Sheri and I are still on a huge high from Saturdays’ California Native Planting and Maintenance Workshop. We had a fantastic turnout with lots of enthusiastic participants, and we got to plant u...
If you own a dog, you know how much of a challenge it can be to keeping your garden looking good. Dogs just have a way of wearing patches in the lawn or digging up flower beds. In this workshop we wil...
During the classes and workshops we teach throughout San Diego county, we are often asked about tree choices. Our personal view is that planting a tree that will ultimately be too large for a space...
Want to treat yourself or a gardener in your life to some new garden tools? Here are our tried and tested tools, books, watering tools and gift ideas. Full disclosure: we do earn a small amount of mon...
Feng Shui in the Garden An ancient Chinese art dating back to the Zhou era of 4000 BC, Feng Shui centers around the placement of objects and aesthetics in one’s life. Feng Shui applies to all fa...
If you are working on redoing your landscape to make it low maintenance, low water, dog friendly, child friendly or just to provide more curb appeal, check out these resources that will help you. Afte...
And how we maintain hope in spite of regular reports of a climate out of control. Both Sheri and I came to soil late in our careers. I had been landscaping professionally for 10 years and Sheri start...