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PETER ATKINS AND ASSOCIATES., LLC.

" Artisans in the Gardens"

“PICTURE-READY” GARDENS AT ANY TIME


We are proud to announce that we have been an accreted Northeast Organic Land Care business now 23 years. We will not use any chemicals on our property that will do harm to

the natural work, the land, the water, pets and people or mother earth. Our passion for nature is exemplified by quality care, and planning, which incorporates aesthetic and environmentally

conscious methods. Our goal is to maximize a property’s value while minimizing its environmental impact.


Peter Atkins and Associates offers multi-seasonal health and aesthetic maintenance services that

we specialize in these maintenance tasks. This includes hand pruning shrubs, hedges, and trees in

the area. We can Design and Install upscale landscape projects that range from city and rural properties that wish to upgrade, move towards minimal maintenance solution, and upgrade a property for your slice of heaven at your home.


Our work ethic is unmatched, as we pride ourselves on using a hands-on approach with timely

installations and continuous follow-ups. Our unified approach allows the opportunity to collaborate with a single company and one captain, Peter Atkins who will be the first person you meet and will be the liaison with you for years to come.


Horticultural knowledge is the key to elevating a garden from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Our staff are professionally educated team member with expertise in organic lawn care, garden-landscape maintenance, soil management, invasive plants removal, native ecosystems, pest management, landscape architecture/design trends.


We approach projects from a holistic standpoint, assessing your entire property as well as the abutting neighbors to protect and enhance the natural elements of each property. And we do not

stop there. We strive to operate all aspects of our business sustainably from the careful selection of materials and equipment to the reuse and recycling of materials both on-site and off-site.


We continue to push ourselves and the medium. Our gardens are unique, and each is representative of a marriage between the client’s desires, the conditions of the site, and our own aesthetic. The key to our success lies in exceeding the expectations of our clients and taking care of your property to how you wish to have it maintained. We do everything but cut grass.


We’re horticultural specialists; not “mow, blow and go.” We will work with your current grass cutting lawn service and ask that we maintain your gardens including flower gardens with our appointed gardeners who are always supervised with a horticulturist.


Here’s how we’re different:


QUALIFIED STAFF

  • Each visit is managed by Peter Atkins who will create punch list for the team that day to perform the needed task to be completed in the order of priorities. This gardening team has a Horticulturist/supervisor who works with the crew.
  • Our crew leaders and field staff speak English.
  • Certified Landscape Technicians.
  • Weekly training sessions keep our staff updated in landscaping maintenance, horticulture, safety, and pest management.

SPECIALIZED SERVICES

  • Vegetable gardening and small orchard management services are available, as well as an organic programs.
  • Irrigation is checked weekly and includes coverage and timing. A zoning map is prepared for each property. An irrigation technician is available for larger repairs and emergency calls.
  • Outdoor lighting systems – bulb replacement, timing and aiming are all a part of our service.
  • Fountains are expertly cleaned and maintained.
  • Enhancements such as tree and shrub pruning, seasonal color selection and installation are all managed by a trained landscape Architect/designer.
  • We recommend option how your land is maintained. This service can be on a monthly or weekly basis, depending on your property size and plant health care requirements
  • Regular meetings with the maintenance leader provide time to discuss special tasks, scheduling and ongoing changes.
  • Email updates written by team leader weekly or as deemed necessary to keep you updated regularly.

Customized weekly maintenance programs begin at $1,000 per month. There are several different options of service for maintaining your landscape.  We work with each client individually and can customize a plan that fits best with your garden and your budget.


We take great pride pride in the relationships we form with our clients - in fact, many of whom have been with us since we beginning over 25 years ago. If you would like to see examples of our maintenance work, be sure view our creative solutions portfolio highlighted through this portfolio or contact us to schedule an in-person consultation at your home. (914) 234- 0161


I look forward to meeting you to discuss your home paradise



Wellington House (Dog)

North Stamford, CT

"I have never met anyone who knows and who cares more about plants than Peter Atkins. After hiring multiple people to create a garden for my shady yard and then it not looking or growing the way I wanted, I had almost given up on having a cottage garden. I’m so glad that I didn’t and when a friend saw a message on "Next Door" about Peter Atkins, I reached out with hope for a knowledgably gardener. From planning to installation and periodic maintenance to the perennial garden, Peter been kind, patient, and beyond knowledgeable. I completely trusted all of his recommendations—his eye for detail and creativity are outstanding. This year we had a drought for three months, Peter lost one Red Twig Dogwood and that is amazing since we do not have an irrigation system.

Fine Garden Maintenance Account with Appointed Gardens

Fine Garden Maintenance account by Peter Atkins and Associates

Our crew approaches each job with dedication, care, and consistency. We ensure that each crew member is well trained on all the critical aspects of garden and landscape maintenance and installation.


If you are interested in implementing a landscape maintenance package, we will come out for a first consultation to include :


 **A site evaluation -This will include consultation on plant health and care. Answer your questions, discuss your current gardens and landscape and offer best approaches to moving forward.


**We offer monthly and seasonal maintenance packages to meet the level of consistent garden care that your property and garden should receive. All teams are supervised by an accredited horticulturist.

Perennial Experts at Deadheading

Walled Garden with Delphinium,

Specialty maintenance packages - Appointed Teams to your property

Comprehensive Maintenace Accounts

The client asked us to build a destination suitable for conversation under the star. We incorporated a patio with flagstone. We used the common blue stone pavers and also incorporated some earth tones
Fieldstone path through the Hosta garden finds small patio w chairs. A great place to relax and read a book!
THE PURPLE PERENNIAL GARDEN
Red Blazer Roses on Nantucket Picket Fence with Knockout Roses, Lambs Ear, Delphinium and creeping thyme between irregular shaped flagstone pavers.

Peter Atkins & Mary Ann Henry would like to be your Landscape Property Manager.

peter atkins and mary ann henry

Peter Atkins is Accredited Horticulturist and Certified Organic Land Care Specialist with North East Organic Land Care (NOFA)

Daily Involvement with Business Team

Peter Atkins and Mary Ann Henry are the eyes and ears behind our family business. We are a hand on owners, meaning we will arrive at your property when the team is working. We will keep the communications channel simple with direct communication always. At the conclusion of all daily work for the week or project Peter will send a email sharing what was completed that day and what is planned for the next visits. This is also a time to keep the communication channel focused on you.

Potted Planter

Fourth of July Flowers

Peter H. Atkins

Fall Potted Garden

Planter located outside of private home in CT

Tulips Dance in Garden

Peter H. Atkins

Fall October Planter

Spring has Arrived

LARRY

Katonah, NY

"Peter is a great communicator and is excellent to work with. He and his team  not only possesses excellent plant knowledge, but  their recommendations for cutting gardens, vegetable garden and perennial gardens have been spot on. The landscaping is gorgeous, all the plants, trees and shrubs are thriving and perfectly situated. I am now able to entertain and enjoy this space every day. I highly recommend Peter!"



The National Gardening Association

Our Communication Policy It is the policy of Peter Atkins and Associates Landscaping to respond promptly to all phone calls, messages, texts & emails. We strive to respond to all contact requests received prior to 8 PM on the same day.

We are proud to be an accredited Organic Land Care (NOFA) company.

WHY A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT?

A maintenance contract provides a solid basis when it comes to putting the agreements into formal writing. Peter Atkins and Associates organizes which tasks should be carried out and you know exactly what you can expect from us. We will also provide a clear financial picture, in line with your personnel budget so that you will not be faced with any unpleasant surprises.


• Appointed gardeners stay with your property each year. This team understand your schedule, how you wish to have the property maintained and what colors you like for your pots, beds and special events. This team is supervised by Peter Atkins or Mary Ann Henry daily.



Greenwich- Maintained with Hand Pruning - No electrical shears ever used.

Planted Pots in Greenwich, Ct estate by Peter Atkins
ACCREDITED HORTICULTURIST PETER ATKINS
ACCREDITED HORTICULTURIST PETER ATKINS

ACCREDITED HORTICULTURIST, (CPH)

Accredited Horticulturists  (Study in Soil Science, Botany and Chemistry)

  • Peter Atkins is an accredited  horticulturist in NY, CT  
  • William Barnhart is a accredited horticulturist in NY, CT, NJ

 

Why use an ACCREDITED HORTICULTURIST

  • A horticulturist is skilled in the cultivation of plants – from grasses, shrubs and trees to vegetables, fruits, and flowers. A New York/Connecticut Certified Horticulturist has the specialized training to understand and troubleshoot both common and unique garden and landscape problems and to recommend effective solutions. They are the professionals you can trust to help you with your garden and landscape projects.

Peter Atkins and Associates Fine Garden Maintenance Services

Peter Atkins and Associates Fine Garden Services

Professional Garden Services …for a beautiful home.

Whether your style is traditional, cottage, minimalist or contemporary, our designers will create the garden design to suite your personality and property. We start where the lawn ends and the garden begins.


We specialize in restoration and renewal of gardens and problem spots. Residential garden and landscape design, updates, soil enrichment, drainage improvements, sod installation and lawn seeding.


Design and installation of walkways, retaining walls, planters, water features. Provision and planting of trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials, vines and ornamental grasses. 


Green walls and green roofs for beauty, energy conservation and water absorption.


Vegetable Gardens replace swing sets when the kids outgrow the play slide. Lets put that unneeded space to work and produce fresh, fragrant and delicious foods that can feed the family.

Team Marking Irrigation Heads on a job in New Canaan, CT

Removing weeds is still the safest method for removal of invasive plants

Euonymus Hedge Not Pruned

Euonymus Hedge Not Pruned Yet

Euonymus Hedge Pruned

Euonymus Hedge Pruned with Pole Clips by Peter Atkins

Jennifer Pruning Vines

Wilber Pruning Hoopsi Spruce

Transplanting in White Garden

Inspecting for Spruce Gall

Team Break for Hedge Pruning

Dormant Prunning in February

We prune mostly with pruners

Punch Pruning Arborvitae Globes

SEASONAL COLOR

Seasonal color changes occur three times per year; tulips, primroses, daffodils in February and March, geraniums, petunias, begonias in May and June, and pansies, mums, kale  in September and October. Seasonal flowers and textures brighten all spaces and work beautifully to highlight focal areas such as entrances, beds and borders,  long driveways, driveway gated entrances and anywhere the imagination request vibrant color and contrast.

Pamela S

North Greenwich, CT

Everything, from start to finish, was a great experience working with Peter supervised gardeners. During the consultation, Peter and Maryann was thorough in making sure we understood what we wanted. Initially we were looking to complete a border area of the yard with ongoing maintenance as our grass cutter is great at cutting grass but has no horitucultural background. They pruned our shrubs into mushrooms until Peter arrived and stop that nonsense. Now a year later the shrubs and trees actually show off their beauty and those razor cuts we once had have disappeared. Peter is a pleasure to work with, and his care, patience and knowledge are what made everything come together beautifully.

The Pollinator Garden meets Modern Classical Home

Pollinator Perennial Garden we Maintain with Custom Garden Services

The client here wanted large drifts of color. In the foreground is Lambs ear, followed by Happy Days Daylitlly, nepeta Cat nip, Phlox, Speedwell and Tall miscanus Grasses. Leading down this narrow pat
Certified Wildlife Habitat logo

Dahlia Garden

Front Door Planters

Perennial Garden

PERENNIAL BORDER IN ITS 5 YEAR. MUCH OF THIS WAS STARTED IN 2 GALLON PLANTS. PETER ATKINS AND ASSOCIATES, LLC

Annuals at the Pool Edge

Front Door Planting

Foundation landscape Planting with Peter Atkins

Spring has Arrive

Soft reds and yellow Blend tulips off back patio off garage

MARK

New Canaan, CT

Peter is very creative and easy to work with.  He anticipates growth patterns and advices the client on area that money can be saved by not over lapping services.  Maintenance gardeners do a consistently superb job and if we ever have an issue (which is very infrequent) Peter ensures it is corrected and doesn't happen again."

Comprehensive Fine Garden Maintenance Services

Fine Garden Care by Peter Atkins and Associates

Perennials and Conifers

PERENNIALS AND CONIFERS

Italian Fountain - Sunken Perennial Garden

garden with fountain

The Rose Garden

The rose garden

Birch and Green Liriope accented with Spanish Blue Bells and Ferns

River Birch with large beds of green Lirope. The Fern is ostrich and the Spanish blue bells. Photo by Peter Atkins

Have you planted your spring bulbs to welcome 2023 Season? Call us

Annuals Planted in Variety  Of  Setting and Demonstrate Flower Power

cabbage and kale
mums on landscape in pound ridge by Peter Atkins

Mums a client favorite fall planting on Shappan Point, CT

Mums Garden on Long Island Sound by Peter Atkins and Associates

Impatient carry color through the long planting season

Summer Annual Combination on job by Peter Atkins and Associates

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert Swan.

ORGANIC LAWN CARE & PLANT HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

Plant Health Care Services - Peter Atkins and Associates.,LLC
Accredited NorthEast l Organic Land Care professional. We offer Organic Lawn Care, Tree, Shrub, Roses and Vegetable Organic methods. Safe for your family, pets, watershed and the enviroment.

Peter Atkins and Associates is accredited Landscape and Farming Organic Land Care

Peter Atkins and Associates is a proud accredited North East Organic Land Care (NOFA) business. Peter Atkins and his plant health care technicians are licensed and accredited with NOFA. We all had to pass a meticulous state exam in each state and must recertify each year. Approximately 800 plus professionals from 18 states are accredited by NOFA.

What is Plant Health Care?

Have you ever noticed that some landscapes and gardens seem to glow with healthy vitality while others appear a bit more scraggly and unimpressive? The difference between a garden with exceptional beauty and one that blends in or even looks unattractive often comes down to the health of the plants AND the organic soils that support those planting beds.


Just like us, plants need food to be strong, rich in color and nonstop flowering. Most people we talk with initially will tell us they have Never fed their plants. Wow, you eat a meal daily, Plant also require food found in fertilizers, compost and organic soils left on the beds. Plant health care is about responsibility.

This is organic soil that is alive...does your earth look like this?

this is organic soil that is alive...does your look like this?

WHY YOUR PROPERTY REQUIRE PLANT HEALTH CARE NUTIRENTS.

You want your garden to be beautiful and you want your investments into plants to pay off in beautiful landscaping, so you want your plants to stay healthy. Plants don't just stay healthy on their own.

Active planning and treatments are needed if you expect your plants to stay as healthy as possible. In short, if you have plants and care about how they do and whether they look good, you need plant health care. Here are some of the reasons that you need to be on top of plant health care.

  • Problems spread fast. You may be astounded by how rapidly a disease or pest can spread through your garden and do permanent damage to your plants. By maintaining plant health care consistently, you have a much better chance of recognizing a problem while it is still manageable.
  • A healthy garden is a beautiful garden. Paying attention to the health of your plants will give your plants an edge so that your garden will be more lush and beautiful than your neighbors’ gardens.
  • You don't want to waste your investment in plants. It isn't cheap to buy the perennials, annuals, shrubs, and trees that populate your garden. Unless you pay careful attention to their health, these plants may die and cause you to waste your investment.

Lets Hug a Tree for The next Generator with Organic Plant Health Care Services

Lets hug a tree for the next generation

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT PLANT HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR YOUR PROPERTY?


WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAWN NEEDS FOOD AND REMEDIES TO KEEP IT HEALTHY

BUT

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SHRUBS AND TREES...WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ACTUALLY GAVE THEM SOME VITAMINS?   WE  HEAR THIS OFTEN,.... MY SHRUBS AND TREES WERE FED WHEN THEY WERE PLANTED IS THAT NOT ENOUGH FOOD FOR THEM?

Fertilizer last 12 months. Plants require annual feeding, that is a fact.

Organic Lawn Care Applicator

Lawn Care applicator for organic lawn care

Organic Plant Health Care Application and Arborist Consultation

Organic Fertilizer photos
Keep your trees and shrubs healthy
Certified Organic Pin

Compost spreader on lawns

Compost spreader on lawns

Liquid Organic Solutions applied to lawns

Hire Peter Atkins and Associates as your plant health care specialist. (Organic lawn, Tree, Shrub, Roses, Vegetable Care under one roof)



Choose Peter Atkins and Associates  as Your Plant Health Care Specialist


We work with two highly trained companies that are experts in providing the absolute best care to plants in the hamlet towns around Bedford, NY in both Westchester and Fairfield County.  They use only the most cost-effective and environmentally sensitive practices and treatments to maintain and improve the appearance and vitality of your landscape.


We can identify and detect all sorts of pests and diseases which may be affecting your garden. They have treatments, prescriptions and management programs to fit every problem, budget, and garden.


Finally, we offer integrated pest monitoring so that you'll know if something unwanted arrives in your garden right away. Peter Atkins and Associates is experienced in treating and preventing the Emerald Ash Borer, along with other pests and diseases, so you can feel confident that your trees will be safe from this pest as it moves into your area.


Arborist looking for insects on Vine

Kimberly Plant Health Care Specialist looks of aphids

Peter Atkins with a Hand Lens Scouting a property

Peter Atkins looks for aphids on Arborvitae

Beverly

North Stamford, CT


“Professional honest prices, program with 7 application treatments actually does what Peter Atkins said it does. Applications are fantastic!”. This lawn was a disaster zone and now two years later I can see that it will be showpiece in the 3rd year.



Organic Lawn Care Account in New Canaan, CT

Organic Lawn Care in New Canaan, by Peter Atkins and Associates

This was chemical lawn...NOW 100% Organic

Peter Atkins and Associates, LLC

This was chemical lawn & Garden-NOW 100% Organic

ORGANIC BASED TRANSITION TO FULL ORGANIC PROGRAM

By utilizing natural soil supplements and organic fertilizers, the Organic Base program builds up the strength and health of your lawn naturally. This program also makes use of integrated treatments to keep pests and weeds in check.

 

As your lawn becomes organically richer, these non-organic treatments can often be reduced over time. Organic-Based care works well as both a stand alone program and as a gateway to Pure Organic  lawn care.


NOFA ORGANIC LAWN CARE

A healthy, thick lawn with a diversity of turf species protects itself naturally. The 100% organic fertilizers and treatments in this program help create biologically sound, hearty turf. This program also focuses on improving soil conditions with compost, compost tea and other natural soil supplements. We follow the core standard for the Northeast Organic Land Care standards (NOFA). We use no chemical imputes or synthetic products on any of our lawns. This projects you soil, water, air, children's, pets, mother earth and your family from anything that can harm you.

 


Organic Lawn and Perennial Border in New Canaan, CT

Landscape Grounds maintained by Peter Atkins and Associates, LLC

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AN ORGANIC LAND CARE PROPERTY

  • Every year millions of pounds of harmful, toxic pesticides are used across the United   States on home lawns.
  • According to the EPA, traditional lawn chemicals can put children and pets at risk.
  • Healthy Organic lawns can help offset climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide.
  • Organic lawns use less water.
  • No leaching of chemicals into valuable drinking resources.
  • Organic lawns are more stress tolerant.
  • We use a completely organic and proactive approach to plant and soil health care.  Peter Atkins and Associates program renews, revitalizes, corrects, and conditions your soil and healthy living soil means healthy thriving trees, shrubs, and lawns. To preserve your investment in your landscape, your soil must come first.

King Charles Cavalier Spaniel waiting for Peter to play

Trust your puppy to play on your organic lawn....

Grand kids play with Alexander on the Organic Lawn

Playing barefoot on lawn that is organic

(We have three rescue dogs)

Stamford, CT

" Peter Atkins team  did everything I asked, and then some. I was so pleased that Selvin and Jose see what needed to be done without being told, and jumped right on anything specific I asked them to do. Always cheerful and willing to help.  In and out in the designated timeframe and I couldn’t be happier. I’d rate their work above and beyond my expectations.  This same team has been pruning, weeding and maintaining our property for seven years now. Always with top value." 


WORDS FROM OUR HAPPY CLIENTS

Peter and his team have provided fine garden maintenance on my property for the past two seasons. I reached out to them because, after many attempts at hiring landscapers to maintain my planting beds, the results were always the same. Plants lost to disease, improperly pruned annuals trimmed at the wrong time of year, and the use of chainsaws on all shrubs made me realize I needed a company that was schooled in fine garden design and maintenance. Fortunately, online research led me to Peter's company. After meeting to discuss my goals and hearing his plans, I was thrilled at the possibilities. The transformation was nothing short of magical! The gardens became stunning displays of natur...

Business Partner Peter Atkins and Mary Ann Henry

Peter H. Atkins & Mary Ann Henry

Let's talk about your dream yard

Initial consultations are completely free of charge—no strings attached (but cups of coffee graciously accepted). We'll come to your property, listen to your ideas and talk about how we can work together to create your dream landscape.


Tell us about your landscape goals! Are you interested in stonework, a new planting installation, habitat restoration, or maintenance services for a natural-looking landscape? Or maybe all of the above?


Book a FREE Discovery Call (914) 234 -0161 to learn more about how we can create a functional and Beautifully designed space that's uniquely you. 


PLEASE SEND ME US AN EMAIL - PeterAtkinsandAssociates@gmail.com

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