PlacesPlants Powerful Places: The Baja Peninsula, Mexico by Anna JohansenAfter blasting through Tijuana and Ensenada, the subsequent agricultural vastness of the likes…JMMDSJanuary 12, 2010
PlacesTips New Perspectives for a New Year: Seven Ways to See by Julie Moir MesservyMy seven spatial archetypes provide a contemplative framework for looking at the…JMMDSJanuary 5, 2010
DesignHow-ToTips Landscape Design 101: The Garden in Winter by Julie Moir Messervy Ironically enough, it’s the dead of winter when making changes to…JMMDSDecember 29, 2009
Places Building with Beavers: A Habitat of Home by Julie Moir Messervy An inside look at the industrious beavers living in my own…JMMDSDecember 22, 2009
Products The JMMDS Holiday Gift Guide by Val KhislavskySnow is on the ground and the Holidays are upon us! Whether you're…JMMDSDecember 15, 2009
Places Powerful Places: Machu Picchu, Peru by Val Khislavsky Design inspiration can be found right outside your door, but it's always…JMMDSDecember 8, 2009
PlacesPressUpcoming Events NEW from JMMDS: Toronto Music Garden Book by Val KhislavskyJMMDS announces the newest addition to its book catalog: The Toronto Music Garden:…JMMDSDecember 1, 2009
How-ToPlants Beautiful Brassicas: Fall Landscape Favorites by Katharine Gehron Winter is just around the corner here in the Northeast. All the…JMMDSNovember 24, 2009
Press Home Outside a Top Book of 2009 on Washington Post & Amazon.com! by Katharine GehronWe received the exciting news that Home Outside has been named one of…JMMDSNovember 23, 2009
DesignPeopleUncategorized Meet the Designer: Maggie Judycki, GreenThemes Inc. by Mary Landon Maggie Judycki, the proprietor of GreenThemes, Inc., a landscape-design company based in…JMMDSNovember 17, 2009
DesignHow-ToTips Landscape Design 101: Pools of Space by Julie Moir Messervy Unify the elements of your property using a little trick from…JMMDSNovember 10, 2009
Products Eye on Design: Recycled Outdoor Products by Val Khislavsky Breezesta furniture brightens an outdoor gathering space. Photo: Breezesta. On a recent…JMMDSNovember 3, 2009
PeoplePhotosPlaces Colors of Fall: Vermont Foliage through a Photographer’s Lens by Val Khislavsky Fall Foliage highlights a JMMDS Vermont landscape design. Photo: Bill Sumner. Fall…JMMDSOctober 27, 2009
DesignHow-ToTips Landscaping Faux Pas #4: Designing with Concrete: Think Outside the Block by Val Khislavsky Our Landscaping Faux pas series continues with a hard look at concrete…JMMDSOctober 20, 2009
DesignPeoplePlaces Inspired Design: Shore Country Day School, Beverly, MA by Julie Moir Messervy An early perspective sketch of the Inspiration Garden by JMMDS Landscape…JMMDSOctober 13, 2009
DesignPeopleProducts Artists Among Us: Supporting Your Local Talent by Julie Moir Messervy Sandstone heads by Donald Saaf. Photo: Donald Saaf website. Since I’ve…JMMDSOctober 6, 2009
PlacesUpcoming Events Fairy Houses Tour Comes to Grafton Nature Museum by Val Khislavsky This past weekend marked Vermont's first Fairy Houses Tour at the Nature…JMMDSSeptember 29, 2009
DesignPlants Erica’s Oddballs: The Alliums by Erica Bowman Here's the latest from the Erica's Oddballs series! With each post, Erica…JMMDSSeptember 25, 2009
PeoplePlaces A New Community Garden Campus: Celebrating at Franklin Park Conservatory by Julie Moir Messervy One of the Culinary Gardens. Photo: Julie Messervy. I just got…JMMDSSeptember 15, 2009
People Meet a Designer: Alma Hecht, San Francisco, CA by Mary Landon We first got to know Alma Hecht, APLD, from our Call for…JMMDSSeptember 8, 2009
Places Walking the Rose Kennedy Greenway: Landscape Design in the Heart of the City by Julie Moir Messervy Plantings soften the cityscape in Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. Photos: Julie…JMMDSSeptember 1, 2009
DesignPlants Erica’s Oddballs: Nature’s Treasures by Erica Bowman Here's the latest from the Erica's Oddballs series! With each post, Erica…JMMDSAugust 25, 2009
PhotosUpcoming Events Creating Home Outside: A Success! Julie gives feedback on the tabletop exercise. Photo: Val Khislavsky. Thank you to everyone who…JMMDSAugust 25, 2009
Upcoming Events Join Julie for a Vermont Landscape Design Workshop! THIS Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:30am – 4:30pm Vermont Academy Saxtons River, VT Click to…JMMDSAugust 18, 2009
DesignPeople Summer Hours: A Landscape Designer’s Dream by Julie Moir Messervy Julie's pond in the morning light. Photo: Julie Messervy For the…JMMDSAugust 18, 2009
DesignHow-ToTips Landscaping Faux Pas #3: The Plastic Edge by Julie Moir Messervy Our Landscaping Faux pas series continues with the perils of plastic…JMMDSAugust 11, 2009
PlantsTips Erica’s Oddballs: Plants of the Wilder Palette by Erica Bowman Welcome to the first installment of Erica's Oddballs! With each post, Erica…JMMDSAugust 3, 2009
New HomesteadProducts Deer Fly, Don’t Bother Me!: Repelling Insects in Your Landscape by Val Khislavsky Mid to late summer brings an abundance of deer flies to Julie's…JMMDSJuly 27, 2009
DesignHow-ToTips Setting Stones: Looking to Nature for Landscape Design Excerpt from: Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love by Julie Moir MesservySetting stones into…JMMDSJuly 20, 2009
Press Julie in Natural Health Magazine Vital Nature: Backyard Bliss Natural Health Magazine - July/August 2009 We asked Julie Moir Messervy,…JMMDSJuly 20, 2009