I have used Carter's company for several projects over the past few years and would like to share what all they have done for me. Most recent was a 336sq.ft. bedroom and bath addition to my home. He started the project from the ground up, beginning with the grading, footings, foundation block work, framing, windows, doors, roof, 4 x 6 inch beams with tongue and groove ceiling, small porch, and the siding. Then came the drainage, 2 - 12 inch basins and pipe to carry the water away, vinyl laid and 4 tons of deco egg stone on top. All lined with interlocking brick. It is beautiful and I have no water issues. What a wonderful addition to my home and increased the value as well!
Past projects include grading of my driveway and gravel, this is a mountain driveway, full of twists & uphill all the way. In 2012 Carter built my wooden fence, 6ft.high for my side yard and dog. I just step off my screened porch or the new bedroom into my "secret garden", Sasha, my dog, and myself love it. Carter created a bird and butterfly garden for me there and all around
my house, with butterfly bushes, gardenias, sedum, abelia, encore azaleas, Japanese maples, knockout rose bushes and trees, boxwoods, blackeyed susans, and purple cone flowers. So much more. I added bird baths, and feeders and its a feast for the birds and butterflys as well as myself. Relaxing and refreshing during all seasons.
Carter also did all the stone work on my house foundation, and stone steps to 3 entrances. He built a trellis at the front steps leading to my deck, another to my studio with stone slab steps and natural flagstone walkway, and another to the flagstone patio with built in benches on 2 side, shelves galore on the back side for all my potted plants, a metal roof to keep the sun off and enjoy a summer rain. The patio has stone mosaics consisting of a large sun in the middle, a large black bear, a large and small star, and a wolf howling in a quarter moon.
Carter has helped me create my little mountain cottage, did I mention I'm only 3 miles from Amicalola Falls?!?
He also built my raised timber beds with slate walkways between them and fenced these in to keep the deer out of my vegetable garden.
One last thing, in addition to cutting down several trees for me, when we had an ice and snow storm a couple of years ago, and trees were down all over my driveway, and I couldn't get out,
Carter, personally, came up here and cut them out of the way for me. It doesn't get any better than that.
Oh yeah, his crew replaced my wood floors downstairs last April with tile.
In closing, I will always call Carter, Horticultural Gardens, for whatever I may need or want, I trust him and his crew with all my projects. Plus, he's just a great guy.
Singing in the mountains,
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