Three Ways to Lose Your Lawn

By tonipogue

Ready to replace your lawn with a low-water, low-maintenance landscape? You have several choices. I often hear that people don’t want their lawn any longer but think the only other option is a yard full of rock and cacti. While you can certainly have a desert landscape, it’s not your only option.

Where do lawns come from?

By tonipogue

Do you ever wonder where the idea of a clipped green carpet around the house comes from? It may seem like lawns have been around forever, and while the rich have certainly planted them for hundreds of years, lawns as a default yard choice in America have only been around since the 1950s.

Planting for Pollinators

By tonipogue

The decline of pollinators such as honeybees and monarch butterflies has been prominent in the news recently, and as a result I am frequently asked if I can design pollinator gardens. The good news is that different types of pollinators exist everywhere, and it does not take much space to provide a place for food, shelter and rest.