Water-Wise Fall Planting
Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2014. By Lisa Boone: How to tackle fall planting in Southern California during the third straight year of drought and the diminishing likelihood of El Niño storms this winter? At the very least, Los Angeles gardening experts agree that planting in the fall is water-wise as new plants require less irrigation due to the cooler weather and will be well established by next summer. Here, we share their tips for fall.
Resistance Is Utile
Dwell Magazine, Dwell Outdoor Special Issue. Summer 2014. By Erika Heet: Out of necessity, water-wise native plantings are an integral part of landscape design. We consult experts on how to acclimatize on a local and a global scale. Q&A: Cassy Aoyagi.
15 Most Innovative Businesses at Dwell on Design
LA Weekly. June 24, 2014. By Tanja M. Laden: The centerpiece of Dwell on Design is the outdoor exhibit. As one of the show’s highlights, Dwell Outdoor features an assortment of prefab homes, tents, airstream trailers and backyard alternatives, along with a beer garden and lush landscaping that’s all artfully arranged and built by FormLA Landscaping.
Rustic Canyon Home Is A Natural Beauty
Los Angeles Times. April 12, 2014. By Anne Colby: Rustic Canyon’s sylvan beauty and funky charm cast its spell on Jill Soffer a dozen years ago. She liked the neighborhood’s relaxed environment and abundance of sycamore trees and purchased a home there in 2002.
Interview with Cassy Aoyagi
Dwell on Design Blog. February 13, 2014. Sarah Amandolare: Sarah questions Cassy Aoyagi about the balance between the science of sustainability and the demands of design in creating optimal landscapes.
Instead of Lippia, Try These Lawn Substitutes
Los Angeles Times. November 9, 2013. Cassy Aoyagi: Question: When I moved to Northridge in 1951, every nursery carried flats of lippia, a cheap, tough, drought-resistant ground cover and lawn substitute. When I ordered it at a nursery, it took months to get, in spite of the fact that it is grown in Northern California, and it was expensive. Do you know why it has disappeared?
Santa Monica Workman’s Cottage and Garden Tour
Santa Monica Conservancy News. September 2013. By Sherrill Kushner: Historic places can range from the grand to the humble and all contribute to a city’s unique history if preserved. A humble yet creatively renovated Victorian cottage of the late 1890s was the site of a recent Conservancy tour August 18. The home and gardens of Hilda Weiss and Wayne Lindberg revealed how a 130-year-old structure can be expanded and updated into a comfortable space adapted to today’s living standards while incorporating its historical features. (Page 4)
Dwell on Design: Top 10 Talks
Land8Lounge. July 13, 2013. FormLA’s Cassy Aoyagi and Wendy Proud of Mountain States Wholesale Nursery discussed the beauty, appropriateness, and water-wisdom of installing California native plants into the residential landscape. FormLA has trademarked a lawn mix called “IdealMow” that can be formulated specifically for a general region, vicinity, or a specific microclimate, while MSWN’s “use of desert-adapted plants as landscape materials” has been on the leading edge of landscape architecture in the arid west for more than 40 years.
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
HomeWizards. May 4, 2013. By Cindy Dole and Eric Stromer: The HomeWizards interview Cassy Aoyagi and other Pasadena Showcase House designers, eliciting details to help listeners recreate their Showcase looks.
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