Blue Agave Landscape Design Project
After whetting your appetite for planting your own meadow and inspiring visions of golden grasslands, we want to show you a different way of using the “no lawns” concept.
Adan Venegas of Blue Agave Landscape in Santa Barbara used lots of Italian terracotta rolled rim pots for planting (surprise!) agaves and placing them throughout the area which was at one time planted in lawn.
Also in place of green grass, there is now the lovely soft golden hue of decomposed granite, offering an interesting textural and color contrast. The lines of the fountain feature complete the design with a complementary architectural edge.
Adan, along with photos of another of his designs is featured in our Look Book as well. See the rest of his Designer Profile here.
Hi Suzi – I always enjoy visiting your garden center when I am in Santa Barbara! I thought you might be interesting is seeing a variation on your theme of no grass and no meadow. I have a blog about mediterranean gardens and lifestyle, and I posted some shots of our 2013 front yard landscape project: http://www.ladolcevitacalifornia.com/2013/07/translations-eliminating-grass-and.html. We got rid of the grass and used gravel and DG in its stead. Everything has since filled in nicely, and we don’t miss the grass one iota! Best – Kirsten
Thank you for reading! Glad to hear your project worked out.
Best,
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