Germinate, Renewal & Reinvention
Most gardeners I know look at every New Year as another chance for renewal and reinvention. I know I do. Improvisation and seasonal rhythms—along with…
Topics: Gardens & Design
Shaping New Gardens in a Challenging Environment
Introducing the Summit 2016 Resource Guide containing three videos and a body of information exploring new ideas and approaches to creating beautiful …
Connect with Nature
Humans crave green and hunger for nature. Garden project books to satisfy and inspire.
Respecting Water in the Garden
Making thoughtful choices about managing precious water resources, building good soil, and “climate-appropriate” plant selections
Designing for Today’s Garden
New ways of looking at the landscape and designing gardens that are resilient, adaptive, and beautiful.
Weighing Water Use in Gardens
Spend much time chatting with California landscape designers or working horticulturists and you’re bound to hear repeated references to WUCOLS [“woo-coals”], an acronym that stands…
Planting Design for Dry Gardens
Olivier Filippi masterfully guides us to adopt appropriate groundcovers and other plants for a summer-dry, mediterranean-influenced climate.
Water Sensitive Landscape Design
Read on to explore new ways of thinking about changing garden conditions and how to create a nature-friendly, resilient landscape.
The Authentic Garden
As author Richard Hartlage states in the introduction to The Authentic Garden, “Garden designers all stand on the tilled ground of the practitioners that came…