The pollinator garden, which looks out over agricultural fields against the western horizon, features a bird shower/bath and a permeable urbanite flagstone pathway. Photo: Jennifer Jewell
This is the third in a 4-part series we’ve named Planting the New California Garden. Throughout 2017 we’ll be highlighting the work of APLD designers to illustrate practical water-use data beautifully brought to life in a finished landscape. Our Planting the New California Garden series is funded in part by a grant from the Saratoga Horticultural Research Foundation.
Big Sky Garden
This garden on the edge of Davis, California has broad, west-facing views across farmland to the Vaca hills. Its design embraces the location and view. Bernadette Balics, the garden’s designer, deliberately chose low plantings to preserve the open feel. The property owners wanted to welcome birds to the garden and to be able to watch birds from their studio office, situated in the middle of the garden.
Looking back toward the house and the shaded patio. Prairie Junegrass Koe...
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