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A Cape Cod Summer Garden designed and constructed 
by our Landscape Department 
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ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK 
Landscape construction begins with the staking 
out of the house location and the driveway leading 
to it. From the time the first shovelful of excavation 
is dug, the landscaping program is in process. 
Immediately, there is the need of the landscape 
gardener’s knowledge of how best to proceed to 
save valuable trees, native growth, turf; to save good 
topsoil loam and place it conveniently for reuse in 
lawns and plantings; to save subsoil suitable for the 
base of the driveways; to place surplus excavated 
material where most needed for grading. Double 
handling or excessive handling wastes money. 
The knowledge of how to obtain the desired effect 
with the least amount of work and materials rests 
with the men who do the actual work. Skilled labor, 
under competent supervision, working to a good 
plan, will almost certainly cost less than ‘“‘cheap’’ 
labor. ‘“‘Know-how” more than pays for itself both 
in dollars and in satisfying quality of results. It costs 
less to do work well once than to do work over. 
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