What makes a landscape go from ordinary to outstanding? There are lots of answers to this question, but one of the key elements to exceptional landscape design is the art of selecting and installing the right building materials. Hardscaping, or...
Do you ever notice how some fruit trees bear loads of healthy fruit, while yours is struggling to produce a meager harvest? Proper pruning may be the key difference. Pruning fruit trees is part art, part science, and always a...
Peak fire season, once a distinct three-month period, now starts earlier in the summer and stretches well into the historically wet autumn months. Home gardeners and landscape professionals alike need to rethink landscape design to reflect our warming climate and...
Some of our clients have been asking about biochar, a nutrient-rich soil amendment that also helps sequester carbon by keeping it out of the atmosphere. Sounds too good to be true? Here’s the story… Biochar is similar to charcoal, in that both...