Montecito Landscape Garden Design – The Cullen Meadow Lisa and Chris Cullen of Montecito Landscape are long time customers of Eye of the Day. We feature one of their recent designs as they transform a large lawn to a walking garden with a central water feature using a custom Eye of the Day fountain conversion. …
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Book Review: Planting in a Post Wild World
BOOK REVIEW: PLANTING IN A POST-WILD WORLD Though most of their readers might be other designers, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West’s Planting in a Post-Wild World offers plenty of information for non-professionals as well. The book shows how to design and maintain an ecological landscape and does so in a beautifully, clear way. One of…
Coco Rose Design | Wedding Romance & French Pottery
Nina Kincaid is the person behind Coco Rose Design, a floral design company specializing in elegant and charming weddings. Her Instagram account is a constant feed of beautiful floral arrangements from pretty and sweet bouquets to bold and bright centerpieces. Based in Santa Barbara but also drawing from her Hawaiian roots, Nina’s work is marked by…
Garden Design Magazine: Spring 2017
Garden Design’s Spring Issue Now Shipping – Get Yours! Subscribe before April 15th, 2017 and get this issue free when you subscribe! Go to https://www.gardendesign.com/eye If you haven’t seen Garden Design magazine yet, the current issue is a great one to start off with! There are no ads in Garden Design. Yes, you read that…
Groundskeeping: In a Glazed Daze in Italy
In a Glazed Daze in Italy: Glazed terracotta pottery From concrete planters to Italian terracotta pots, custom glazing has been one of Eye of the Day’s strengths for over fifteen years. We are sometimes amazed by the wild colors envisioned by one designer after another for special colors or finishes, but always try to provide…
Lotusland Profile: Eric Nagelmann
Eric Nagelmann* was once somewhat of a shy violet. One of nine children raised a stone’s throw from Lotusland, he spent time quietly tending his family’s garden as a child. He is rarely described as shy today, as he is not afraid to lend his voice as a champion for things close to his heart….
