In & around Sacramento
The California Garden - a world class botanic garden for Sacramento
This association is united around the goal of creating a stunning botanic garden in the Sacramento area. You can learn more at their web site, www.thecaliforniagarden.org
ASLA web site
Mike continues as webmaster for the ASLA Sierra Chapter. Click on the text above to see the site. You can see it here.
Temporary Contemporary Garden
Our last temporary display garden was at Cal Expo in Sacramento in 2005.
We're not planning on doing any home and garden shows in 2007.
Luciole Designs in the news...
"Terraced Retreat" featured in Sunset Magazine, November 2007, Northern California edition
One of our designs was selected for publication in Sunset Magazine. The photographs were shot almost a year ago, when the grasses were at peak. All in all, planning for the article spanned about 16 months.
Sustainable landscape featured in Sacramento Magazine, October 2007 and Davis Life Magazine, August 2007
A recent garden designed to complement a sustainably designed custom home in Davis gained a bit of press. The house, designed by Sage Architects, is designed to be beautiful, easy to live with and be ecologically friendly. The landscaping employs a number of sustainable design features that work well with the environment while creating visually appealing and useful spaces.
View the Sacramento magazine article, "Waiting to Exhale"
View the Davis Life Magazine article, "Modern Thinking".
Two of our projects selected for Fire Outdoors book.
Fire Outdoors, published by Schiffer Books, is a showcase of outdoor fireplaces & pizza ovens from across the United States. You can read more about the book here.
Luciole Design featured in River Friendly Landscape Guidelines
We acted as consultants and furnished photographs for River Friendly Landscape Guidelines, a publication teaching professional landscapers how to be more sustainable. Believe it or not, the landscape industry has some progress to make in conserving resources and protecting the environment - this book will help us move forward.
Moonflower blossom.
This is an annual vine related to morning glories, that grows (at least) eight feet over a summer. The flowers only open at night, and are fragrant. However, the plants were pretty thin up until late summer, and we didn't start getting flowers for several months. The flowers tend not to open on cooler nights - but at least the buds are quite interesting.
We often test out new plants to see how well they perform here in the Central Valley.