--- title: "Kaveh Maguire Garden Design — Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/kaveh-maguire-garden-design-pfvwus-pf~310382822 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~310382822.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Kaveh Maguire Garden Design" category: ["Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/2e7313c70f766586_9302-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Los Osos, California, United States" latitude: 35.3111 longitude: -120.8324 phone: "" website: http:// rating: 0 review_count: 0 followers: 72 last_updated: 2026-09-03 --- # Kaveh Maguire Garden Design Original Houzz profile: [Kaveh Maguire Garden Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/kaveh-maguire-garden-design-pfvwus-pf~310382822) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers - **Location:** Los Osos, CA - **Serves:** Los Osos - **Houzz rating:** 0.0 out of 5 (0 reviews) ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Influencer - 500 Ideabook Saves Garden design. ### Areas Served - Los Osos ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Kaveh Maguire Garden Design | | Address | Los Osos, California, United States | | Website | http:// | | Followers on Houzz | 72 | **Social profiles:** - Blog — http://gardenpropaganda.com/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Kaveh Maguire Garden Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/kaveh-maguire-garden-design-pfvwus-pf~310382822) - **Website:** http:// ## Selected projects - [Designer's Garden](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/designer-s-garden-pj-vj~3000212) - Location: Baywood-Los Osos, CA - Photos: 1 - [Olive Street](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/olive-street-pj-vj~441219) - Location: Morro Bay, CA - Photos: 23 - Description: A garden overlooking Morro Bay featuring succulents, restios, and Proteaceae. [See all 2 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architects-and-landscape-designers/kaveh-maguire-garden-design-pfvwus-pf~310382822) ## Ideabooks - [Shelving](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/122242943/list/shelving) — 5 ideas - [Bathroom Sinks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/121268163/list/bathroom-sinks) — 2 ideas - [shopping](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/83525127/list/shopping) — 1 idea - [Laundry/Mud Room](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/22339119/list/laundry-mud-room) — 3 ideas - [Lighting and Fixtures](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/22339107/list/lighting-and-fixtures) — 4 ideas [See all 5 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/kaveh-maguire) ## Community Q&A **Q: Idyll Check-In** *(in Perennials)* Here's a toast to the olden days .. In Northern California our winter has been frighteningly mild. I've done about 60% of the rose pruning, and dug up most of my hell strip. DS is on a SF Shakespeare Company tour and not around to assist with the heavy lifting--I dug up my Pennisetum 'Bunny Tails' and drug it onto my concrete patio. Dead as a doornail and it still weighs a ton. I need a 3 day weekend. A: Howdy. Marie told me to come and say hi. I haven't posted on Gardenweb in ages. I'm living and designing gardens on California's central coast. You can find me at my blog linked below (which I update from time to time) or on Facebook where I post pictures far more frequently. \- Kaveh Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Propaganda **Q: Aphids!** *(in California Gardening)* I have blasted them with water, sprayed them with dish soap, they just keep coming back - my Sun parasols are \*covered\* in these orange aphids and the plants are starting to look very sad. Does anyone have more methods of getting rid of these things or should I just give up and rip up these plants 9the aphids are only on this one plant type). A: How long have they been around? Usually their life cycle is pretty fast. If you just mechanically remove them by squishing them or knocking them off with water I haven't really found aphids to be a huge problem. If they are a long lasting ongoing thing it may be a sign that there is something else wrong. Plant is growing in the wrong conditions (too much shade/sun, too much fertilizer promoting weak new growth) that sort of thing. **Q: Clueless about a future in Horticulture** *(in The Professional Gardener)* Hi everyone! I have been frequenting this forum for a while and have seen many posts like this, but was hoping to get some individual advice. I graduated from college last year with degrees in political science and business, of which I have little interest. During my time in college I spent my springs and summers working at a local nursery and since graduating I have been working with ornamentals in a greenhouse. I also write and edit articles for two online gardening magazines. So, I have about 5 years industry experience. My local college, University of Maryland, offers a 2 year degree in Ornamental Horticulture, and I am extremely interested in attending. My dream job would be to one day curate a botanical garden or open my own organic nursery. However, my parents are very concerned about my interest in this career path. Initially, they pushed me into the undergraduate degree and I wanted to comply with their wishes since they were the ones paying. Now, they are encouraging me to go for a graduate degree in law or business because my future would be "secure". I believe I would be a good lawyer or businesswoman, but have little interest in those fields and much less interest in going to school for 4+ years more. Man, do those classes sound dull. However, I am also concerned about having a secure future. Money is not everything but I grew up very comfortably and would like to be able to provide well for a future family. I think I could earn my degree in horticulture, and with my previous experience, find a good job, something I love doing. But, my parents (and a little voice inside my head) tell me that maybe I would not be living up to my potential? Maybe in 40 years I will wake up and say, "Man I could have been a really successful lawyer". I love plants and I love working outside and I dont think I would like working in a stuffy office for the rest of my life. I am very confused right now and don't know what to do. I want to be a horticulturist and work in this industry, but I also want to be successful and not just stay in the same greenhouse position I have right now. Can I make a living in this industry? What other degrees or certificates besides or in addition to Ornamental Horticulture should I consider? Thanks for all of your time! A: You may want to look into the 2 year programs at Longwood or the New York Botanical Garden to get some real hands on experience and connections in the field if that is what you really want to do. That said there are times when I wish I had gone into something more lucrative and kept horticulture as a hobby. But I have friends and classmates that are doing reasonably well for themselves so there are ways to make it work. **Q: Is anyone growing Leucodendron in S. Florida?** *(in South African Native Plants)* I know it needs dry weather, so wondering if it will survive our summers. If so, how do you grow it? I want one so badly, but they are expensive, so not buying one unless it will survive. A: I very much doubt it would be happy with the heat and humidity of Florida. As far as I know the only places it will grow in the US are the California coast and higher elevations of Hawaii. **Q: Growing Mesembs** *(in Cacti & Succulents)* I have been growing a variety of mesembs for a couple years with mixed results. Hopefully someone else who grows these plants in a similar climate can help me out. Our summers experience temps. over 102 for 40+ days and the nights are not much cooler. Growing lithops, conos. and some others strictly as house plants is not working out. How do you handle these potted plants in a seriously hot climate? C A: Are you growing them in full sun or can you give them a bit of light shade in the hottest parts of the day? How often are you watering them when the temps are that high (provided it is not a type that is summer dormant)? I'm at the other end of the temperature extreme (often 60 degrees in the summer) but I was growing some Titanopsis seedlings in small plastic pots on a black weed suppressing cover in the hottest, sunniest spot on my yard and pretty much watered every day during most of the summer. **Q: Bakersfield, CA -- Hummers** *(in California Gardening)* Does bakersfield have hummingbirds year round? Is it a nice place to live? Still searching for somewhere to live in calif. Found a cute place listed on garber way, bakersfield. Any comments would be cool. thanks A: I wouldn't live in the central valley for all the money in the world. The coast is a lot more expensive but is far more ideal weather wise and gardening wise. And lots of hummingbirds of course. Pick anywhere you want from south to north but try to stay within 2-10 miles of the ocean. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-03.*