Photo of a southwestern landscaping in Phoenix.

Landscape & Pool Design: Root Design Company Photo credits: Jessica Carr
This is an example of a mediterranean landscaping in Austin.

Tile fireplace featuring Motawi’s Sunflower, Carnation and Tudor Rose art tiles in Gold Salmon. Photo: Justin Maconochie.
Inspiration for a craftsman living room remodel in Detroit with a standard fireplace and a tile fireplace

Home design - coastal home design idea in Houston

Native sages and Mediterranean wild mints and lavenders dance together under a canopy of palo verde, citrus and strawberry trees. Jasmine, bougainvillea, figs, olives and a sizable vegetable garden and orchard round out the planting profile. Not to mention the ultra low-water NO-MOW lawn. Used regularly for dogs & soccer.

Riese Design, Inc. - Cork backed, textured wallpaper. Notice the metallic shimmer - it moves with you as you move along in the room!
Transitional dark wood floor kitchen/dining room combo photo in New York with gray walls

Transitional dining room photo in New York

Screens to add privacy to a decked area with a low surrounding wall
Deck - mid-sized contemporary backyard balcony deck idea with no cover

Example of a classic home design design in New York

Sparkles of blue salvia and orange butterfly weed amongst a sea of yellow rudbeckia. Photograph by Katherine Palmer
This is an example of a contemporary full sun front yard formal garden in DC Metro for summer.

We call these gardens "living landscapes" because the native plants they contain seed off and change locations from year to year in a dynamic, dramatic show. The gardener becomes audience, director, and dramaturge--all in one--rather than one who tightly controls the results. (What is a dramaturge, one might ask if their friends are not in the theater?) Oxford languages explains: "1. a dramatist. 2. a literary editor on the staff of a theater who consults with authors and edits texts." In living landscapes, the native plants become a sort of text which the gardener edits in order to shape the unfolding drama for the current and next season. The gardener chooses where to pull back overly assertive plants, when to nudge forward the under-confident actor waiting to shine, when to let the mystery unfold and surprise. It is not laissez-faire or "what will be will be"--rather, it is an ongoing movement rooted in observation and reflection. This is the living landscape we strive to design and build at The Natural Garden.

This is an example of a traditional landscaping in New York.

The fig tree in foreground underplanted with blue borage. The flowers of blue borage are edible and taste mildly like sweet cucumber
This is an example of a large mediterranean full sun stone vegetable garden landscape in San Diego for summer.

Patrick & Topaze McCaffery - Taproot Garden Design "2018 May: Black Eyed Susan Vine."
Design ideas for a mid-sized mediterranean drought-tolerant and full sun backyard garden path in San Francisco for summer.

Nick McCullough

Apple trees are under planted with Black-eyed Susans and ‘Rozanne’ Geraniums. Neil Landino
Photo of a mid-sized traditional full sun side yard vegetable garden landscape in New York for summer.

Custom Mural done by O&O Interior. Alice in Wonderland themed room for a little girl.
Inspiration for an eclectic bedroom remodel in Austin

Design ideas for a transitional landscaping in Richmond.