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May 15, 2013 0 Comments

If I had a penny for every client who included "I want a low/no maintenance design" as part of their wish list, well... 170 pennies are in a pound, so I'd have a

February 27, 2013 0 Comments

Ever since starting my landscape design firm I've had an opportunity to meet with a lot of people, look at a lot of yards, and have a lot of conversations about how they

February 20, 2013 8 Comments

I like to play a game I call underrated/overrated. You can play it with bands, actors, foods, anything you want. Example: underrated/overrated = Hudson Hawk is a brilliant and underrated movie/ Sideways is

January 21, 2013 6 Comments

Over the holidays I went to the Leesburg Outlets with MJ and her mom. While it was a little nutty and crowded, I discovered that Jos A Banks actually sells clothes that fit

November 26, 2012 0 Comments

The longer you work with people the more you see that there are different "types" of people, and landscape design clients are no exception. There are two types of clients when it comes

October 30, 2012 0 Comments

This year I really got into containers. Sourcing unique containers is a blast and when I couldn't find the perfect color... well, spray painting pots always makes me feel like I have my

August 31, 2012 2 Comments

I'm often called in to make an existing landscape function better. The client doesn't to rip it all out and start from scratch, but they need to fix... something. Usually it's my job

April 16, 2012 0 Comments

I meet with a fair number of homeowners who say "I either want a firepit or a fireplace." This uncertainty is actually a great place to start discussing how they're going to use

March 21, 2012 1 Comment

When I was designing landscapes in Arizona, one option we had available to us was travertine marble tile. These were actual tiles - typically 12"x12" and less than a half inch think -

February 28, 2012 2 Comments

When I was studying interior design I was fascinated by universal design. While I don't trust Wikipedia for everything, their definition nails it: Universal design refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings,