Though lovely, the role of lawns is shrinking as we create new habitats in our built environment. The Privitelli family bought this 1960’s view bungalow with a landscape designed by

People ask me how landscape architects design. I tell them we design habitat gardens. “Schools of Thought” were the hashtags of previous generations and among landscape architects no hashtag is

One Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) #3. This is the larger of two Monterey pines (69” DBH) in the backyard. It splits into three forks about 54” above grade. It is

I examined the fruit trees at Villa and they look good. All are alive and most are already showing new twig and leaf growth. The citrus and avocados look especially

Floss silk trees (Ceiba speciosa) like these at the District Office in Ventura are sometimes briefly deciduous in the fall. They aren’t consistent which is a bit unusual but normal

On Tuesday December 16, 2014 I met with M.B. Client and Jamaal at the trailhead to discuss protecting the existing native oaks while allowing ingress/egress of essential construction equipment needed