Landscape designer Randy Laurie helps homeowners realize an eco-friendly oasis for strolling, entertaining and enjoying those ‘golden hour’ sunsets
Every April, the sprawling Mission Hills garden overlooking Heritage Park welcomes spring with a raucous cacophony of blossoms and fragrance, narrated by a chorus of trilling songbirds and chirping insects.
Laurie began working with the owners, who prefer to remain anonymous, about 2008. The owners, both committed hands-on gardeners, were longtime friends with Laurie and understood his artistic approach to horticulture. One is more in tune with plants, having grown up on a farm and enjoying gardening.
The home features bold horizontal and vertical lines; the garden design adds to this look with varying shapes, textures and colors. Aside from waterwise plants, their instructions to Laurie were relatively simple: They wanted a natural-looking, rather than a manicured, garden with as much color as possible, year-round, and with every color imaginable. They also wanted plants that would benefit the environment and attract wildlife, while providing nectar to pollinators and food for birds and other wildlife.
The property is located at the middle level of the convergence of several canyons and receives runoff from properties above while overlooking Heritage Park below. In drier years, drainage is not an issue, but during wet years, runoff can pose serious problems.
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