Over the years I've had hundreds of clients come my way, asking for a patio or a kitchen or a retaining wall or new plantings or... whatever. Some have even considered materials … [Read more...]
When should you NOT hire a landscape designer?
There are no shortage of posts out there telling you when you should hire a landscape designer. Heck, I wrote one, “Do I really need a landscape designer?” way back in 2010. And … [Read more...]
Guest Post! What it’s like for Ben Bowen of Ross NW Watergardens to be a landscape designer
Last week I wrote my post "What is it like to be a landscape designer?" and it occurred to me that every designer has come via a different path and does things a little bit … [Read more...]
Creating a book-themed reading garden
I was a voracious reader as a child. It didn't matter what you put in front of me, if it had letters imprinted upon it I would read it. Books, magazines, cereal boxes, newspapers, … [Read more...]
It must be fall ‘cuz people are griping about leaf blowers
Ah, autumn. Crisp, cool nights, apple cider donuts at the farmers markets, the crunch of leaves underfoot… and the infernal, deafening, aggravating noise that accompanies every … [Read more...]
Case Study: Virginia Landscape Design with Native Plants
Several months ago I got a call to do a Bristow landscape design project (for those not in the know, Bristow is a little town in Prince William County, Virginia). The client, … [Read more...]
Cook outside AND stay warm with a wood fired pizza oven!
Pizza is good. Pizza done on the grill is better. The absolute best pizza you could hope to have is made in a wood-fired pizza oven. We all know that. But why? The main … [Read more...]
Do landscape professionals hate native plants?
One of the benefits of being quite possibly The Most Approachable Guy in the World is I get into a lot of conversations. When these conversations are with folks from the gardening … [Read more...]
Your fall landscape is boring if you don’t know about these 8 plants
The great thing about this time of year is that the days are cooler (well mostly, it's supposed to hit 87 today), the humidity drops, and we start to shake free from summer's … [Read more...]
Proper tree spacing and selection: what it is and why you need to know it
When I design a landscape there’s an order of operations that I always follow. Hardscape elements (decks, patios, walls, etc) get designed first, followed by trees, and then shrubs … [Read more...]
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