The Resilient Garden Retrofit - The Path to Rethinking your Landscape
Written by Joy Lyndes, Landscape Architect, PLA 4183, ASLA
Coastal SAGE Landscape Architecture, Inc
Whether I am designing a sports park, campus grounds or a custom home garden – beauty, function, context and maintenance guide all garden choices. A mindful design must always serve the owners’ needs for use, beauty and maintenance while balancing the opportunities and constraints of the context and site. Landscape architects masterfully craft outdoor environments for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy. And we have some important tips to guide you as you consider your landscape environment. Apply these principles to your garden and you can create outdoor rooms for your family to enjoy for years.
So, let’s talk first about the principles of creating a resilient garden retrofit. Before you- the steward of your garden- design or change your garden, ask yourself a few framework questions.
