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Cape Cod Landscaping: Creating a Living Fence
Everyone knows that good fences make good neighbors. But to establish privacy around your Cape Cod home, whether you’re looking to close off your yard from the street or keep Mr. and Mrs. Next Door at a comfortable distance, you don’t necessarily need a traditional fence. The same effect can be achieved with a “living Read More
Cape Cod Hardscaping: Make a Major Impact with Mini Projects
You can feel it in the air—spring and summer are coming to Cape Cod. With the best part of the year just around the corner, now’s the time to consider giving your Cape Cod home a major boost without undergoing a major renovation. At Whitten, we specialize in mini outdoor projects that deliver huge results. Read More
Planning Your Cape Cod Landscape: Our Recommendations
The changing of the season is a great time for planning. You can take steps now to get what you want from your Cape Cod landscape in the coming months. But there’s a lot of information out there about how to best approach gardening and landscaping. It can be overwhelming, so if you’re looking for Read More
Seasonal Savvy: Cape Cod Fall Gardening Tips
As summer draws to a close on the Cape, you’re probably ready to take a deep breath, relax, and embrace all things pumpkin spice. But cooling weather doesn’t mean you should put upkeep of your Cape Cod landscaping on the back burner just yet. Invest in autumn planting and planning and not only will your Read More
Keeping Color in Your Cape Cod Garden All Summer Long
Summer is here, and you want your Cape Cod garden looking its best for those lovely warm days and (hopefully) cool breezy nights. To keep your landscaping bursting with color all the way through Labor Day, and beyond, we suggest a few gardening tips and tricks. Watering Appropriately Your watering method has a huge impact Read More
Is It Time to Add a Pool House?
If you’re looking to transform your Cape Cod home without embarking on an overwhelming project or remodel, adding a pool house could be just right. Since you have a pool, you’re already everyone’s favorite neighbor between Memorial and Labor Day, but building a pool house can give your property a whole new look and provide Read More
Spring Cleaning Your Cape Cod Landscape
Though it may not seem like it as we brave one storm after another, spring really is just around the corner. Before we know it, this harsh weather will be a distant memory and Route 6 will be a parking lot once more. You’re probably already planning on giving your home a thorough once-over when Read More
Adding Beachy Touches to Your Cape Cod Landscaping
Even if your Cape Cod home isn’t right on the water, the beach is never far. For Cape Codders, the sea and sand are a vital part of the landscape all year long—even when temperatures are nowhere near ideal beach day levels. A fun way to showcase some seaside pride is incorporating beach elements into Read More
15 Plants to Include in Your Cape Cod Landscaping
The recent bitter temperatures have inspired us to look eagerly ahead to the warmer seasons . While winter will linger on for a few more months, it’s never too early to consider what you want from your spring and summer Cape Cod landscaping. Accenting your outdoor spaces is about more than neatly trimmed grass. Choosing Read More
Make Off Season Planning Season for Your Cape Cod Landscape
While it may seem counter-intuitive to spend time considering your Cape Cod landscaping in the winter months, long, cold nights and a lighter social schedule make it the perfect time to think about the changes you’d like to make to your outdoor living spaces. And with perennial plantings and deciduous trees dormant, and any annuals Read More
