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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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…
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,…
Right-Sizing Your Garden and Saving Water
Right-sizing your Garden and Saving Water By Deana Rae McMillion, Garden Enthusiast and Master Gardener Right-sizing our gardens in order to reduce water usage is imperative. Just taking out your lawn isn’t necessarily the answer. Many people who do remove their lawns aren’t doing the necessary research and are planting water thirsty plants or invasive…
Musings On Design: Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture Part 2
This is Part 2 of our interview with Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture with the principal architect himself. To read the first part, please visit here. EOD: Based on your portfolio that definitely seems to be a case. It can be difficult to make sure all work in harmony, but your clients must know who…
Blue Agave Landscape Design Project
Blue Agave Landscape Design Project After whetting your appetite for planting your own meadow and inspiring visions of golden grasslands, we want to show you a different way of using the “no lawns” concept. Adan Venegas of Blue Agave Landscape in Santa Barbara used lots of Italian terracotta rolled rim pots for planting (surprise!) agaves…
