Tag Archives: consulting
“Garden Itis”
I suppose I truly developed garden-Iris in my youth as I had a bedroom full of potted plants who were my only true friends, along with my shadow of a dog and I actually named all of my plants. My Grandpa and Grandma LaPaso were avid gardeners with whom I spent a lot of time …
Top 10 Trees and Shrubs for Privacy
If you’re in Central Texas, particularly Austin, you know that land is at a premium. This is true in many cities as homes being are being built on less than a quarter acre and your neighbors are typically “all up in your grill”. There’s a good reason that one of the most common questions I …
Edible Landscapes in Austin
I have said it for years and I’ll say it again, you have never tasted fruit, veggies or herbs until you eat them right from the garden, or grow it yourself. Store bought fruit and vegetables are picked prematurely so they arrive a proper color on the outside, but the inside can be very different. …
Control Freak Much?
One of the best ways to squelch the life out of a good design is to work with a client who can’t give up control to the process. You need to be open to suggestion, education, what is realistic and what isn’t. While there are many certain’s in landscape and gardening; More times in life, …
Yes, We Have No Banana’s!
You’re not in Kansas anymore baby-doll, this terrain isn’t for the weak or the weary. It’s hot as hell, the only rain we get is all on the same day and the ground parts that aren’t rock are clay and/or builders dirt (aka, Red Death. There is a reason we don’t have basements here, the …