What to Plant? The California Garden Checklist Many of the landscape architects, designers and trade professionals that have been frequenting Eye of the Day over the years are now friends and we asked a few of them what plants they like to use and why when designing for their clients. Rick Button of Rick Button…
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Garden Recipes: Shrimp and Green Peach Salad
Garden Recipes: Shrimp and Green Peach Salad Stone fruits are in season! Arugula is going wild in the garden! If you have a peach tree, it’s hard to wait for all of them to ripen. We made this for my 92-year old mom and she loved it too. SHRIMP AND GREEN PEACH SALAD Serves 2-4…
Book Review: Reimagining the California Lawn
Book Review – Reimagining the California Lawn: Water-conserving Plants, Practices, and Designs Continuing on a road we have just begun to travel, this month’s book, Reimagining the California Lawn: Water-conserving Plants, Practices and Designs gives us another look at drought tolerant plants from around the world and offers design ideas and practical solutions to complement our Mediterranean…
The Outlier’s Garden
THE OUTLIER’S GARDEN Outlier: something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of; “different” than the rest, not better, not trying to fit in, just different. This is how I describe my garden when I’m asked. Even when big-time designers visit Eye of the Day, their jaws drop. We…
Book Review: Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Planting
Book Review: Sunset Western Garden Book of Easy-Care Planting We never seem to stop talking about gardening during the drought and are always looking for ideas to help maintain or introduce new plants and methods into our own personal Shangri-la. An especially helpful book can be just what you need to get rolling to…
Spring Garden Recipe: Nasturtium and Arugula Salad
GARDEN RECIPE FOR SPRING: EAT YOUR FLOWERS April showers bring May flowers, right? Though the selections of lovely spring blooms may be limited by a paucity of water and we didn’t really have April showers this year, the nasturtiums running wildly up and down my hill are plentiful and make a simple, peppery salad with…
