We all look forward to that time of year again and again – when the weather affords us the comfort to emerge from our homes and get out into the yard to enjoy the summer. It’s that time when your outdoor kitchen replaces your indoor kitchen and the food becomes more festive with the season. Grilling has been a pastime shared by many Americans for centuries, although Outdoor Kitchens have only recently become commonplace within the last decade.

A great feature of our yards is the ability to transform with the seasons giving us an exciting splash of changing color and adding interest into what would otherwise be a predictable yard. Perennials are a key component to a yard that changes color over throughout the seasons. Evergreens are also a key component to giving some stability to the look of our landscaping throughout the year. Annuals will bring the bright, exciting summer-time color to our landscapes and give us the ability to control the color layout each year. Plantings are an exciting component to our landscaping and they give us the chance to decorate our outdoors with our choice colors.

Autumn brings us color and transition as our plants and trees prepare themselves for the winter ahead. Fall brings us the bright colors that many trees and plants wait to display every year. Autumn Purple Ash, Autumn Blaze Maple and Burning Bushes to name a few have some of the most beautiful colors of the year and quickly evolve the landscaping to show off its’ special colors. If you watch closely, you can actually see the changes taking place and on a daily basis. It’s these changing colors that define the time of the year.