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  • Amy's Press Landscape/Design Topics

    Designing for a Smaller, Urban Lot

    Designing for Acreage + Land Restoration

    New Ideas for Outdoor Rooms 

    Why Connecting to Nature is Good for Us

    Ways to get Kids More Connected to Nature

    Creating Meaning in Your Garden

    Creating Connection to Your Landscape

    How to get Kids off Screens and Interested in Their Outdoor Spaces

    How to Create Memories Connected to Nature

    How to Elevate an Outdoor Space

    Creating Exciting Entry Ways

    Creating an Outdoor Home Office

    Make an Outdoor Room Your Favorite Room in Your Home

    The Importance of Creating Habitat in Your Landscape

    Outdoor Water Features and How They Can Bring Magic to Your Garden

    The Fifth Season in Landscape Design

    How to Add More Curb Appeal to Your Home

    How to Budget for Your Landscape

    How to Best Work with a Landscape Designer

    The Importance of Investing in Your Landscape

    Creating a Gorgeous Landscape

    How to Get Ready to Work with a Landscape Designer

    Why Hire a Landscape Designer

    The Importance of Planting Native Plants

    Design for Creating a Simple Pergola

    Creating a Cohesive Landscape Design

    How to Blur the Lines Between the Outdoors and Indoor Spaces

    Ideas Handling Drainage in Your Garden

    The Positives and Negatives of Having an Outdoor Water Feature

    Seasonality in Landscape Design

  • Ecology Topics

    Wildlife Considerations

    Support native ecology

    Create habitat

    Pollinators

    Durability

    Drought tolerant

    Cold hardy

    Water conscious 

    Sensory Elements

    Shape & Texture

    Movement 

    Fragrance

    Rotating features year round

    Apartment Living

    Indoor Plants

    Tropicals

    Grow Citrus on a Balcony or Deck

    Lawn Alternatives

    Native Grasses

    Sedges

    Meadows

  • Horticulture Subjects

    PLANT & SOIL CARE

    Potting

    Potting Soil Selection - Comparing Composition

    Layering in large pots

    Soil Health

    How soil health impacts plants and surrounding ecosystems

    Best practices for improving soil health - Observation - Amendments

    Plant Care

    Organic solutions to typical plant-problems

    Indoor Plant Care

    Landscape Plant Care

    Vegetable Gardens & Orchards

    Companion Planting in Vegetable Gardens

    Self-Pollinating Orchards

I love talking about design, landscapes, gardens and plants.

I am lucky to get to work everyday doing exactly what I love to do. Let me know if you need me for a talk or some expert advice for an article you are writing. I’d love to help!