The Early Bloomer - September 2015

The Early Bloomer seven acres of inspiration

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER 2015

The Allure of Hardscapes

in this issue The Allure of Hardscapes Sweet September Blooms Dressing Your Outdoor Rooms Join Our Social Scene Mad Mats速 Have Arrived!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

hardscapes

The Allure of Hardscapes Bridging the gap between indoors and outdoors It’s no secret that outdoor living spaces are popular in coastal communities like Vero Beach. It’s also more than a passing trend. Homeowners realize these open-air spaces add value to their residences and enhance their lifestyle.

While outdoor rooms have long been part of our coastal landscape, the difference today is the impressive advancements in paver options and the creative use of hardscape materials.

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This creativity, coupled with professional installation techniques, is precisely why Rock City Gardens successfully diversified their scope of services more than four years ago to include hardscape design and installation. Among the most popular additions are kitchens, fireplaces, garden pathways, and pool decks.

Open-air spaces literally and seamlessly blur the lines between indoors and the great outdoors.

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“It’s a natural fit,” Wade Baxley, General Manager said. “The spaces we design offer our clients comfortable and unlimited use of their outdoor areas.

They’re an extension of the home and a reflection of our clients’ personalities.”

Manufacturers are also experimenting with different ingredients to continually update their paver collections. A Belgard manufacturer, Steve Hain with Oldcastle said they experiment with unique ingredients such as glass, shell, marble, and quartz. “Black Beauty,” for example, incorporates quartz, which gives pavers the appearance of black pepper sprinkled throughout.

“Rock City Gardens is unique in how they use our hardscape products,” Steve said. “The different textures and colors of pavers that their team incorporates into each project really sets their work apart from others. It’s a work of art that few installers know how to achieve.”

In addition to Belgard’s limited lifetime warranty backed by the Good Housekeeping Seal, Rock City also provides a two-year warranty on all hardscape installations. To schedule your outdoor living consultation, contact Rock City Gardens at 772-589-5385.

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Paver Palette Rock City Gardens and Oldcastle partner to provide the most innovative Belgard pavers and hardscape materials on the market. A few design trends we’re seeing: • Homeowners are opting for more contemporary pavers, including larger units up to 24" x 24" • Natural stone pavers used throughout all applications of outdoor “rooms” • Variegated colors that show less dirt • Segues like pathways and decks that bridge the gap between gardens, outdoor rooms, and the home’s interiors

Oceanside paver with natural shells

Moduline Paver with Black Quartz

Moduline Paver with Marble Chips

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gardening

Sweet September Blooms Summer is coming to an end, and with the promise of fall comes sweet varieties of plants and flowers. We love what nature is bringing our way. Rock City Gardens is filled with new color. Don’t miss the opportunity to select your favorite varieties while supplies last.

Tomato plants including heirlooms (28 varieties) Chrysanthemums 10" and 14" containers Crotons 6" (13 varieties) Allamanda golden butterfly 1-gallon containers Hibiscus tradewind series 1-gallon containers, including: Antigua wind Curacao wind Tortuga wind Sunny wind Cayman wind Montego wind Tye dye wind Mandarin wind Sunrosa roses 1-gallon containers, including: Red Yellow Fragrant Pink

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container garden of the month

Dressing Your Outdoor Rooms No outdoor living area is complete without beautiful container gardens. Selecting flowers, colors and containers is like choosing fabrics for your interior windows and furniture.

They should fit your personality and your style.

In this month’s featured container garden are some of our fall favorites, including Heliconia “Andromeda,” Golden shrimp plant, Coleus, Croton “Mammy,” and Lime sweet potato.

Join our Social Scene Rock City Gardens is active on Houzz.com. We’ve posted nearly 200 images and monthly newsletters that offer inspiration and enchanting ideas for your own gardening delight. For those who posted glowing reviews and shared our photos, we thank you! If you haven’t visited our Houzz page, there’s no better time than the present.

If you prefer more frequent news and announcements, follow us on Facebook. Multiple times a week we post details ranging from special events to gardening and hardscape design tips. We periodically feature garden sales and special news just for our Facebook fans.

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garden boutique

Mad Mats have arrived! ®

While choosing home and garden decor at markets in Atlanta and Chicago this summer, we discovered new enticements for you. We also added to some of our boutique’s popular lines. Mad Mats were so well received last season that we brought in new selections that you’ll find irresistible. These beautiful rugs are the best made, longest lasting outdoor rugs on the market.

Made of recycled material, they are 100% fade proof, carrying a one-year colorfast guarantee. They’re perfect even in full sun and help bring the comforts of home outdoors. Our new collection offers patterns ranging from traditional to bold geometrics. Visit us soon to choose from our many colors, sizes and designs.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

“We live in Orlando, but have been making the trip to Rock City Gardens for years. It’s like stepping into heaven! Everyone that works there is so helpful and nice. We always come away with treasures and awesome gardening ideas. If I can get my husband to move to Vero Beach...I’ll be coming in for a job!”

— Testimonial from a loyal Rock City Gardens’ customer

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