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Rosetta Outcropping is a wet-cast product created to mimic real stone features without the inconsistencies of nature. Read more

Rosetta Grand Ledge is a beautifully made wet-cast retaining wall product created to emulate real natural elements while being strong and sturdy in outdoor-living spaces. Read more

R.I. Lampus Company is one of the top providers of brick products in the Greater Pittsburgh area. To better understand what you might need in an upcoming project, let’s get down to the basics, brick basics! Read more

You’ve hired the contractor. They’ve completed the job. You are overjoyed with the results. Now what? In honor of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, below is a list of ways to show some love and appreciation to the people who make all your outdoor dreams come true. Read more

Driveways and walkways are just as, if not more, important to the exterior appearance of your home. These spaces are the first thing people see when they arrive and set the tone for what’s to follow. Having well-designed and constructed entryways can also raise your home’s overall value Read more

Happy New Year! Setting goals for the next 365 days is top of mind at the beginning of a brand-new year. Home improvement goals are among some of the most common goals people set. When it comes to improving and updating outdoor spaces, there are options for everyone. Whether your yard is extra small Read more

EarthCraft Landscaping is the final company on the contractor highlight blog series. Read on to find out who they are, how they got their start, and what they’re looking forward to in the future. Read more

The R.I. Lampus Company partners with contractors at all stages of the business. Get to know a second-generation business owner, Michael Gallucci from Gallucci Landscaping, to learn more about his company and what his journey has been like from the beginning. Read more

From the north in the last blog to the south this time around, The R.I. Lampus Company has trusted contractors all around the Tri-State area. We caught up with K Morris Landscape Design to learn more about the company and its journey into the hardscaping business. Read more

In honor of another great building season, The R.I. Lampus Company has decided to finish the year by highlighting just a few of our many trusted contractors who work with us. This first blog showcases a company that operates north of the City of Pittsburgh: Raintree Landscape Construction, LLC. Read more

Now that hardscapes and softscapes have been defined, it’s time to get educated on how to make them work together in order to create a backyard oasis. Read more

Softscapes are more commonly known as landscaping. Everything from trees, shrubbery, and plant life are included. Softscapes are everything soft and living in your outdoor spaces. Softscapes add a natural touch to your spaces to keep them colorful, peaceful, and welcoming. Read more

Over the next few blogs, we are going to dig into what options are available for outdoor-living spaces, additional features to utilize, and how to supplement with softscapes. Read more

Once it’s time for fall, everyone is ready to hang up their swimsuits and break out the hooded sweatshirts. Fresh corn, colorful foliage, and pumpkin-flavored treats are just a few of the fun things that make fall a welcome change after summertime. Read more

As summer winds down and kids are heading back to school, the end of summer blues start to kick in. We’ve compiled a bucket list of things to do before summer’s end to make the last few days of the season top-notch. Read more

Over the entire month of August, many aspects of stormwater management have been covered. Read more

Rain harvesting is the practice of collecting the water produced by rain storms, instead of letting it run back into the ground. Read more

Week 3 of our blog series is all about a simple and beautiful solution for stormwater management: Rain Gardens. Rain gardens, simply put, are a garden put in your yard that will help with the pooling of water after big rain storms. Read more

One of the ways this is being done is through the use of permeable materials. Because of this, permeable pavers, especially, have become a more considerable material used in hardscape projects. Read more

Sustainability is a movement that is here to stay. There are so many ways people have been able to make resources last longer like solar panels, electric cars, and wind turbines. Green infrastructure for stormwater management is one way people are taking action to improve our environment. Read more