Experience
The Garden Masters
2008

The Spring Home/Garden Show features The Garden Masters display gardens, highlighting some of the best design talent in the San Diego region. The theme of the gardens is the talent of our local designers and creators. This gives the Garden Masters free reign to use their imaginations and creativity to create signature gardens, or to explore a new and different concepts. Look closely, for these talented designers are accustomed to creating successful gardens which grow in our area. Talk to the Garden Masters, many of them will be available throughout the show. They will be able to explain in detail their ideas and inspiration.

Unlike so many garden shows, limited by the plant palette of a single climate zone, here we see the extreme diversity of plants and designs that are appropriate and thrive in our temperate climate. Given this diversity and incredible creativity of the Garden Masters, we present one of the greatest garden shows in the country.

Entry Garden

Three Steps to the Perfect Garden

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Created by: Ryan Fergison, Mark Schroeder & Co. Inc.

All good landscapes have three important considerations:

Design
Construction
Maintenance

Pass through this entryway from beginning to end and into your ideal landscape, knowing you’ve done everything right.

Display Gardens

Between the Falls

 



Garden Master: Bob Eitelman, Landscapes to Behold

Contributors:
Breceda Landscape

Tropical garden plants create a lush backdrop for this water-themed landscape. You’ll find a resting place to muse or play, between the falls.

California Dreaming

Award of Merit


Garden Master: Tony George, Point Loma Landscape

Contributors:
Tony and Gina George
The Reynoso Family
The George family

Installation:
Santiago & Luiz and friends

California is the land of opportunity and diversity, a melting pot of people and horticulture. This beautiful landscape incorporates tropical looks with Mediterranean influences, melding in natives, xeriscape, water, fire and fragrance. The outdoor living area is perfect for family, guests, entertaining, relaxing, meditating or dreaming.

Here to There

Award of Merit
Perfection in Award of Merit
Best Combinations of Plant Materials


Garden Master: Jonathan Bosch, Suncoast Natural Waterfeatures

Contributors:
M & W Landscape
Hydro-Scape Inc.
Southwest Boulder & Stone

This garden bridges the wonderful opulence of a running stream with a tranquil space to rest and relax amid a landscape with minimal water requirements. Focus on the beauty and sound and let your tension drain away.

Come On In

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Most Dramatic
Most Creative Use of Space


Garden Master: Jesus Rodriguez, Paradise Landscape with Josh Soto, Dreamscapes

Contributors:
Rancho Soledad Nursery
Dreamscapes Landscape Design
BBQ's Galore
Village Nursery
North County Supply
La Costa Upholstery
Henri Studio

It’s all about relaxing in cozy, comfortable space all your own. A warm fireplace invites you in and the garden surrounds you with a warm, lush feeling of respite from the busy world outside.

Neptune’s Garden

Award of Merit
Most Appealing to Children


Garden Master: Jeff Moore, Solana Succulents

Contributors:
KRC Rock

An undersea aquascape comprised entirely of succulents and drought tolerant plants. Swim by and take a look at the unusual use of these highly decorative plants.

Backyard Tropics

Award of Merit


Garden Master: John Ross, Keoni Landscapes

Contributors:
Karen Sumek
Landscape Architect
The Bamboo Source
Miramar Wholesale Nurseries
Anderson’s La Costa Nursery
KRC Rock
Marathon Sod

There is a lushness in the large dark green leathery leaves of tropical plants and a joy in the brilliant color of their flowers like no others. Throw in a dash of bamboo, a pinch of soothing moving water, a Tiki or two and you can begin to leave it all behind in the confines of your very own backyard.

Back to Nature

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Best Compatibility of Plant Materials
Best Interpretive Signage


Garden Master: Gigi Hurst, Habitat West

Contributors:
Tree of Life Nursery
Moose Creek Nursery
Recon Native Plants
KRC Rock
Hydroscape Products

Native plants harbor, host and nurture an abundant ecosystem full of life, including numerous endangered species. Removing the alien plant invaders brought from round the world, this garden restores the delicate, marvelous, climate-adapted nativescape of Southern California giving endangered creatures the means to find shelter, food and reproduce.

Beyond the Ordinary!

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature


Garden Master: Emma Almendarez and Linda Fox, Glorious Gardens

Contributors:
Our hardworking employees
Hardscape
John Deere Landscape
Argo Stone & Supply
KRC Rock
Ewing

Simple and serene. This creative landscape uses drought tolerant plants and art to create an inviting, low maintenance garden conducive to the Southern California climate.

Stone and Steel

Best of Show: Second Place

Award of Merit
Massachusetts Horicultural Society Medal for Design Excellence
Best Water Feature
Best Hardscape Feature


Garden Master: Tita Heimpel, Courtyard Pottery

Contributors:
Palo Verde Landscape
Solana Succulents
RCP Block & Brick
West Coast Wholesale Pottery
RZ Nursery

Courtyard gardens become an extended living space in Southern California. Having the whole garden in containers allows the homeowner to enjoy a variety of plant material with different characteristics and to “move the furniture” any time.

Modern Mastery

Best of Show:
First Place

Judge's Choice
Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Most Educational
Best Home Landscape
Best San Diego Adapted Garden


Garden Master: Ryan Prange, Falling Waters

Contributors:
KRC Rock
Western Cactus
Barrels and Branches Nursery
Miramar Wholesale Nursery
Zach Swallows

The mid-twentieth century brought us clean, sleek lines in both architecture and landscape design. This crisp garden pays homage to the modern movement with special emphasis on defined line and drought tolerant landscaping.

La Tequilera Antigua – The Tequila Highlands

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Best Specialty Garden


Garden Master: Phillip Soto Mares, & Yvette Anderson, El Duende Tequila, Inc.

What complements fine tequila? A walk through a beautifully designed, distillery garden of historic tradition. Aristocratic landowners of Jalisco took great pride in their hacienda/distillery gardens, planting many of them with traditional medicinal and herbal plants. This garden is designed not only to be seen, but also to be pinched, plucked, and pruned for necessity, care and love.

Bolder and Boulder

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature


Garden Master: Eric Breceda, Breceda Landscape

Contributors:
Breceda Landscape
3rd John, Inc
Village Nurseries
Carmel Valley Materials

Gardens are more than just plants, they also have bones. The boulders in this landscape provide the basic form and structure for the garden while the plants provide their living energy, color and green appeal.

Spring Thaw

Award of MeritBest Naturalistic Envirionment


Garden Master: Calvin Briers, Advanced Waterscape

The earth comes alive with the sounds and scents of spring. The playful movement of water and the emerging colors of flowers celebrate new life!

Creative Places

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Best Outdoor Living


Garden Master: Mary Jo Martin, Landscape Design with Brandon Bullard, Desert Theater

Contributors:
California Center for Sustainable Energy Free Tree Program
KRC Rock
Alliance Outdoor Lighting
Tree of Life Nursery – San Juan Capistrano Hauser’s Patio – San Diego
Teak Warehouse – San Diego
Industrial Metal Supply Co.
Dixieline Lumber Co.
Lowes, Santee

This California-Southwestern garden takes the challenge of waterwise gardening and sustainable “green” living into a beautiful turf-less landscape full of design, color and interest. Native plants, cacti and succulents soften the hardscape and container plantings enable the creation of new “looks” at any time without being a slave to excessive watering.

The Forgotten Garden

Award of Merit
Most Colorful


Garden Master: Ryan Doughty, Weidners Nursery

Contributors:
Weidners Gardens and staff
Trish’s Secret Gardens

This is the place that man once took. Only to be reclaimed by nature.

A Quiet Space

Award of Merit
Best Intimate Garden


Garden Master: Rebecca Hererra, Down to Earth Landscape & Design

Contributors:
Olympic Stone and Marble
El Sembrador Nursery, 619-575-2244

Fresh, refreshing, out of doors, in the cool—that’s alfresco. This formal garden has echoes of an old world villa with a Mediterranean feel and formal details. It’s about sustainable drought tolerant landscaping and reusing elements in new and creative ways. This water conscious Mediterranean garden offers a quiet retreat to relax from the bustle of our busy lives. The scent of plants, the melody of running water, and the rich travertine rest area calm and soothe.

Shabby Chic Goes Green

Best of Show:Third Place

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature


Garden Master: Naomi Stein & Brad Gore, Eco-Greenscapes of M&W Landscaping, Inc.

Contributors:
Vaughn Construction, Escondido
Briggs Tree Company, Vista
Kaufman Masonry & Landscape Supply, Vista Pearson’s Garden and Herb Farm, Vista SunCoast Natural Waterfeatures, Valley Center
Southwest Boulder and Stone, Fallbrook

This is an earth-friendly landscape in the full sense of the word. The hardscape elements are environmentally friendly, recycled and/or recyclable. The plants are carefully selected not only for their beauty, but also for their value as edibles, minimal water requirements, and attraction to wildlife. The landscape is “Good for You and Good for Our Planet.”

Living Lush in a Thirsty Land

Award of Merit
Perfection in Nomenclature
Best Interpretation of Theme


Garden Master: Tom Jesch, Designed II…/Daylily Hill

Contributors:
Designed II
Daylily Hill
Final Touch Landscaping, Inc.

Designed II... has accepted the challenge of facing severe water restrictions by creating a garden lush with greenery, and dripping with juicy wetness. The design quenches our visual thirst, by richly incorporating an exciting and dynamic plant palette, largely of succulents and carefully selected other plants, that love the water when it comes, but can endure months without. Even the water feature loses less water for its area than transpiration by the average lawn.

Tropical Oasis for Desert Southwest

Award of MeritPacific Horticulture Award for Horticultural Excellence


Garden Master: Mark Collins, Evergreen Nursery

In this deceptive waterwise garden you will look and feel like the tropics but save water as though you are in the desert. So enjoy the lush and beautiful foliage with confidence and ease of mind.