We are nature, after all. So how do we shift our mindsets from control to cooperation? Embrace the nature within.
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Sharing landscape and lifestyle insights to help you nurture beautiful, meaningful landscapes
Embrace Mulch!
Mulch is the cornerstone of healthy landscapes. Are we between a rock and a hard place using gravel as mulch?
Gardens = Soul Sanctuaries
Amidst the chaos of the world lies a remedy – gardens. They’re living, they’re habitat, they’re food, they’re sanctuaries.
Design Futurist Award Winner
Studio Petrichor receives an award from Pacific Horticulture for Resilient Cottage Garden in La Cañada Flintridge.
Embrace the Liveliness
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.
Appreciating What Is
A garden tour about appreciating what is, and a lesson on letting go. Are there any perfect gardens?
Tenet #10 – Educating and Empowering
As design practitioners, we are always actively learning. Our goal with Tenet 10 is to “pass it...
Fire and Chaparral in Southern California
Things to know about fire, nature and our relationship with both... I recently was introduced to...
Summer-Dry Blues
Summer-Dry Blues By Shawn Maestretti and Leigh Adams What is the moment that incites panic into...
Problem Solving in the Landscape — Hillsides Design
BEFORE AFTER Problem Solving in the...
Book Recommendation: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.” ― Robin...
A Prayer For The Planet
Hope is a powerful feeling. It can inspire action, and by inspiring action we experience...












