Category: Home and Garden
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas The front entrance to your home and the arrival sequence tells a story to every passerby and guest. Curious what they are seeing and thinking?...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas As landscape architects/designers we bandy words about, assuming our layperson audience is savvy to our technical jargon. While some words have become part of many...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Turn to ornamental grasses to please the eye and soothe the soul as they sway in the breeze. Be bold and create sweeping masses instead...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas In the Nature of Plants by Craig Huegel and published by the University Press of Florida, gardeners especially will enjoy learning what makes plants tick....
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas When an unusual plant is well-placed in a design whether in the ground or in a container, it really attracts attention. We have found these...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas The landscape design is completed, and you are ready to install plants. Or are you? To have a successful installation don’t put the shovel before...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas The landscape design is completed, and you are ready to install plants. Or are you? To have a successful installation don’t put the shovel before...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas We work with plants constantly and we usually use their scientific names which are in Latin. Many plants have common names that are also their...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Reduce labor: ornamental grasses typically need trimming only once every one-to-three years. Compare that frequency to most other plants. Save steps: cover every square inch...
In The Garden – By Stephen and Kristin Pategas Think back to a childhood memory. Can you think of one that strongly connects to a smell? Roses in a garden? Fruit pies baking in...