The Carex Design Group team spent the weekend at the 2024 Dogwood Arts House and Garden show in Knoxville, Tenn. sharing landscape design advice and talking with prospective clients about paver … Read More»
There are many ways to make your landscaping more earth-friendly—use native plants to reduce water consumption, choose natural fertilizers such as peat moss, mulch, or manure for your planting … Read More»
The spring-like temperatures may be teasing us as we enter February, but the warmer weather is a good reminder to be thinking about this year's landscape planting plans as we prepare for spring. One … Read More»
Over the past several weeks, I've shared with you two of my favorite landscape lighting fixtures—In Lite recessed landscape lights and Star light landscape lights. For the third and final post … Read More»
If you've been driving in the Knoxville area this spring, you've no doubt seen the beautiful spring blooms along the Dogwood Arts Trails and Gardens. But blooms aren't the only way to bring bright … Read More»
While we're continuing to practice physical distancing as we meet and work with landscape design clients in Knoxville, I'm feeling nostalgic for that long-ago time (two months ago!) when vacation … Read More»
Although we're getting what I hope to be our last cold snap, it's starting to look like spring in Knoxville and surrounding areas with a few early-blooming trees showing off their color. As a … Read More»
With the cold blast of winter, I've been thinking about winter interest plants for our landscape design clients in Knoxville. Carex Design Group owner and landscape architect Bob Graves shared some of … Read More»
As a Knoxville landscape architect, I spend most of my time creating landscape designs for Carex Deign Group clients throughout East Tennessee. When I'm designing paver patios, pools, planting beds, … Read More»
Cordate is Latin for heart, which makes it the perfect botanical nomenclature for plants with heart-shaped leaves. Because this month is my seventh wedding anniversary, I want to share with … Read More»
