Ben's Creek Nursery on a Mission

James, 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, 
is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction

Ben's Creek Nursery has been on a mission - literally! For the past three years, Ben's Creek's owner/manager, Robert Neville, and his family, Treva, Jill, Jessica, and Jack, have gone to Haiti on mission trips during the Christmas holidays.

The locus of their efforts has been an orphanage in the village of Minoterie, which was actually built on land reclaimed from a garbage dump. Among other projects, the Nevilles have worked these last three years on upgrading and refurbishing the orphanage itself, and adding a basketball court and storage building.

The Orphanage - December, 2015

Basketball Court & Storage Building - In Process

The Orphanage with Basketball Court - December 2018

In addition to these building projects, a good bit of Ben's Creek Nursery's expertise went with the Nevilles to Haiti in the form of various landscaping projects. Here are Robert & Jack planting various trees around the compound. In all, almost 90 fruit or nut bearing trees were installed around the orphanage grounds!

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Finishing Touches

 Ringing in the New Year, our guys put finishing touches on a grab bag of work started last year.

Patio & Steps Addition

Walk & Steps

New Step Pavers

Lake Walkway

Lake Walkway

Front Bed Plantings

Dockside Plantings

Snow Work

Our guys prepared to roll on the eve of the first snow of  2018.

Our man Wilson selects his preferred weapon.

Night fall begat snow fall, and so our crews fanned out for some night work, from Tarboro to Roanoke Rapids and points east and west.

For those in the mood for a little action, here is a video of Keith Harvey pushing snow at one site.

As daylight dawns, our crews look upon the fruits of their efforts.

Mix 'n Match

Working up a cloud of dust, our stonecutters are molding and trimming a new stone paver walkway on the Lake.

But that was not the most interesting part of this project. Down towards the Lake, there was an existing paver patio that our customers wanted to expand. This presented us with the problem of not only matching the materials, but also the design of the stone pavers, so that the addition would merge seamlessly with the existing patio. 

Our guys were up to the job.

Here is the seam between the old and the new:

Only a slight bit of weathering distinguishes the old patio from the new addition, and that bit of difference will disappear when our crews pressure wash the whole patio.

Step Up

Steps and walkways make our Lake homes friendly and inviting. They can remedy difficult topography and make open and accessible areas that may not be. But steps and walkways are not just useful; they should also add visual interest to your home. This is why design, materials, and workmanship are so important, and also why it is important to hire people with the appropriate expertise.

Ben's Creek Nursery has the expertise. Here are some photos of some current steps and walkways we are working on and/or have completed.

In this first series, our guys used Dublin Fossil Beige pavers to build this walkway down a steep slope to the Lake.

In this next series, we utilized stone, rock, and Lincoln Creek stepping stones
.

Here, we went with elegance personified: Travertine limestone.

Finish Work

Our crews bring a lot of effort and expertise to their work. But what really stands out is the way they finish a job with the same diligence and energy they had at the beginning. Here are some before and after shots of our guys putting on the finishing touches.

Before & After

Before & After

Before & After