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Design FX Home Staging. Association of Professional Landscape Designers. Secret Garden Elk Grove. So, over that art. Which you say adds to nature,. That nature makes.’. When to call a Designer? Steps to Garden Design. Visit us on Facebook! 169; 2009- Tranquill Gardens. Site Design by Moonlight Graphics.

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Mary Fisher Garden Design

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Mary Fisher Garden Design has been creating innovative and beautiful gardens for over 15 years. We can find the potential in any outdoor space, no matter how problematic, and come up with a variety of functional solutions that meet our clients’ particular needs and desires. Our love and expert knowledge of plants inspire designs that are both visually dynamic and compatible with the unique microclimates of the San Francisco Bay Area. In Oakland, CA since 2008. Mary Fisher Garden Design.

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A Verdant Life: January 2014

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Jan 29, 2014. How to Reduce Your Water by 20%. On Friday, Governor Brown declared a drought emergency. And asked Californians " to voluntarily reduce their water use by 20 percent. So how do you do that? If I normally shower for 15 minutes, shower for 12 (a 1/5 cut). If I normally run the faucet for 30 seconds while I brush my teeth, run it for 24 (a 1/5 cut). We can do this.

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A Verdant Life: August 2011

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Aug 27, 2011. In case you've ever wondered:. Any Joe on the street can call himself a landscape designer. You don't need a degree. You don't need a license. That's a huge difference [compared to a Landscape Architect].". That's the wisdom of. Dominic Zuccarelli, a 21-year-old. Landscape architecture major at Purdue University, as quoted by the. Now, fast-forward a few weeks.

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A Verdant Life: July 2014

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Jul 14, 2014. Summertime at the Home Office. Ironically, though, summers tend to be my busiest time of year, with work following me around like a hungry (but sooo cute! Dog six or even seven days a week. So I particularly cherish the days that I get to live in my own. Last night I rubbed each rack down with a different rub: one with Bruce Aidells' "Spice Rub for Pork or Beef" fr...

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A Verdant Life: February 2012

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Feb 14, 2012. Birth of a Landscape Designer. Why do those matter? Well, because the purpose of a landscape design is to communicate an idea; and if you can't interpret the plan you can't get the idea. For instance, tells you whether what you're looking at is straight out of Stonehenge, or Spinal Tap. On my railroad plan, I noted 1"=1'. Such as 1"=10', 1"=20', 1"=100' or more&#46...

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A Verdant Life: August 2013

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Aug 22, 2013. Sandy soils, dry winters—we're not in Palo Alto any more! This week I was down at the San Diego Botanic Garden. Where the differences between the Encinitas climate and the Palo Alto one I live in were on full display. For landscape designers like me who grew up reading the Sunset Western Garden Book. Here in the West, Sunset Magazine. Sure, plenty of people are in ...

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A Verdant Life: Massive Water Discovery Ends California Drought

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Apr 1, 2015. Massive Water Discovery Ends California Drought. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - April 1, 2015 - Governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today lifted the state's drought State of Emergency. On the news that an enormous water reservoir has been discovered along California's western border. The newly discovered reservoir. One of the few indust...

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A Verdant Life: January 2013

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Jan 15, 2013. What Are We Doing Here? The artful landscape holds surprises big and small. I'm really not one to make new years' resolutions, but as I head into my tenth year of designing landscapes, I know there is an opportunity here to do a lot more than simply decorate people's yards. With "joy" ( danz. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A California native and P...

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A Verdant Life: A Native Son's Complaint

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Musings on garden and landscape design, gardening, urban planning, man, nature, human nature, and basically life as we know it. Apr 17, 2015. A Native Son's Complaint. It's come to my attention that I complain a lot about the place I live: Palo Alto, the Bay Area, California. Actually, I love it here. I was born here — Stanford Hospital, that is. Yep, that makes me a “California native,” just like Eschscholzia californica. It also makes me a “ Native Son of the Golden West. I tell you about my history an...