AllDesignPlaces Vocal Points: Little Sparta, Scotland A stepping stone crossing a stream defines the word “ripple” to garden visitors’ delight. Last…JMMDSJuly 3, 2014
AllDesignLandscape Design AppUncategorized Home Outside Palette App Release & Ugly Garden Contest! We are thrilled to announce the release of our improved Home Outside Palette 3.0 landscape…JMMDSJune 17, 2014
AllPlacesUncategorized A Visit to Scotland Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy Glen Schiel: Steve and I exclaimed at each…JMMDSJune 6, 2014
AllBooksSustainable SolutionsUncategorized Native Plants: Still Essential for Wildlife By Julie Moir Messervy On May 3, The New York Times published an op-ed piece…JMMDSMay 16, 2014
AllDesignLandscape Design AppUncategorized Amazing Landscape Designs from an App User We love hearing from users of the Home Outside Palette landscape design app. One of…JMMDSMarch 28, 2014
AllLectures and WorkshopsPeoplePlacesUncategorized On the Road with Landscaping Ideas That Work By Julie Moir Messervy. Photos by JMMDS, except where noted. Thanks to JMMDS’s new book,…JMMDSMarch 14, 2014
AllBooksDesignHow-ToUncategorizedVideo JMMDS News & Video Julie will be reporting soon on her recent activities, including a lecture tour for Landscaping…JMMDSFebruary 28, 2014
AllDesign Romancing the Garden Isn't this bench perfect for watching the sunset with a sweetheart? At a distance from…JMMDSFebruary 7, 2014
AllPlaces A Trip to France: For the Love of Lines By Julie Moir Messervy My husband and I recently spent a week in France where…JMMDSDecember 23, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App: A User Design & Some Big News… A user of the Home Outside Palette landscape design app sent us the incredible design above, with…JMMDSDecember 13, 2013
AllDesignUncategorizedVideo Landscape Design Concepts Video #5: Aesthetic Arrangements Click the image above to watch the video. Once you have evaluated your site and…JMMDSDecember 6, 2013
AllDesignPeoplePlacesUncategorized Renovating Tenshin-en, The Garden of the Heart of Heaven By Julie Moir Messervy, with photos by JMMDS. Restoration in progress at Tenshin-en, The Garden…JMMDSNovember 22, 2013
AllDesignUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App “Ask an Expert” Re-Design #3 An app user in nearby Northampton, MA, sent us this design with a request for…JMMDSNovember 15, 2013
AllDesignPeopleUncategorizedUpcoming Events JMMDS and Hempstead House in the News "Mr. Ma's Winter Garden," designed by JMMDS for Hempstead House, photographed by Marilynn K. Yee…JMMDSOctober 31, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToTipsUncategorizedVideo Landscape Design Concepts Video #4: Choosing a Layout Ideally, when we design our home landscapes, we look at our property as a whole…JMMDSOctober 25, 2013
AllDesignTipsUncategorized Palette Landscape Design App “Ask an Expert” Re-Design #2 Dynamic Balance This Home Outside Palette landscape design app user employed the "Ask an Expert"…JMMDSOctober 21, 2013
AllPeoplePlacesUncategorizedUpcoming Events Upcoming Event: A Design Showhouse at Hempstead House Historic Hempstead House at the Guggenheim estate in Sands Point, NY, is considered the "quintessential…JMMDSOctober 18, 2013
AllDesignHow-ToPlantsSustainable SolutionsUncategorized Design Tips: Using Trees in the Home Landscape By Julie Moir Messervy (based on her July 20th Real Estate Today radio interview with…JMMDSAugust 16, 2013
AllDesign Home Outside Online Landscape Design: Urban Farm By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Today we're sharing with you the designs JMMDS created for the…JMMDSJuly 19, 2013
AllPeopleUpcoming Events “Your Garden Style” Lecture, Sunday, April 28 Just in time for a late-blooming spring, Julie is giving a new lecture entitled "Your…JMMDSApril 26, 2013
All “Creating Home Outside” Pinterest Contest Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio and Home Outside are hosting a Pin-to-Win “Creating Home Outside”…JMMDSAugust 6, 2012
AllDesignPeoplePlacesProducts Eye on Design: Room 68 Eye on Design: Room 68 Recently, Julie and her daughter Charlotte—on a quest for outdoor…JMMDSJune 25, 2012
AllHow-ToNew HomesteadTips “The Gravest Natural Resource Shortage You’ve Never Heard Of” By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Establishing a reliable phosphorus supply is essential for assuring long-term, sustainable…JMMDSMay 15, 2012
AllHow-ToNew HomesteadTips Old Dog, New Tricks: Prepping the Vegetable Garden Beds Text and photos (except where noted) by Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Gas prices have been going…JMMDSMay 3, 2012
All Odds ‘n’ Ends By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS Hello, blog readers! We hope that some of you have been…JMMDSApril 17, 2012
AllProductsServices Home Outside Landscape Design App Version 2.0 This has been an exciting week for JMMDS! So much news to share: New York…JMMDSApril 6, 2012
AllPhotosPlaces Southern Scandinavia: A Photo Journal Text and photos by Anna Karina Johansen Most question a trip to southern Scandinavia in…JMMDSMarch 23, 2012
AllPeopleUpcoming Events Creative Design: Musical Park Benches By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS We’ve recently had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Garry…JMMDSMarch 15, 2012
AllBooksNew HomesteadPlants Fruits and Nuts: Good Winter Reading By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS My house may be full of nuts, but my yard has…JMMDSMarch 9, 2012
AllBooksPeople Good stuff to share! Apologies to all our blog readers and especially to Dr. Leonard Perry, whose book The…JMMDSMarch 2, 2012