The work of Shades of Green designs includes conceptual design, planting strategy, construction documentation, material ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is a protected area spanning 624,000 acres in the Southern California desert. Native American tribes throughout the area consider this landscape sacred and an important ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is the first to focus exclusively on California native plants, and now they’re inspiring landscapers to do the same. The California native ...

Over the past few months, the controversy over the landscaping of the traffic islands in Pacheco Valle in Novato has received much publicity, both in print and on television. The publicity, as well as ...

As gardeners, we are drawn to the latest, brightest varieties of thirsty, exotic species for our gardens, always chasing the new and unusual. As our world heats up with climate change, water-thirsty ...

For many of us, the world we live in has become so complex and fast-paced that we seek out ways to relax and recharge. Perhaps, in response to this, one of the new trends in contemporary landscaping ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard. One of America’s newest protected public lands is a ...