During the gray winter months, I really notice plants that provide pops of color. This holiday, several friends sent out a card that...

Landscapers think a lot about reshaping and leveling the land when planning a new project. We consider slopes, hills, humps, bumps, tree...

Clients often mention"drought-tolerant" as a quality they want in their plants as we plan a new garden. Here in the Bay Area, this would...

Just like when you're remodeling the inside of your home, when you redo your landscaping, you have a few choices when hiring landscape...

This is the time when people ask what there is to do in the garden now that it's raining and plants and trees are going dormant. Winter...

This is the first in several posts I'll be discussing landscaping terminology. When I speak with people about these four items in...

30 years ago this week, the Oakland and Berkeley hills were devastated by a very fast moving, very hot wildfire. Now, at this point in...

Clients tell me often, "Drip tubing is a pain. They get disconnected and geyser all over the place. Aren't sprinklers better and more...

Welcome to the DtE blog, thank you for being here! I've been speaking to clients and colleagues about the same things for years and they...