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Glenn Do you really need to irrigate these plants that you mention in summer? They are native to N California, and so in a “natural” context do not get any summer water. Why would you need to irrigate them in a cultured situation?

barlow, I would really be interested in seeing what European style sketches are and what one would percieve is the common american style of drawing?

Ashley- In urban settings, supplemental irrigation is advantageous for the summer-dry months. Specifically, I’ve used inline subsurface drip. Quality growing medium like compost is important too, along with mycorrhizal fungi applications to help plants thrive through root establishment. Some native plant material I have used are: Juncus…[Read more]

does anyone know how rain gardens thrive in the Bay Area? I am wondering because right now, its the rainy season, so everything is getting a lot of water – but when it is summer and dry, how do the plants in the rain garden get their water? What plants do you suggest putting in the rain garden?

Hello all
For those of you in the San Fran Bay Area registration for the tour of East Bay native plant gardens just opened. Went last year, will go again this year. http://www.BringingBacktheNatives.net

Semiarundaria fastuosum is a good screen variety. Dense and upright.

Two years after clearing the invasives in my part of the creekbed in my backyard – you know, plants like Arundo and Tamarisk (how did that get there?) and Washingtonia palms (we all know how that got there) – the birds were kind enough to plant 3 Quercus agrifolia and a Toyon that is now about 12′ high. None of these are requiring additional water…[Read more]

Christmas berry!? They can make a landscape designer a hero!

Check it.
http://exhibitions.pratt.edu/Design%20Jazz/DesignJazzHTML/DesignJazzevite.html

Thanks Nick. ‘Will be glad to help everyone in the group 🙂

I’m a residential Landscape Designer in San Diego’s East County. Has anyone mentioned Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano? They have a nice newsletter as well you can subscribe to.
I like to incorporate garden-friendly california natives in my designs.

thanks nick for the invite..good idea for our field.

Always bringing good ideas Mike.

I’m going to research this..

It would be interesting to find an RFP that we could all respond to under this umbrella.

Hope I can be of assistance. Ill let yall know if I have anything.

Thanks for the invite Nick. Hope i could be of service; certainly I would be needing help! A great special weekend to those who has one. A same special weekend to those who just has the weekend to spend!

Thanks Les..

Thanks so much for the invite – i have beaten my new laptop into submission and should be back on more regularly – sorry for the absence
all that said am going visiting next few months and will post some snaps – heres a couple of puzzle wood in forest of dean, that is sposed to have inspired tolkien to write about fangorn forest, visited with…[Read more]

If you ever do start it up again and need more people let me know

Hey Michael-

I actually have a small business licensed with the state. Terra Firma Landscape Design belongs to me in Colorado. Long story short- before I went back to school at CSU I ran my own design/build and made very good money. I did EVERYTHING from design/estimates to irrigation from scratch including water/meter taps, trenching, tree…[Read more]