Elements of Style: The Classic Mediterranean Garden A classic Mediterranean style garden is typically low-maintenance, drought tolerant and perfect for a climate dry and hot in Summer and warm and moist in Winter. For those of us living in California, this seems a perfect fit. Traveling throughout the Mediterranean region, focused on the landscape and…
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APLD San Diego Visits Eye of the Day
Eye of the Day Garden Design Center recently welcomed some members of the San Diego district of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. Headed by Koby Hall of Koby’s Garden Alchemy, Inc., the group of landscape designers hit the road for a weekend of visits to major garden influencers throughout the Santa Barbara area. They stopped by…
A Malibu Getaway | Design by Wendy Harper
We recently had the pleasure of photographing a Malibu garden design by landscape architect Wendy Harper. Hidden in a canyon perched on a point overlooking the Pacific, the property owned by Harper’s clients is a perfect weekend getaway. The experience begins on the winding narrow road leading you around a bend where you get your…
On the Road Again…
…from the Travel Journal of Brent Freitas, CEO/Owner of Eye of the Day Over the last few years we have focused on survival and have been importing only products that have become our staples: Italian terracotta, French Anduze pottery and hand-thrown Greek terracotta pots. Pre-Recession, Eye of the Day traveled throughout the world and brought…
Eye of the Day Exhibiting at the ASLA Expo in San Diego! (Oct 31 – Nov 1)
Eye of the Day will be exhibiting at the Association for Landscape Architects (ASLA) Expo next Monday and Tuesday, October 31st and November 1st at the San Diego Convention Center. We are very excited to show everyone our beautiful handcrafted Italian terracotta from Terrecotte San Rocco. We have planned long and hard to make this show…
Fall/Winter Landscape Design Special Offer for Eye of the Day Customers
While spring may be a wonderful time to get plants in the ground, fall is the perfect time to begin designing your garden, and a time at which landscape professionals are available. To encourage you to get started this fall, Jennifer Voss of Gardefacts Landscape Design (www.gardefacts.com) and Arianna Jansma of Dramatically Different Landscape Design…
