A beautiful landscape needs ongoing care so it will continue to look its best for years to come. Fortunately, if you make the right choices, such maintenance need not be difficult or time-consuming. Many plants naturally thrive in our area, and require minimal care. When we create a landscape design, we do it with water-wise…
Few things beautify your home as much as a garden. Designs for gardens today aren’t limited to neat rows of all the same plants. Instead of a hedge, consider tall grasses punctuated by ground cover for visual variety. Square gardens and landscape designs can work, but why not think outside the box? Let your garden…
No landscape is complete without attractive focal points. These can guide the eye through your outdoor living space, letting your visitors drink in your garden’s beauty and leaving a lasting impression. You can start with a water feature, such as a fountain, point, birdbath or even a swimming pool that provides relaxing sound and motion.…
Your outdoor space should be as friendly and inviting as the rooms inside your home. Your new outdoor room can be as comfortable and welcoming as your living room. Outdoor kitchen areas and bars make it easy to put your party refreshments right near the action. Adding or expanding a patio lets you increase your…
Prior to renovation the house was hidden by overgrown evergreen shrubs. Junipers and large overgrown hollies crowding the entrance were removed. Large magnolias and flowering shrubs were left in place to anchor the new landscape. Adding much smaller evergreens, flowering plants, and perennials reduces the original crowded feeling. Perennials, annuals, and bulbs enhance the approach…
The homeowners wanted to create both an enjoyable and visually interesting outdoor space that was reminiscent of their prior southwestern home. They chose to landscape the entire space so they could create a low maintenance, waterwise garden. Ornamental grasses and herbs are found throughout. Flowering native plants add color, attract butterflies, and create a year-round…
Prior to the re-design of this landscape, the beds along the front of the home were overplanted with evergreen shrubs and too narrow for the size of the home or the distance from the street. The beds were expanded out to the sidewalk and some of the existing evergreens were transplanted. The beds are now…
A space to enjoy the outdoors was paramount for this homeowner so a screened in porch was built first. Plants installed along the house soften the back of the house and around the porch. A fountain located nearby can be heard on the porch and through the open kitchen window. A large bed with evergreen…
After construction this new house was a blank canvas with numerous large beds waiting to be filled. The homeowner was interested in creating access to the front door because the home was nestled at the end of a long driveway. A granite stone carved with the house number was placed at the curb and a…
Planning for the new landscape began before the house was complete, but ultimately it was installed in phases. The first project was to create a focal point visible from the house. A small pond was added so it could be seen from the sun room. Next a flagstone patio was built in an open area…
