We were lucky to be contacted by a client who designed their own dream home directly abutting a stunning nature preserve. When the homeowners were considering making some adjustments to their property, maintaining the connection between the home and its natural surroundings was of the utmost importance.
Keep ReadingThe Lotus team was tasked with creating a unique and modern outdoor room for a beautiful home in Scio Township. The couple wanted a space that allowed them to enjoy the outdoors in true comfort, without compromising on style.
Keep ReadingThere’s a reason our team loves shade perennials. These hardy Michigan flowers are key players in many of our favorite shade gardens, and without them, outdoor spaces everywhere would be a little less colorful.
Keep ReadingThe cicadas are coming to Ann Arbor. In an event that sounds like it was pulled from a horror movie, billions of Brood X cicadas are about to emerge from the ground for the first time in 17 years.
Keep ReadingCompleted in the spring of 2019, this tranquil design incorporates bespoke hardscaping, responsible horticulture, and creative lighting solutions.
Keep ReadingDormant pruning is one of the safest, most effective ways to ensure your trees and shrubs stay full, healthy, and rejuvenated through all four seasons.
Keep Reading[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text] When they came to Lotus, the homeowners were sick and tired of their bland landscape on a corner city lot. The family wanted a place to gather in the sun and plant a garden, but also have a modicum of privacy from the busy road and elementary school […]
Keep ReadingWe don’t often feature work by a very important division at Lotus: our landscape maintenance team! From spring to fall they work fastidiously to maintain one of our favorite client’s property (you may be familiar with home’s award-winning sculptural entry garden, designed by Traven Pelletier). The Donn property is truly a garden estate, somewhat rare […]
Keep Reading‘MOLLY SCHROEDER’ VIBURNUM Bloom! Plant Pick of the Week – May 31, 2017 Viburnum plicatum ‘Molly Schroeder’ is a beautiful shrub that fits into a variety of garden settings… the staff at Bloom loves the showy pink flowers, unique among viburnums, and lovely horizontal tiered architecture characteristic of the doublefile varieties. Doublefile viburnums […]
Keep ReadingBloom opens in just a week! Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 15th. We’ll be showing off plenty of hellebores (Lenten Rose). They were smuggled into Babylon in a mule’s hoof and used to poison Alexander the Great. The Roman natural historian Pliny records that black hellebore was used as a fumigant in the ritual purification of houses as […]
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