Month: January 2015

Small Space Garden Design

Last week I spoke at the local library, about small space garden design.  If you if you have a small yard and missed the talk here are the notes. Here are seven techniques for making your landscape appear larger than it really is.  Note: if you think you need help with small space garden design, […]

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday Inspiration for your Southern California Garden (Painted Lady caterpillar and chrysalis, & Kniphophia bloom) You can welcome beneficial insects and wildlife into your garden by selecting the right plants and features.  If wildlife and their energy is something that interests you, give me a call at 661-917-3521 or take a look at my […]

Small Space Garden Design

Small Space Garden Design is a challenging task for most homeowners.   There are many scenarios that require small space garden design.  A Condo or Town Home usually has a small yard, an apartment might only afford you a balcony or fire escape,  and some newer homes have large indoor spaces but and small outdoor areas.  […]

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday Inspiration for your Southern California Garden (Aloe flowers & Euphorbia flanaganii) Low Water, drought tolerant are all the rage these days –  we need to save the water so why not plant some of these beauties?  The aloe flowers attract hummingbirds big time – how can that be bad?  If you’d like to […]

Gardening Tasks – January in Southern California

Gardening Tasks – What to do in your Southern California Garden in January We are very lucky, although we’ve already survived (or mostly survived for some plants) a freeze up in the northerly edges of Southern California, there are still plenty of things that we should be doing in our gardens. I have taken a […]

Frost Protection

Yes, I’m a little late but I could just as soon been too early reminding you about Frost Protection.  By the time you read this post it might be up to 70 degrees, after all it is January! Since we are very early in the winter here in Southern California it is highly likely that […]