When you are renovating your garden, there are many things that you need to consider. From how you intend to use the space and how much room you actually have, there are lots of considerations ...
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I love going back to gardens that I have designed and seeing how they look many months or years after they have been installed. In this case the project is a minimalistic design that also use...
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This garden was designed and installed by The Plant Nerd for the Municipal Water District of Orange County turf rebate program . The water district is offering rebates for killing your lawn an...
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When you are renovating your garden it is imperative to think about exactly what you are going to do. Having a plan to work with the drought is beneficial to the long term success of your garde...
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In this video I share with you an experience I had with a potential client that led me to make this video. The simple thing is that no qualified, licensed, bonded and insured landscape contract...
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This client had met with me a few years ago to get some ideas on her back yard that she ended up renovating with her father. She quickly realized how much work is involved and decided not to DI...
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I had transplanted a Ceanothus hoping that it would survive. Sadly, it did not. It died. That's the thing when you transplant anything. There is only a 50/50 chance that it will survive...
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In October I decided to visit a garden that was installed 9 months ago. This garden is a mixture of California natives and a few non natives. In this case the homeowners were awarded $5 per s...
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I love using native plants in any garden design. There are many varieties to choose from and I never thought I could pick just one. But here we happily are and I have. This Gambelia jun...
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Kurapia is my one of my favorite groundcovers, simply because it is a fabulous alternative to lawn. You can walk on it and so much more. It's really hardy and once established requires minim...
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If you think that you cannot garden because you have a small space, then think again. I live in a 424 square foot house with only a 100 square foot pad of concrete outside my front door to gard...
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This small front garden got a makeover around 5 months ago and looks really good. All the plants survived and are looking fabulous. The intent was was to create a California native palette, u...
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Recently, I revamped my garden and in that time I had a Ceanothus that I transplanted into a bigger pot. I thought for sure that it would survive but sadly, it did not. So what do I replace i...
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Recently, I found myself unhappy with the state of my garden. Things that worked in the past were no longer working. It was time for a change and time to replace some dead plants. I had a p...
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I tried to make a separate YouTube channel to post art content, but that did not work. I was not making enough content to make it work. So, I decided to sprinkle in that content here on my ...
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I recently visited a garden in Long Beach that was designed by me and installed by Greenside Landscaping at the beginning of this year. I love going back to see how my design worked and how ...
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On Fridays I do not do any design work. Those are the days that I work on my business. From billing, to scheduling my next week etc. Everything on that sort is done on Fridays. These ...
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When I started this blog and the YouTube channel, I had one goal in mind. Promote my landscape design business. So off I went on making posts and videos to do that. It worked like a charm.�...
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This garden is small but mighty. Located in Orange County, this garden provides a place for the local wildlife to hang out and party.
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Recently, I took a trip to Connecticut to visit my cousin and a former college classmate. It was fun. Visiting a state that I had never been to. I got to go to some botanical gardens, each ...
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This front garden in Dana Point got a makeover just under 3 months ago. The client had a simple yet clear brief. She wanted a California native garden alongside a groundcover area with soft s...
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Sunday April 23, was the last day of the South Coast Plaza spring garden show and I decided to go visit and take you along with me. So many gardens to see. So many different ideas that you ...
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On April 1st, the Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society had it's annual garden tour. In the previous few years due to covid they did not have an in person tour. Final...
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Last week I did a video about how I organize my tablet and this week I thought I would show you how I organize my phone. I use a minimalist approach to my daily in real and digital life. ...
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I have a Samsung galaxy tab s7 that I use primarily in my business. In this video I go over how I use my tablet and how I organize it. I also go into detail about my most favorite app on my t...
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