Hartman Land Designs, LLC

10/01/2023

This stone bench was placed in front of the existing boulder two years ago. It was starkly white and quite unnatural looking. Now... it's growing on me 😉

The bench was painted with a blend of organic buttermilk, organic yogurt, different mosses, lichens and ferns from the surrounding woods.

Yes, it's a shady spot a good part of every day, but natural colonization of raw stone by mosses, lichens and ferns typically takes longer than this.

Moss gardens are a great way to plant otherwise difficult spots.

10/01/2023

I'd like to emulate that for a client...

Absolutely unbelievable 💜✨

📍Lammermuir Hills
📸instagram.com/floorscastle

09/14/2023

A little 'before and after' comparison. 2 years and a couple projects later, it's gone from a sterile, commercial-looking home to one with a rambling, colorful garden full of pollinators and 4-season interest.

09/14/2023

A small piece of the tallgrass prairie in the Berkshires of MA.

This small planting will be enlarged next season to include swaths of lower growing plants like prairie dropseed, little bluestem, pink muhly grass, butterfly w**d, and some taller varieties like switchgrass, and even Eastern gamagrass.

Andropogon gerardii 'Blackhawks'
Calamagrostis x 'Karl Foerster'
Echinacea purpurea
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Bleeding Hearts'
Heliopsis helianthoides 'yellow Spider'
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstonne'

08/31/2023

We're in need of two solid employees to work through the remainder of the season on some good sized landscape installations.

Experience in stonework, masonry, patios, horticulture and a willingness to work some long days doing physically demanding labor needed.

You absolutely must be able to get yourself to work every day.

We run a clean, professional business.

This is a veteran owned business.

Pay commensurate with experience.

Contact me here on FB.

08/19/2023

Morgan Hartman

08/19/2023

If you are in the landscape design/build or landscape management realms you should really attend this intensive three-day Soil Health Academy.
- Learn how to reduce overhead costs in production and management.
- Learn the fundamental principles of soil health which commonly underly horticulture and agriculture.
- Learn how to better evaluate client and site context to inform a more sustainable design and installation.
- Network with agriculture and horticulture professionals.

Soil Health Academy
Understanding Ag, LLC
Regenified
Morgan Hartman
Cornell Small Farms Program
New England Landscape Contractors And Associates
Native Plant Professionals & Landscape Designers (NO CLIENTS)

Battlefields to Fertile Fields and Cornell Small Farms Program’s Farm Ops project are partnering to support U.S. military veterans who reside in New York State. Together, they will provide a $1250 scholarship plus reimbursement for lodging and a $300 stipend to offset related costs. Veterans will be responsible for only $125 of the $1375 tuition. Fill out the BF2FF application to get started! https://hubs.ly/Q01-Vvk30 Cornell Small Farms Program Morgan Hartman

08/19/2023

Are you interested in working for a growing landscape design/build business in the Berkshires of Massachusetts?
Do you have experience in stonework? Maybe a 2 or 4 year degree in horticulture? Maybe a certificate or two from Berkshire Botanical Garden?
Do you want to learn by doing?

I'm looking to hire one or two more people.

Must be able to drive and get yourself to work, AND you must be professional, trustworthy and reliable.

Contact me through FB Messenger or here directly.

06/30/2023

A little project from last fall.
After I got this Luisa crabapple planted, my client asked for a shallow birdbath.

06/30/2023

Getting started

06/30/2023

I recently completed this project and thought I'd share it.
The wall and patio were designed by Walt Cudnohufsky, Walter Cudnohufsky Associates, Landscape Architects and Planners, Ashfield, MA. I truly appreciate being asked to participate in this project.

For those not familiar, this is Goshen stone. It's a locally prevalent schist high in iron ore. Thank you to Bryce at Sugar Ledge Quarry in Cummington, MA!

The patio is +/- 500 sq ft. The largest slab is 5'x7'x3" thick.

The wall runs 45' linear. 2' thick. 18" high on the patio side. Elevation slopes away from the house, but at it's highest point is 36" tall.

Used 13 tons of wall stone...

I'll find some before pics.

05/05/2023

Spring Design/Build projects.