Sometime around 2005, we installed this garden in France. We used the stones we found on site, and antique looking pot and whatever we could find to build a dry stacked wall. A mason built the path, although with smooth edges instead of irregular to catch and play with the gravel on both sides. CeContinue reading “French cottage garden”
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Resilient landscaping for Southern California
This didn’t start out as a laboratory for resilient landscape design. It was just a low-maintenance garden for aging people to enjoy. Then one person was no more. The other lost mobility. Parts of the garden received no irrigation. Pruning back and weeding likewise disappeared. Yet the garden survived, mostly intact.
A String of Strengs
Some examples of recent landscape designs done for Streng mid-century modern homes in the Sacramento area. Minimalist, contemporary landscape for homes of the same style.