Happy New Year and welcome 2016! Can you believe that it is the eve of 2016? Wow! The New Year is a good time to reflect on days past and to focus on goals for the year ahead. For me, my garden is a good place to start.
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Happy Holidays from everyone at Montecito Landscape. It's been quite a year and I can't believe 2015 is already at an end. The holidays are a good time for both you and your garden to get a bit of a rest.
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Montecito Landscape was featured in Landscape Management Magazine November issue and it was a bit of a surprise. When I was contacted by the magazine, they asked if I'd mind being interviewed for a feature. Of course I said "yes" but didn't know what to expect.
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According to the "experts" we may be in for a Godzilla-sized El Nino this winter. We really need the rain, but is your garden ready for "The Big One"? When the rain comes, you want to be sitting by a cozy fire with a cup of cocoa and a good book, not soaking wet in the pouring rain unclogging your drains. Here are three easy ways to ensure you get the hot cocoa option when El Nino comes.
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With all the talk about water and drought it’s easy to lose sight of why have a garden in the first place. Whether it is filled with succulents, native plants, vegetables, flowers or anything else you can dream up, we have gardens because they give us beauty and pleasure.
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If you are contemplating removing lawn and replacing it with something that needs less water, the good news, it is a chance to have some fun. Here are my Top Five drought tolerant landscape design ideas.
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After over 50 years of landscape design and installation in Montecito, CA we have learned a few things about efficient watering and believe if one applies these simple basic water-wise garden tips you can have a beautiful garden even in dry years.
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In California lawns seem be a thing of the past. If so, the real question is can we learn to live without them? and if so, what are some viable lawn alternatives?
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Today I caught up with Bee Keeper, Nick Wigle of Super Bee Rescue and had a chance to get a few questions answered. I wanted to know how the California Drought was affecting Bee populations. And, I wanted to know what homeowners could do about it.
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What is the essence of a garden? Is it the types of plants? Is it the type of stone or tile used? Is it achievement of perfection? The painter, Claude Monet described it as enchantment, that je ne sais quoi quality that transforms a yard into a garden.
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