Sandy Springs Landscaping Co, Yard NotesNotes on landscaping in Sandy Springs: Piedmont red clay, the tree ordinance, stream buffers and the river corridor, shade planting, drainage, and what the work costs.https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/The 1,000 Square Foot Rule Most Homeowners Have Never Heard Ofhttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/land-disturbance-permit-sandy-springs/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/land-disturbance-permit-sandy-springs/Sandy Springs generally requires a land disturbance permit at 1,000 square feet of ground disturbance. What that covers, what it costs and what the review checks.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoGeorgia's Watering Hours, and the Exemption That Matters Mosthttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/georgia-watering-law-explained/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/georgia-watering-law-explained/Georgia allows outdoor landscape irrigation only between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. The 30-day exemption for newly installed plants and turf is the one that matters.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoEnglish Ivy Is Not a Groundcover Problem, It Is a Tree Problemhttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/english-ivy-and-your-trees/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/english-ivy-and-your-trees/The City of Sandy Springs runs a public campaign against English ivy. On a wooded lot the case is simpler than the ecology: it loads the canopy and hides the trunk.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoMost Sandy Springs Landscapes Were Designed for a Smaller Treehttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/sandy-springs-1980s-yards/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/sandy-springs-1980s-yards/A quarter of the city's housing was built in the 1980s and the median year of construction is 1988. Those yards are now forty years into a canopy that has doubled.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoEvery Stream in This City Ends Up in the Chattahoocheehttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/nancy-creek-and-the-city-watersheds/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/nancy-creek-and-the-city-watersheds/Nancy Creek, Long Island Creek and Marsh Creek all have city watershed studies behind them, and all carry buffer rules that limit what can be built near water.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoThe Only Warm-Season Grass Worth Arguing About Under a Canopyhttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/zoysia-under-the-oaks/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/zoysia-under-the-oaks/UGA Extension rates zoysiagrass the most shade tolerant warm-season grass and the best one to grow beneath mature trees. Here is where that stops being true.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoWhy the Best Month to Plant a Tree Here Is Octoberhttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/fall-planting-in-the-piedmont/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/fall-planting-in-the-piedmont/UGA Extension calls fall the ideal time to plant most woody trees, shrubs, vines, groundcovers and perennials in Georgia. The reasoning is about roots, not weather.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoA City That Measures Its Own Tree Canopy Every Two Yearshttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/what-a-canopy-percentage-means/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/what-a-canopy-percentage-means/Sandy Springs has evaluated its tree canopy since 2013 and published 54.5 percent for 2023. That measurement is why the tree ordinance has the thresholds it does.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping CoThe Cheapest Patio Quote Is Usually a Different Patiohttps://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/why-the-cheap-hardscape-quote-costs-more/https://sandyspringslandscapingco.com/blog/why-the-cheap-hardscape-quote-costs-more/Two quotes for the same patio can differ by half and both be honest. The difference is almost always in the base section, the drainage and the access assumption.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSandy Springs Landscaping Co