"Lexington

Park had a resource that we don't usually

have," said Phillips, "mature landscape

material growing in an open situation."

The development

team found healthy, established plants and trees

that could successfully be moved to a planned

park location inside the neighborhood rather than

cleared and replaced.

"As a

landscape architect I was thrilled to find such

beautiful, healthy plants and trees that were

planted with the tender loving care ofthe

owners," said Phillips. "As a member of

a development team I was also thrilled that Bob

Adams Homes was willing to relocate them though

the cost was somewhat higher than clearing and

replacing them. Though more expensive, the added

value to the neighborhood of having these

beautiful, mature plants and trees is

immense," said Phillips. "It would have

taken years for replacement plants to reach this

level of maturity."

The Bob Adams Homes

Development Team recently attended a seminar

sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation,

which teaches practical ways to use existing

trees when developing land. The result, with an

arborist's help to insure the health of the

transplants, over 100 trees, shrubs, vines and

flowering plants have been relocated to different

parts of the neighborhood, including a one-acre

park area. Bob Adams Homes plans to add nursery

trees and plants as well to enhance what's

already these.

"Lexington

Park is a real treasure," says Phillips,

"we are so excited to be able to use these

beautiful trees and shrubs and are certain the

original owners of the land will be equally as

pleased."