Bluebird Residence: Can This Be The Greenest Home in California?
If you had to imagine the greenest home in California, what images would spring to mind? Would it be some clay, dome shaped structure perfectly exposed to solar angles, or…
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How does Your Water Wise Garden Grow?
So Mary, how does it grow? With wisely planted trees and shrubs, and many sunny days without rain in a row. It’s called water-wise gardening my friends. Did you know…
Fake Grass, Synthetic Turf or Stepford Lawns?
Installing synthetic turf has become all the rage recently. It was even featured on some Bay Area local channels. Commonly known in the past as astro turf, it has been…
Composting: Simply a Sequestering Sink or Much More?
Composting can be either an enjoyable or a dreadful experience, can it not? Personally, being a landscaper I love to play with dirt so to me it’s sort of like…
Harvesting Water from the Sky and Re-using Greywater
It’s been official for months now – California again is facing water crisis. Unusually dry and hot weather had eroded our priceless Sierra snowpack, the supply of much of our…
What is Sustainable Landscaping and Why it Matters
The drawbacks of traditional landscaping are evident everywhere these days. They include air (lawnmowers, transportation) and water (fertilizers and pesticides) pollution, harm to biodiversity, consumption of natural resources like water,…