San Luis Obispo Landscaper Blog

The beautiful climate of the California Central Coast gives us an abundance of outdoor activities that include trail hikes, beach-combing, and bird-watching at the estuary. When you've been out and about, have you ever wondered about the surrounding greenery, waving in the coastal wind?

Jason McLennan will be in San Luis Obispo on Friday, October 14, 2011 to discuss concepts from his fascinating new book, “Zugunruhe,” and share powerful examples of ‘Living Buildings’ emerging around the US and Canada. Members of the public are invited to attend.

We love most every kind of succulent, and why not--they’re beautiful, drought-resistant, and if your conditions are right, they produce elegant little flowers. One of our favorite succulents is Echeveria. Thick, succulent leaves appear as petals in loose, concentric rings or rosettes.

San Luis Obispo County, where will you be this weekend?? Feel like a little renovating? Visit our booth at the Fall 2011 Home Show at the Madonna Expo Center, this Saturday and Sunday, September 24th and 25th.

Containers, containers, containers, so many to choose from. They’re usually designed either as an upright open bin box or closed container. An open box design collects rainwater and makes it easy to add materials. However, it can attract rodents, bees and other insects, become too wet and potentially be an eyesore for the neighbors.

Outdoor composting includes both green and brown materials. Which is to say, all you really need is food, water, and air, and maybe a bin (if you want to impress your neighbors). Good compost is made of the stuff you’d usually just throw away: table scraps, yard waste, shredded paper, pruned branches, eggshells, and so forth.

Morro Bay's city flower is the Dahlia--did you know? And early this year the city's fine folk voted to make the official tree the Cypress. Together, this is cause for celebration.

Our mild climate here on the Central Coast makes it easy to overlook the changing of the seasons. With all the back-to-school commercials, however, it's clear that fall is right around the corner. One of the best parts of autumn is making use of all those leaves that Nature provides for us.

Not all magic is from the world of Harry Potter! With the highly anticipated release of the final Harry Potter movie, magic is in the air! This month we're featuring a little bit of magic whose plant ancestry goes back 300 million years to the family of Proteaceae.

While you're still going to have to visit the zoo to see the marsupials, you may have noticed these stunning plants adding vibrancy to local gardens. These flowering plants have long, flattened leaves with striking tubular flowers coated with dense, fuzzy hairs.

Tuesday, June 21st was the longest day of the year, and SLO Solstice's event made it extra-extraordinary. Hosted by Sunset Honda and REC Solar, Solstice held their annual Green Mixer at Sage Eco Gardens in Los Osos.

What a treat it was for those lucky enough to hear the esteemed David Fross (plant guru and part owner at Native Sons Nursery) talk recently at the SLO Botanical Gardens.