Approaching Infinity: Infinity-edge Pools
Approaching Infinity: Infinity-edge Pools Of the many design themes trending in 2020, one [...]
Making An Entrance
Making An Entrance The New Year is here, and what better way to turn over [...]
2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW
2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW It’s that time of year once again, and we [...]
Ground Work
Ground Work Landscape Architecture is the design of space on every level – At our [...]
FEATURED ON HOUZZ (ITALY)
J.Montgomery Designs is featured in Houzz.com Italy's latest article, 'Come Ottenere il Meglio dal Tuo Geranium Rustico [...]
Featured On Houzz (Germany)
J.Montgomery Designs is featured in Houzz.com Germany's latest article, 'Gewusst wie: Kräutergarten anlegen und abwechslungsreich bepflanzen' [...]
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J.Montgomery Designs is featured in Houzz.com's latest article, '15 Fire Pits and Outdoor Fire Places to Warm Up [...]
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J.Montgomery Designs is featured in Houzz.com's latest article called '8 Petite Pools That Are Big On Luxury' [...]
Gardening For The Birds
Gardening for the Birds There’s a rush of wingbeats, and you look up [...]
Shade Gardening
Shade Gardening The days are getting shorter, the sun is low in the sky, and [...]
Fall Garden Close Up: Seeds, Roots, and Bulbs
Fall Garden Close-Up: Seeds, Roots, & Bulbs This time of year, it may [...]
Traditional Landscape Architecture
Traditional Landscape Architecture We like to think we’re at least sort of worldly, [...]
Featured On Casual Living
Featured On Casual Living: On A Mission For Style When the design team [...]
Color In The Garden
COLOR IN THE GARDEN Color is an incredibly powerful element in any form of design. [...]
Featured On Houzz
Featured On Houzz: 8 Secrets of People With Beautifully Organized Homes We were recently featured in [...]
FEATURING FIRE
FEATURING FIRE There is something instinctively wonderful about relaxing around a fire, and as a [...]
HOW TO HIRE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (OR DESIGNER)
HOW TO HIRE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (OR DESIGNER) You’ve decided you want to hire a [...]
LOW-WATER, HIGH-FASHION GARDENING
LOW-WATER, HIGH-FASHION GARDENING Alright, it is now officially hot. We’re feeling it, and [...]
HEARTH & HOME COMPETITION WINNERS
J.Montgomery Designs Wins Hearth & Home’s Design Competition: Excellence in Outdoor Room Design [...]
The Dog Days of Summer
The Dog Days of Summer If you have a canine companion in your life, [...]
Embellishments For The Landscape
Embellishments For The Landscape In creating outdoor living spaces, design is often in the details! [...]
The Night Garden
The Night Garden It’s easy to imagine a landscape only by the light of the [...]
Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice Last year around this time, our blog focused on Summer gatherings. We look [...]
Design for Play
Design for Play For so many of our clients, play is an important part of [...]
Planting Principles
Planting Principles As Landscape Architects, we have the privilege of working not only with building [...]
Flower-Cutting Gardens
Flower Cutting Gardens A garden can serve many purposes. It can be a place of [...]
California Casual
California Casual Landscape Architecture has seen many movements and style trends that influence the [...]
Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental Grasses Ornamental grasses have stolen our hearts. The grace and movement of grasses can [...]
Landscape Lighting
Landscape Lighting As the weather warms up here in the Bay, we have [...]
Spring Celebration
Spring Celebration Can you feel it? Spring is in the air! As designers of [...]
Flowering Vines for Spring
Flowering Vines For Spring Twining gracefully up a trellis or covering an [...]
Designing Tiny Spaces
Designing Tiny Landscape design is an interesting challenge at any scale – to incorporate [...]
Featured On Houzz: 10 Times To Hire A Landscape Architect
Featured on Houzz: 10 Times to Hire a Landscape Architect If you want to add a [...]
Pathways In The Landscape
Pathways In The Landscape In a landscape of any scale, the experience of moving through [...]
Oh, Deer… Deer-Resistant Plantings
Oh, Deer… Deer-Resistant Plantings Beautiful and graceful deer are a gem of Northern California’s wildlife, [...]
Ruth Bancroft Inspiration
Ruth Bancroft Inspiration From The Bold Dry Garden, Photo: Marion Brenner At [...]
Contemporary Elements
Contemporary Elements We are always excited about new things, especially when they relate [...]
The Winter Garden
The Winter Garden Here in the Bay Area, we enjoy a climate that [...]
Planting Under Oaks
Planting Under Oaks Of the many icons of the Northern California landscape, the [...]