Josh and a DIY client prepping to paint her new fence.
In Memoriam: Josh Hover
Gardening is about life cycles, we deal with life and death every day. When someone prized is taken too soon, however, it is a tragedy. I write today to honor…
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.
Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
We recently completed a landscaping project for a homeowner from South Africa. He wanted a lush and colorful landscape that is drought tolerant and low maintenance. At the same time,…
Chicken sentinel stands watch
Mini Garden for Maximum Yield
Picture this: a large back yard with plenty of space for a garden. Then factor in this: mature trees all over the place, leaving little space for full-sun exposure. Not…
Blueberries (dwarf varieties) with strawberries and herbs around a tree.
Mini Orchard & Garden for Mom and Dog
Spring is just around the corner, but in the Valley it's already here. Southern California continues to have unseasonably high temperatures and one new gardener wanted to take advantage of…
New Landscaping: Dog-friendly Oasis in the City
Every once in awhile someone hires Gardenerd to landscape their property, not to install a vegetable garden. This particular client already had a thriving vegetable garden, but wanted new landscaping…
Hot weather crops get the sunniest part of the garden
Tiny But Mighty Venice Garden Makeover
Those who are familiar with Venice Beach, CA know that it's a great place to live, but the lots are tiny. Finding a place to garden is challenging and finding…
Raised Beds – Part 2 – Design
You may have caught the last edition of Raised Beds Part 1, where we talked about materials for building raised beds. Now we move on to Part 2 -
Design.
There are an infinite assortment of ideas in the world for raised beds. I happen to be, much to my husband's chagrin, severely influenced by formal English gardens with closely trimmed boxwood hedges and topiaries and espaliered fig trees on the wall. We have a ranch house, so that kind of formality doesn't fly in our back yard. However, I really really wanted something that made my heart ...
There are an infinite assortment of ideas in the world for raised beds. I happen to be, much to my husband's chagrin, severely influenced by formal English gardens with closely trimmed boxwood hedges and topiaries and espaliered fig trees on the wall. We have a ranch house, so that kind of formality doesn't fly in our back yard. However, I really really wanted something that made my heart ...