Recently Jason put up a landscape display in our local mall. He and Dave (his field manager) worked really hard to get everything ready in time for the big weekend--designing, building, purchasing, etc. We assisted in whatever way we could. Melody helped him choose and arrange the flowers and plants.
Jason and Dave arrived at the mall around 7 p.m. on Friday and began the prep work before the rest of the guys arrived.I'd have to say their completed display looks much better than this empty mall floor.
One of Dad's customers gave them some old carpeting to protect the floor.
They had 12 pallets of materials.
Jason constructed a plastic tent to use when they were cutting the bricks so the dust wouldn't go all over the mall.
The wooden platform is the base for a raised patio.
Keegan, Dave, Dan, Zech, and Kurt(Dad was there too, but I missed getting a picture of him.)
Since the guys were planning on working through the night until the mall opened again in the morning, Jason knew they would need some sustenance to keep them going.
We three girls delivered pizza and brownies at midnight and then went home to bed!
Progress!
Around 7:00 the next morning, Jase called to have us come help arrange and put in the plants.
It took them quite a while to put in all the mulch. The doors at the back of the mall weren't quite big enough for him to drive his dump truck through them, so they had to use wheel barrows. I was really hoping the truck would have fit. Wouldn't that have been a great picture--a dump truck in a mall?
Time for clean up.
They're still standing and awake after 14 hours of work!
My grandpa, Uncle John, and Mom made the stands to display Jason's signs.
Everything was completed just as the mall was opening!
The firepit...
The patio complete with furniture...
It was fun to hear the comments people made as they walked by that morning. I think some were a little surprised to see something so big in the middle of the mall!
Everyone loved the water feature!
Many of our friends went to check out the finished display the first weekend it was up. We went back that Sunday with the Lees to take a few more pictures.
Isaac and Kaleb really loved the water. They wanted to know if they could drink from it. 
The owner of Mirror Landscapes.
Ready to talk to potential customers.
You did a great job guys! 
12 comments:
Wow! That is pretty cool! Alot of work involved with quite alot to see for it!
Looks great! :) Feel sorry for the guys who stayed up all night though! :(
Danielle and Gab :)
It looks GREAT!
You did a really good job.
Very nice job guys!!! That is really cool. How long do you get to leave it up?
This looks absolutely gorgeous!! Great job to you all!! Here's to Jason getting lots of work from this!!!! Just a question - what do you have to do when you take it down?
That is very cool!
~The Pollock family
Well like everyone else said... It looks great! :)
Oh, and you should see this picture I have of Beck as the spitting fountian before the water rock thinghy was put in. lol
Fantastic!
We are praying that you get MANY contacts that actually turn into customers.
Hmmm....will you move that to my house when you're finished. I'd be happy to permanently advertise for you without charging you a penny. =D I'll bake you cookies! =)
In answer to some of the questions...
Jason has leased the space for 3 months. After that time, he may make some of it a permanent display and add a few other small displays around the mall.
When he takes it down eventually, he hopes to use some of the materials on different jobs, and some of it may come home to our house. Bribing him with cookies just might tempt him, Amber. We'll have to do some baking of our own to make sure it stays here! ;-)
It looks great--as lovely as some of the gardens at the Chicago Flower Show! What a project to undertake in just one night.
May the Lord bless you for your hard work and faithfulness. We'll be praying for you.
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