A Gardener's Thoughts & Fancies

Saucy Succulents Exposed

I hoped the title might get your attention because succulents are a wonderful and extremely eco-friendly addition to any garden or planter, and, if you don’t already, you should know more about them. Besides creating colorful planters, as you will see by these photographs, I have included a couple of shots of a front yard [...]

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5 Tips For Designing Your Landscape

If you’ve been thinking about re-doing your back yard, front yard or the whole nine yards, now is a good time to begin formulating a plan. So here are 5 tips to consider.  I’ll be along with an additional 5 tips next month 1. Plan What You’re Going To Do Planning is paramount when you’re [...]

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Southern California’s Most Pressing Problem

This year’s California Landscape Contractors Association’s Landscape Industry Show offered, in addition to the usual garden art, nursery stock, turf equipment, fertilizer and lighting, a number of interesting booths and products designed specifically to deal with Southern California’s single most pressing problem – water, or lack there of! “Chinatown” or How Water Came To LA One [...]

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Landscape Industry Show, January 12/13

I’m off to see what’s new to the market place this year at the the mother of all landscaping shows this Wednesday at the LA Convention Center. This is a “must-see” for any landscape designer or garden consultant who wants to keep current with what’s happening in irrigation and water management, water conservation alternatives, stone, rockwork [...]

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