Experience
The Garden Masters

Garden Masters: Victoria Monigold & Jason Hunter
Entwined Landscape Design, Inc.

Light and shadows enhance this lovely multi-layered garden. Feel a child-like sense of joy while exploring themed gardens arranged in waterwise zones filled with edibles, California natives and exciting plants suited to our fabulous geographical region. Follow the water cycle from tap to gray water to the biofiltration meadow. This lighthearted approach is also ecologically sound.

Garden Master: Jonathan Bosch
Suncoast Natural Waterfeatures

The whole idea of a Japanese Zen Garden is to offer a place where you can think quietly. A few well-placed elements, natural building materials and uncrowded beds lends a sense of balance to a garden and allows you to focus!

Garden Master: Jeremiah Turner
Turner Landscapes

The garden should be a place where you feel at ease, comfortable and able to relax, reflecting on life or just enjoy a daydream. The elements of water and stone, complemented by a soft palette of plants should allow anyone to stop and enjoy the calming effects of this beautiful garden.

Garden Master: Jeff Moore
Solana Succulents

Five major continents share Mediterranean climates and fascinating drought tolerant succulents occur in each with interesting similarities and intriguing differences. This dramatic garden demonstrates their color and variation.

Garden Master: Scott Ensign
Scotty's Plantscape

After nearly a half century since the great gold rush in the southern California mountains, there is still a story to be found in the early part of the last century. Finding the old roads and history was a great way to see the back county while riding in the new horseless carriages of the 20th century. Gold was discovered in the 1860's in Julian. The Model T was produced from 1909-1927.

Garden Master: Juan Dorta-Duque
Stonebrook Landscape

Celebrating the magical power of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Here, we blend ordinary materials; Wood, Iron, Stone, Water and Plants, into a magical space. A feeling of peace and tranquility awaits those who venture in.

Garden Master: Brian Best
Garden Spirit

Surround yourself with this 100% organic drought-beautiful landscape. Simple in design…extraordinary in function. Let the peace take over your mind and spirit…you're home.

Garden Master: Shellene Mueller
Designs by Shellene

This garden for all seasons welcomes guests and family activities year round. Both elegant comfortable, the naturalistic setting with beautiful stonework and low water plants is easy to care for and delightful to live in.

Garden Masters: David Nuno, Dominic Ramirez, Memo Garcia
Epic Landscape

This is a garden with heritage roots in the ancient Old World olives, a place of nature and home. Multiple streams carry the water of life in this beautiful rustic setting.

Garden Master: Calvin Briers
Advanced Waterscape

Even during the coldest winter days,
Let palm trees sway, and a waterfall
Carry you away to a warm tropical Island.

Garden Master: Navid Mostatabi
Envision Landscape Studio

Our San Diego climate affords opportunity to grow a wide variety of plants from around the world. This elemental modern setting emphasizes the beauty of Australian and New Zealand plant communities in a thoroughly modern water saving garden.

Garden Master: Paige Perkins
Garden Chat

Leave it to children's imaginations to add the color, bring in the fun and remind us of the magic gardens bring to us all.

Garden Masters: Kim Alexander and Lisa Bellora
Alee Landscape Design and Ornamental Gardens

Step into this intimate outdoor dining space and experience the essence of Far East gardens using elements of wood, stone, metal, glass and water to create a harmonious and tranquil beauty. Sustainable garden practices are an important element of this garden utilizing recycled wood, porous decomposed granite, low-voltage lighting along with drought tolerant plantings accenting mature bamboo. Elegant lighting creates a serene and private experience with wood and steel privacy screens with custom-designed stylized bamboo shapes. Enjoy the peaceful water feature with floating candles as you dine, or take an after dinner stroll around this Asian-fusion garden.

Garden Master: Ryan Prang
Falling Waters Landscape

Slow it, spread it, and sink it! Water is our most precious resource and our oceans and beaches are being polluted by urban run-off. The Ocean Friendly Garden use the principals of Conservation, Retention and Permeability to reduce or completely stop runoff from entering our storm drains. By using native plants, rain water capture systems, properly made Organic compost, smart irrigation techniques and permeable surfaces we can help to preserve our urban watershed and our beaches.

"When one tugs on one thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world" -
John Muir

Garden Master: Barry Thau
Eco Minded Solutions

A low maintenance California Garden, combining natural + rustic materials to create a modern retreat. A vibrant array of succulents and mass clusters of grasses create movement, texture + color in the garden. A perfectly balanced outdoor living room with soothing sounds of water make this garden a serene retreat.

Garden Master: Jesse Cryns
J C M S Landscaping

We have combined modern aesthetics with rustic materials to create this backyard farm landscape that exemplifies the possibility of having both the beauty and practicality of an edible culinary garden.

Garden Master: Wally Kearns
Evergreen Nursery

In our high-tech world, sometimes you need to unplug from all the electronic noise that accumulates in our minds. Enter the garden where you can unplug from the matrix and restore your well-being. This water-wise garden uses contrasting textures and colors to create an oasis in your back yard or patio. The soothing grays play off of the striking reds; the palm fronds contrast with the succulent ground covers and the combinations provide the environment needed to bring you back to nature.

Garden Master: Kristi Beach
Akana Design

Dedicated to my father, Al Matthews, who passed away Valentine's Day 2012

Who wouldn't love hanging out in a space like this? The private walled garden provides sanctuary from the world while the rest of the garden offers spots for dining and lounging. Water-thrifty plants, sustainable elements, and a cool water feature make this the perfect place to start your morning or relax at the end of your evening.