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Kate Presents
http://katepresents.blogspot.com
Kate Presents is a waterwise landscape design and gardening blog based in San Diego, Ca. It explores ways to save water in your garden without compromising on style. Occasionally it looks at fun new materials or plant selections for the garden as well.
- Added on: Jun 12th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Kate Wiseman
- Listed in: Gardening Home Improvement
- Tags: san diego gardening landscape design xeriscape waterwise outdoor design
Recent Posts
Christmas comes to San Diego County
Winter in San Diego!It snowed this weekend in Julian and I snapped this quick photo of pyracantha dusted with snow in front of my favorite shop in Julian: the American Gardener.They have two spots in our little mountain town: their garden shop on mai...
Quail botanical garden changes their name
Quail botanical gardens has recently changed its name to San Diego Botanical Garden. Although it will always be Quail to me, I like the change. I hope it will give them a well-earned boost in attendance. Want to learn more about their reasoning behin...
Excellent drought tolerant landscape design
This front yard design was done by Los Angeles based Landscape Architect Rob Steiner, and I like it so much I wanted to show it off as this week's home highlight. It is full of ideas you can apply to your own front yard remodel. Here are just a few:1...
Southern California can do fall color after all
In San Diego, I often meet ex-East Coasters who miss their wonderful fall color and claim that San Diego has none. I would like to change to the record to say that it isn't that we can't plant fall color trees, it is that we don't. Many of my clients...
Great LA Times article on how to kill your lawn
I always like to post a good "How to Kill Your Lawn" article when I find it. This is from the LA Times, from September 2008. The full text of the article is printed here (my post is abridged).By Joe Robinson, Special to The Times|September 06, 2008YO...
Solar Path Light
Currently, most solar garden lights are gawky and awkward, shaped like their predecessors but with a small photovoltaic glued on top. Add to that the fact that they cast a dim glow for a few hours after sunset (at best), and I find myself talking cli...
