Eye of the Day Garden Design Center is pleased to announce an Edible Container Gardening Workshop right here at our store. It will be conducted by Oscar Carmona of Healing Grounds Nursery and Sagar Faucheaux of The Conscious Gardener. When: Saturday, June 27th Time: 3-4 PM Where: Eye of the Day Garden Design Center,…
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Top Your Pot with Tumbled Terracotta
TOP YOUR POT WITH TUMBLED TERRACOTTA You have a beautiful citrus tree and a beautiful pot, together making a perfect statement piece, but maybe there’s something to make it even better from a design standpoint and for water conservation. Design professionals typically use under-planting to finish the look of a tree or tall plant in…
A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNS FOR THE DROUGHT
A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNS FOR THE DROUGHT While landscape architect Sally Farnum of SE Farnum Associates has been taking the time to educate her clients about how to deal with their outdated, thirsty landscapes—especially rolling, green lawns—she has designed and implemented an outside environment for her own home that is water-considerate and still lush, inviting and…
Edible Container Gardening 101
Edible Container Gardening 101 Edible container gardening is a great way to grow vegetables especially when there is no space for a traditional garden. If you live in a condominium or an apartment, containers can provide valuable growing options. A container on casters gives you the ability to move your vegetables to sun or shade,…
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water Eye of the Day’s interest in gardening, plants and outdoor living goes beyond residential and commercial landscape architecture and into a special type of gardening—almost a form of intellectual gardening—with Joe Kalina, a man who is certainly musing on design. Joe is always interested…
How a Landscape Architect Approaches Garden Design During California Drought
Having a sister with a long, successful career as a landscape architect has made it easy to have an ongoing conversation with Sally Farnum about design, client concerns and current issues. We are all especially interested in California’s water problem and wanted to find out how Sally is helping her clients address the issue. Suzi:…
