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…
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Musings On Design: Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture Part 1
Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture and the Spirit of Place The spirit of a place. This concept comes up throughout our interview with Jeffrey Gordon Smith, principal architect of Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture based in Baywood-Los Osos, CA. There is a respect and celebration of space throughout the work of Smith and his firm….
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…
Garden Cocktails: Backyard Fig Margarita
Garden Cocktails: Backyard Fig Margarita Pick some figs from your little tree in the back yard, or get them from the Farmers’ Market… BACKYARD MARGARITA 1 ½ oz. silver tequila ½ oz. fig simple syrup (it’s easy, you can make it) ½ oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec ¼ oz. fresh lime juice Combine all ingredients…
Tips for Successful Edible Gardening by The Conscious Garden
Tips for Successful Edible Gardening by The Conscious Garden In Southern California we love to eat healthy food and there is no fresher, tastier or more nutrient dense foods than those that you pick from your own garden or that you buy from the farmers market. It is important to know that your food is…
Book Review: Planting the Dry Shade Garden
IT’S NOT A DARK, DRY BOOK! Apparently, figuring out what to plant in an area of your garden that has shade, but no moisture, is a problem that stymies gardeners everywhere. We have been focused like a laser beam on our lack of water and how to logically use what little we have and Planting…
