials and superior customer care. We give our clients the convenience of working with one company for all their landscape needs giving them the gift of time to spend with family and friends. Our staff includes Registered Landscape Architects and Designers, Certified Landscape Professionals, Certified Landscape Technicians, Licensed Plant Health Care and Pesticide Technicians. Schmechtig Landscapes creates and maintains living environments that bring people together and we are proud of the long term relationships we have nurtured.

Services Provided:
Schmechtig Landscapes services include: landscape and garden design including hardscape design and construction: brick and stone patios, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, firepits, driveways, walkways; landscape and lawn maintenance including fertilization; container pot service, plant beds, irrigation and outdoor lighting service; InEx-teriors -outdoor furniture design service; 80 acre Nursery.

Areas Served:
Chicago and its North Shore and Northwest Suburbs including: Barrington Area, Chicago, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Hawthorn Woods, Highland Park, Inverness, Kenilworth, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, Long Grove, Mundelein, Northbrook Area, Palatine, Wilmette, Winnetka

Certification and Awards:
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, HGTV - Landscape Challenge Winner, Chicago Merchandise Mart 2012 DreamHome - Outdoor Space
Contact:
Michael Schmechtig
Type:
Landscape Architects & Designers
Address:
20860 West Indian Creek Road,
Mundelein, Illinois,
United States, 60060
Phone:
(847) 566-1233
Fax:
(847) 566-1488
Website:
www.schmechtiglandscapes.com
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    Jay Sifford Garden Design imholmes, I can identify with your point of view. The older I get, the more interested in ornamental trees, especially weeping, contorted and prostrate ones, I am becoming. (Anyone can grow and appreciate a tree that grows straight up!) I half jokingly tell people that I could design an entire garden without one flower and one day will do that just to prove my point. With such great year-round structure and variations in foliage color, texture and shape, who needs flowers? I'll have to admit, however, that I do have a certain weak spot for quality daylilies (no Stellas please!), bonariensis verbena, salvias, rudbeckia species, maybe a few others.
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    imholmes Thank you for your response. It is nice to know that there is at least one other gardener that appreciates the beauty of trees. Trees and shrubs can be so interesting in their bark, form, fruits and leaves. I like to plant fruit trees that attract birds, like Ziziphus (Jujube), Amelanchier (Servisberry) Arbutus Unedo (the Strawberry Tree) and even the Bradford Pear.
    Yes, you could design a lovely garden without any flowers. However, I like trees and shrubs that can be covered with clouds of flowers. I have Loropetalum Chinense 'Alba' pruned into delicate vase shaped trees, an arc of 9 of them. In the spring, they are covered with blossoms, all creamy, and they look like the head on a beer. After it rains, the branches dangle in a weeping pattern and create a lovely screen. Beneath the Loropetalum is a hillside blanketed in Trachelospermum Jasminoides (Asiatic Jasmine). If the jasmine gets flowers, they are inconspicuous, but seeing a large shaded expanse of jasmine, with pockets of sunlight that makes the leaves sparkle, is so good for the soul. Who needs flowers?
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    We had a great experience with Schmechtig. They listened to our needs, created a plan for us, and executed it to perfection. The entire staff was extremely prof...
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