Author Archives: Kate Wiseman
May Greys
In San Diego, in the early summer we often have a marine layer of clouds over most of the coastal areas. We call it MayView full post »
Home highlight: ornamental grasses
As part two in our Home Highlight series, I would like to show off this beautifully done water wise garden in NorthparkView full post »
Feature: Casablanca in Kensington
We are very proud of our latest feature article in San Diego Home and Garden Lifestyles magazine’s July issueView full post »
Reduce water without compromising style
Xeriscaping has the reputation of being wild looking, but a few classic types of landscape designs have always beenView full post »
Local waterwise garden
If you haven’t already taken a trip to the Cuyamaca College Water Conservation Garden, it is well worth a visit.View full post »
Home highlight: great color is key
In an effort to destroy the misconception that all drought tolerant gardens have to be “deserty”, colorlessView full post »
Small fountains for dry gardens
Lately fountains have been getting a bad reputation as water guzzlers, but a small fountain can add life, sound, andView full post »
What to replace your lawn with
We liked this article from Earth Easy so much, we wanted to publish it in its entirety: What to replace the lawn with AView full post »
Mandatory water cuts make xeriscaping more appealing
The City of San Diego will begin enforcing its new water conservation policy today. The policy has left a lot of peopleView full post »
What makes a good dry streambed?
Dry riverbeds can be a very ornamental addition to a low water use garden, or they can be horribly ugly! Here are a fewView full post »
Fake shakes
I typically steer clients away from products that are man-made reproductions because they mostly don’t come closeView full post »
How to un-slip slippery tile
Since outdoor tile and stone can become very slippery when it rains, I like to use a micro-etcher on any honed naturalView full post »
No longer astroturf but…..
In the search to save water a lot of people have been deciding to put in artificial turf. Hundreds of companies haveView full post »
Pseudo- English gardening
A lot of people love the English Garden style with its colorful perennial borders and boisterous flowers, but a typicalView full post »
Why so grey?
A lot of my clients ask me if there is a way to tell whether or not a plant is drought tolerant just by looking at it.View full post »
