I am in Cashiers North Carolina this week at a landscape design studio with Mary Palmer and Hugh Dargan. Dargan Landscape Architects are celebrating 40 years of business and I am privileged to be part of a group studying gardens on site with them and then talking through what makes these places tick. This vignette features a variegated…
Read MoreToday I am inspired to revisit one of my favorite plants. There was an online request made by a landscape designer visiting the Association of Professional Landscape Designers forum asking for plant suggestions that would work for a drought tolerant, low growing, very formal hedge. Immediately my mind went to Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys). I have…
Read MoreLandscapes and gardens at their best give us a respite, a place to cocoon ourselves in the comfort of nature and escape the pressures and stressors of everyday life. They provide multi-use spaces, places to connect with friends and family. No one is there unless invited, so we have an outdoor location where it is…
Read MoreThe unusually warm weather here in Tehachapi the last week or so has ushered in a glorious spring! Near Tejon Ranch, on the way to Arvin, I took this picture of California Poppies and Lupines. We drove down the road a bit and these verdant hills captured my heart! Yesterday the Forsythia and Daffodills put…
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