Shrink Your Lawn or Ditch it All Together Spring Equinox ushers in longer days and with the recent arrival of the first day of spring and Daylight Saving Time just kicking in this means more time to devote to our outdoor spaces and gardens. We need to be sure to take time to enjoy our roses’…
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Book Review: The American Meadow Garden by John Greenlee
“We’ve reached a stage where we can no longer follow past practices unthinkingly, particularly when those practices are wasteful and injurious to the environment. It’s time to get rid of the old-fashioned lawn and embrace a sane and healthy future: the designed meadow.” – John Greenlee In The American Meadow Garden: Creating a Natural Alternative…
Eye of the Day’s Fermob Outdoor Furniture in C Magazine
Eye of the Day is in C Magazine! The California lifestyle magazine celebrating the best in fashion, beauty, and home recently profiled the Carpinteria abode of Stephanie and Dewey Nicks, a lifestyle and fashion photographer. The couples’ oceanfront “high modernist-meets-New England traditional” style home has beach life touches from a surfboard hanging at the front…
Montecito Landscape Refine a Santa Barbara Garden
Blueprint: Montecito Landscape Refine a Santa Barbara Garden Chris Cullen, the founder of Montecito Landscape, began landscaping at the tender age of eight at his family home in Los Altos Hills, CA. He got his contractor’s license in 1970 and moved to Montecito and named his company after his new home town. Since then, Montecito Landscape…
Summer 2015 Garden Design Magazine Review
GARDEN DESIGN: QUICK! GRAB YOURSELF A COPY! Eye of the Day has been involved with the publication Garden Design magazine for many years. The latest iteration of this “magazine” is quarterly and feels more like a book than a periodical. There is absolutely no advertising to interrupt the flow of articles and inspiring photographs. My eye…
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Sally Farnum of SE Farnum Associates has been taking the time to educate her clients about how to deal with their outdated, thirsty landscapes—especially rolling, green lawns—she has designed and implemented an outside environment for her own home that is water-considerate and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…
