The Simple Art of Collaboration: An Introduction to Sempleware As an artist, if there is one thing I have always believed in it’s been the concept of collaboration. There is something very powerful, very organic that comes from two or more people coming together on one idea, like a symphony. Or consider the hundreds of…
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Groundskeeping: Europe Expedition 2016
My Annual European Expedition This year I did something different, not only did my wife Suzi accompany me but my daughter Daisy and her husband, Greg, came along for the first two weeks. As I get closer to looking for some sort of exit strategy I’ve been thinking of why not blending our business with…
Paul Hendershot Design and Outdoor Living
In our continuing series of conversations with our favorite landscape architects, designers and contractors, we were really happy to talk to Paul Hendershot of Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. in Ojai, California. All of us look forward to seeing Paul and his big, beautiful dog, Chief, walking through Eye of the Day. Here are some things…
Terra Malia Designs : Santa Barbara Sonos Headquarters
Earlier this year we were fortunate to meet Terra Basche of Terra Malia Designs in Santa Barbara. She was looking for pots for the new Sonos location in Santa Barbara and found them at Eye of the Day. We caught up with this busy woman and asked her a few questions about her blooming career….
The Rogue Garden: Brent’s Test Kitchen
THE ROGUE GARDEN: Brent’s Test Kitchen Hey! All you hoity toity landscape designers—this blog’s for you! When my professional landscape design friends come to my home garden for the first time, they are usually thrown off balance by what they see: there are pots and containers everywhere. I constantly rescue or buy plants to try…
Book Review: The Inspired Landscape
Book Review: The Inspired Landscape: Twenty-one leading landscape architects explore the creative process by Susan Cohen I planned on liking this book before I opened it, but it had me at the dedication: “For landscape architects – whose works, grounded in the practical, are elevated by their imaginations.” Since we opened our business in 1994,…
