UPDATES AND THINGS

 I have not updated this space in a minute and don't know if I want to on a regular basis.  I am on board with using social media to promote myself, but being on every single platform is too much for me.  So I made the choice to keep Instagram and YouTube as the primary platforms I use.  That being said I don't want to fully walk away from here.  My intention is to update this place once a month or every other week with an update about what has been going on.  

In April I attended the South Coast Plaza spring garden show and made a video about the gardens that were there on display.  It was nice to see other designers takes on gardens and how to design them.  

In the last two months, I visited some gardens that I had designed and made updated videos about them.  It's fun so see how something I designed fared a year or months after it was put in.  These are just a few with more to come. 

As much as I love video taping my own designs, I also love showcasing the designs of others.  This particular one is a butterfly garden.  I had met with the owners to consult with them for an hour, but I did not do a design.  They worked with design build firm to create a their garden. 

Lastly, there is my own garden.  Just a simple update on my own.  Its weird because all I have is a 100 square foot pad of concrete that is the only garden space I have.  In fact only half of it is usable as I explain in the video.  

OC CNPS 2025 GARDEN TOUR

On the 12th of April I visited the Orange County California native plant society annual garden tour.  This was a collection of residential gardens around Orange County.  Some of the garden were professionally designed while other were not.  

These gardens are not 100% California native but good enough.  A varying mix of plants and design aesthetics.   My favorite of the bunch was the first one I visited in Fountain Valley.

GRAVEL DRIVEWAY GARDEN UPDATE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH

The homeowner had already renovated the back yard years prior and was ready to tackle the front.  Given how much work she put into the back, she new that this time she did not want to do the work herself.  She was clear that she wanted a California native garden.  She also wanted to experiment with having a gravel driveway.  This is what the garden looks like after being installed for 10 months.