The look is silvery blue and white ― and fresh as a sea breeze.Chances are, all you need to make beautiful decorations in minutes is right outside your back door. In Pajaro, California, for example, we paired natura
Consider the pizza: Its topped with goodies in interesting colors, textures, and shapes. It comes together fast. And it inspired these patio-table centerpieces, assembled in minutes using small-leafed plants.The cen
Yountville, CA ― In any garden, details make the difference between a good landscape and a great one. In Steven and Kimberly Cooks garden, designed by Jack Chandler, an unusual collection of rusted steel elements―in
Bling for the garden is how Jill Goodsell describes the captivating containers she uses to dress her property in Woodinville, Washington.I want a garden that invites people to linger, and containers play a role in t
Create a waterfall garden in 6 steps
To show us the fine points of installing a waterfall using a kit (from Aquascape Designs), Sunset test garden coordinator Bud Stuckey worked with experts to build one at our headquarters in Menlo Park.The water gard
Tiburon, CA ― Visitors would never guess that the elegant walkway leading to Judith Thompson and Cindy Brookss front door contains a hidden message: stones, arranged in gravel like braille dots, spell out the poem T
Okay, so you’re the type whose calendar is booked, and most of the time it’s you hosting the dinners and cocktail parties. Then take a cue from Chris and Eric Fenmore, who give new meaning to the word “social,” ofte
Unless youre a contractor, installing a waterfall may seem like a huge undertaking. But pond equipment suppliers have gone to extraordinary lengths to help even first-timers succeed.They offer packaged kits, complet
We used rough-sawn cedar 1-by-8s to make the 79-inch-tall barn doors. Each door requires four full-width 1-by-8s plus one ripped down, so the combined width equals 35 3/4 inches. Boards are held together with a Z-sh
Hilltop Homes provide great view –along with some unique challenges. By the time you’ve tucked a house into one of these rocky sites, there’s often little natural landscape left. So designers must find creative ways
The parterre, an ornamental garden with paths between elaborately designed beds, originated in France. With its clipped formality, the classic European version is a bit stiff for laid-back Northwestern tastes. But R
Santa Fe. This downtown refuge brings a refreshing new twist to traditional adobe gardens. Using an earthy Southwest color scheme, Catherine Clemens and Elizabeth Robechek transformed a blank space into a contempora
When a landscape designer tackles a new project, where does she begin? In this landscape, Vi Kono told us, I took my direction from two things: a mature stand of evergreens and a water table that was high in many pl
Faced with a blackberry-covered slope that dropped away on two sides, Stephanie Brooks needed level ground for gardening. With help from her father, Robert Thomas, she outlined a 24- by 32-foot space with railroad t
Inspired by Japanese tori gates at Shinto shrines, an unusual bamboo fence is in the garden of the California Center for Creative Renewal in Encinitas.The 35-foot-long fence, designed and constructed by furniture ma
A water feature with a pair of falls
A steep bank rising behind the Sunset Northwest Idea House in Portland seemed like the perfect place for a waterfall. Better yet, why not two cascades so they could be seen from all rooms facing the garden? That was
More living space can be hard to find on a small lot, especially if you dont want to spend big bucks to remodel the house. Dana Granoski discovered her ideal solution to this dilemma: Enclose the front yard.By today
Horticulturist Thomas Ogren, author of five books, including Safe Sex in the Garden and Other Propositions for an Allergy-Free World (Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2003; $15; www.tenspeedpress.com or 800/841-2665), has
Copper trays contain Irish moss and Scotch moss. They dont have drain holes but work well for temporary display (2 - 3 weeks).Irrigate about once a week and drain excess water by turning each tray upside down over a
Shaded by mature Douglas fir and Oregon myrtle trees, the lawn fronting Sarah and Lance Robertsons home in Eugene, Oregon, grew so sparsely that it seemed to be crying to be put out of its misery, Sarah recalls. So
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