Last night I signed contracts with some great folks, and they asked me to add some drainage work while the crews are out there. We walked …
Landscape Design
Principles of Design: Proportion in the Landscape
Proportion and scale are two related design principles. Proportion refers to the size relationship that parts of the design have to each …
Principles and Elements of Design: a Series
You may have noticed that it's winter outside, so there's not a lot of pretty stuff for me to take pictures of right now. It seems to me …
Water- Part 3
Dealing with water where it leaves the property In Virginia, I've seen a few different scenarios for how water exits a property. In a lot …
Water- Part Two
Dealing with water in the landscape: So, we've successfully moved the water away from the house and into the landscape. Now what? To figure …
Cryptomeria Japonica ‘Yoshino’
There's not a lot going on in the garden today, so I figured I'd snap a picture of my cryptomeria, aka Japaenese Cedar. It's a fantastic …