In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own. -Alice Walker At a seminar this week, so I thought I’d leave you a lovely quote. xo, Julie
Month: September 2012
Wordless Wednesday – Look Up, Look Down
Oak Tree Sky Mixed Media Pathway Acacia Sky If you would like help beautifying your life, think about creating a garden with me. You can call me at 661-917-3521, contact me via email at [email protected] or visit my website.
Winter Vegetable Plant List – Southern California
I love being a Landscape Designer in Santa Clarita, and I am lucky enough to be teaming up tomorrow with my friend, Tina Landrum to speak at Green Thumb Nursery in Newhall. Since one of the benefits of living here is the year round gardening and it is the Harvest Faire, Tina and I will […]
Wordless Wednesday
Very Red Crape Myrtle Salvia and Friends Turk’s Cap Saturday is Harvest Festival at Green Thumb Nursery and I’m going to be speaking at 10. Please join me on this fun day and share in all the festivities! Green Thumb is located at: 23734 Newhall Avenue. Newhall, CA. 91321 I hope to see you there.
Edible Gardens
I grew up in my mother’s and grandmother’s gardens on Long Island, picking blueberries, cherries, apples, and sometimes when they hid too long my mother would harvest cucumbers and zucchini that seemed bigger than my head. (Remember never eat anything bigger than your head!) Now that I am a Landscape designer in the Santa Clarita […]
Wordless Wednesday
Coleus Ornamental Peppers and Cordyline Desert Willow If you would like help beautifying your life, think about creating a garden with me. You can call me at 661-917-3521, contact me via email at [email protected] or visit my website
How NOT To Landscape Your Home
Being a Landscape Designer in Santa Clarita, California I walk around with both an eye for design and an eye for the absurd. I must say that driving around our community I think I find more old, tired, or completely bad landscapes than I do find beautiful gardens and I want to change that! It […]
Wordless Wednesday
Fountain Grass with Butterfly Bush Arbutus x Marina Bark Cordylines – with varied leaf shape If you would like help beautifying your life, think about creating a garden with me. You can call me at 661-917-3521, contact me via email at [email protected] or visit my website.
What To Do In Your Southern California Garden In September
As a landscape designer in Santa Clarita I did not appreciate that August sure was a hot one this year! I (happily) had a couple of installs during the month of August and although I do not recommend standing outdoors in 108 degree weather selecting boulders, or installing plants in 98 degree weather with the […]
