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Sweeney's Custom Landscaping, Inc. provides quality landscape services in the Chicagoland area with a focus on customer service. We will work with you and your vision to create the outdoor environment that suits your lifestyle and budget. We offer layout, installation and maintenance services, as well as outdoor lighting
Sweeney's Custom Landscaping Inc Blog
3d ago
Early February was teasing us with burgeoning bulbs and warmer-than-should-be weather. It was, though, a great reminder of the power and promise of Spring. Soon the muddied, desolate earth would be replaced with color and life, and the barren trees...
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1w ago
The sun settled into the saddle back of the hill, and tumbled off into the twilight. The shorter Winter days gave way to blushing lavender sunsets, cool and terse. February is upon us. As we begin to settle into our...
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1w ago
The air was thin and brittle, like paper. It sliced through flesh, wrinkled with every breath, and crumpled under foot. It was as if nature had been wrapped in a thin layer of cellophane, restrained and crinkling with every movement. It...
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3w ago
Sugar coated shrubs and lace capped trees refreshed the tired and gray landscape. Winter has arrived! As we gaze upon the beauty of Winter from the safety and warmth of home, we ponder nature’s ability to survive such inhospitable conditions,...
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1M ago
The clouds descended onto the ground, swallowing the land, tree tops first, and the snow swirled upon the wind before the horizon became entirely blurred. A wondrous and eerie site. Winter was beginning to flex her muscle. Winter can be...
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1M ago
The new year sidled in with the promise of delicately laced trees and downy blankets of snow which would quiet and comfort the landscape. It is both beautiful and treacherous. Snow, for many, is merely a nuisance. Although the aesthetics...
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1M ago
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through my mind Every gift had been tracked, and scheduled on time. The tree was half lit with a string that went out I grimaced and fussed, and started to pout. Last...
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2M ago
The last of the Oaks discharged their leathery leaves, and the deciduous canopy was completely absent from the landscape. Stark and exposed, their skeletal forms seemed vulnerable and fragile in contrast to the lush, green boughs of the Evergreens who seemed...
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2M ago
The cloudless sky bore the sun’s full potential while the earth exhaled and uncoiled, basking in its warmth and affection. The landscape seemed to soften and stretch in the golden rays as all of God’s creatures took advantage of her...
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2M ago
“May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all...
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