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Category Archives: Native and Adapted Plants

Pride Month, Let’s Celebrate the Rainbow 🌈

As the proud mother of LGTBQ children and family members, I am acutely aware of the need to celebrate Pride Month and the importance of equality and opportunity for everyone to be their most authentic self. Today and everyday, it is important to honor all of the colors of the rainbow and the individuality of …

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Landscape Liars

“Learn the ropes or work with dopes”. That’s mine, but you can steal it, and I hope you recite it to memory. If I save one person with this blog from an unscrupulous contractor, or self proclaimed “landscaper” who delivers the wrong plants for the right job, or pulls the “bait and switch” method of …

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Spiritual Sanctuary Landscape Designs

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Religion is a topic most businesses steer clear of and frankly, I think religion is very personal and should be treated as such. Landscape Design is also very personal and now that we’re in our yards more than ever, our space should reflect who we are and allow space for prayer, meditation or simple appreciation …

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The Pandemic Purge, Take Your Space Back.

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I don’t think it’s a secret to anybody at this point that we are in the midst of a pandemic and these events take place about every hundred years or so. They are a steady reminder that mother nature will take things into her own hands when we get out of balance. These anomalies occur …

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Online or In Person Landscape Consultation, Austin and Zone 8

Everyone Should Have a Landscape Consultation  As a mother of two young adult sons with autism, a Landscape Designer and Educational Consultant for the last 20 years in Central Texas, I am well versed in adjustments. That being said, I am more determined than ever to provide service at the highest levels and I believe …

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