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Sharing landscape and lifestyle insights to help you nurture beautiful, meaningful landscapes

El Nino, our inner weather, and the gardens that emerge from paying attention

What if the most important tool in landscape design isn’t something we hold in our hands, but something we practice with our hearts?

Building soil is slow. Disruption is inevitable. In a culture obsessed with speed, soil asks something entirely different of us.

What if we changed the narrative and terminology of fire-scaping to fire stewardship? Let’s rethink how we should design for life.

Part 2: Living on the Edge Series. What does it mean to live in the urban-wildland interface? As stewards, we have an obligation.

Part 1: Living on the Edge Series. What does it mean to live in the urban-wildland interface? As stewards, we have an obligation.

Shawn’s response to Cal Fire’s “Zone Zero” approach and how we should think about fire-prone communities.

We are nature, after all. So how do we shift our mindsets from control to cooperation? Embrace the nature within.

Mulch is the cornerstone of healthy landscapes. Are we between a rock and a hard place using gravel as mulch?

Amidst the chaos of the world lies a remedy – gardens. They’re living, they’re habitat, they’re food, they’re sanctuaries.

Studio Petrichor receives an award from Pacific Horticulture for Resilient Cottage Garden in La Cañada Flintridge.

The term “low maintenance” is said a lot, but is it real? Gardens are living and need to be cared for. Let’s embrace them.