Consumer Protection

Find out whether someone claiming to be a Landscape Architect is for real (or not)

Check out Landscape Architects in the State of California

Find out whether someone claiming to be a Landscape Architect is for real (or not).


What is the license status of a particular Landscape Contractor?

Check out Landscape Contractors in the State of California

What is the license status of a particular Landscape Contractor? Before you commit, find out if they are ethical, in good business standing, and without pending lawsuits!


Wildfire Safety & Protection

Urban Fire Forester

Urban Fire Forester, Conor Lenehan

Learn about the latest wildfire safety & protection guidelines from the Rancho Santa Fe Fire District. Please note, in the communities with the shelter in place, there were no homes lost during the recent San Diego County Wildfires. http://www.rsf-fire.org

Nick Martin Landscape Architect has worked extensively with the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District (PDF).


Water Conservation

Be Water Wise, Water Saving Tips

Be Water Wise, Water Saving Tips.

It's easier than you think to save water. Find out how with these quick tips.

20 Gallon Challenge is a call for residents and businesses to reduce our region's water use on average by 20 gallons per person, per day.

The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College - Demonstrating Water-Wise Landscaping Since 1999.


Water Use Classification of Landscape Species

Water Use Classification of Landscape Species

Water conservation is an essential consideration in the design and management of California landscapes. Effective strategies that increase water use efficiency must be identified and implemented.

Click here for PDF WUCOLS 4th edition User Manual (20mb).

Click here for WUCOLS website.


Swimming Pools and Spas

National Pool Tile Group

National Pool Tile Group

Plan your perfect poolscape. Start with NPT® decorative swimming pool finish, pool tile, and coping.

NPT/Superior Pool Products LLC
1973 Friendship Dr. Ste.B
El Cajon, California 92020
Phone: (619) 447-2466
SCP Distributors
566 N. Tulip St.
Escondido, California 92025
Phone: (760) 737-7655

Contractors, Suppliers & Specialty Products

San Diego Landscape Designer and Landscape Architect, Western Outdoor Design and Build, is your contractor for any outdoor living project.

Western Outdoor Design and Build

San Diego Landscape Designer and Landscape Architect, Western Outdoor Design and Build, is your contractor for any outdoor living project.


Mirage Porcelain Pavers

Mirage Porcelain Pavers

Outdoor porcelain pavers have the same benefits as regular porcelain - frost-resistant, skid-resistant, durable and easy to clean - combined with incredibly high breakage loads (up to 2,000 pounds) creates the perfect solution for gardens, terraces and high traffic outdoor areas. Outdoor porcelain pavers can be dry laid onto grass, gravel, dirt and sand - or onto terraces and roofs using raised supports - without grout, adhesives or specialized workers, making installation incredibly easy.


Haddonstone Quality cast stone products, handmade by passionate experts.

Haddonstone

Quality cast stone products, handmade by passionate experts.


Landscape Stone and Boulder Supply for your Landscape Project - 1-800-KRC-Rock

KRC Rock

Landscape Stone and Boulder Supply for your Landscape Project - 1-800-KRC-Rock


Southwest Boulders are committed to bringing our customers the finest quality natural stone and masonry products with exemplary on time service at an honest price.

Southwest Boulders

Southwest Boulders are committed to bringing our customers the finest quality natural stone and masonry products with exemplary on time service at an honest price.


Parasoleil – The Art of Shade

Parasoleil – The Art of Shade

Striving to create unique spaces by filtering light using the architectural building material of custom perforated panels made from powdercoated aluminum, patina aged copper, carved wood, cor-ten steel, and more.


Lifetime Lighting Systems

Lifetime Lighting Systems

280 Trade Street, Unit B
San Marcos CA, 92078
Mon - Fri: 6 AM to 5:30 PM
sales@directlol.com
(760) 304-8183

We design products and set goals with SMART principles in mind:
Situational Awareness: Every fixture is designed with application specificity in mind. Solutions such as Glare, Mounting made to go outside.
Material: Only the best grade of material used. Material made to go outside.
Attachment System: Interchangeable Mounting System allows fixture to have.
Repairable: Things happen on a daily basis - You will never send a fixture back as they are field repairable.
Transformation: The ability to have a fixture transform into many other fixtures. 1 fixture can be up to 10.


Forever Redwood

Forever Redwood

Forever Redwood creates beautiful handcrafted outdoor redwood furniture kits, including pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, tables, seating & more. 100% sustainably harvested & reclaimed redwood.


Decks, Patio Covers and Lumber in San Diego J&W Lumber

J&W Lumber

Since 1957 J&W Lumber Company has been a leader in Lumber and Outdoor Building Products; supplying innovative, quality name brand products.


Thompson Building Materials has Brick, Thin Brick, Natural Stone, Pavers, bbq islands and more for all of your home improvement projects.

Thompson Building Materials

Thompson Building Materials has Brick, Thin Brick, Natural Stone, Pavers, bbq islands and more for all of your home improvement projects.


Whether it's for your home, corporate building or public landscape, a well-composed East West Stone veneered panel ledge is an enduring statement of quality and beauty.

East West Stone

Whether it's for your home, corporate building or public landscape, a well-composed East West Stone veneered panel ledge is an enduring statement of quality and beauty.


Modern Builders Supply, Inc. is where you’ll find the best stone, brick, block, slate and hardscape products in San Diego County.

Modern Builders Supply

Modern Builders Supply, Inc. is where you’ll find the best stone, brick, block, slate and hardscape products in San Diego County.


Hunter Industries is a manufactures of a full line of irrigation products from controllers, rotors, rotary sprinklers, spray head sprinklers, nozzles, valves, drip irrigation, micro and more.

Hunter Industries

Hunter Industries is a manufactures of a full line of irrigation products from controllers, rotors, rotary sprinklers, spray head sprinklers, nozzles, valves, drip irrigation, micro and more.


Grand Effects Water & Fire Features

Grand Effects Water & Fire Features

Our patented technology, superior to others, is proven and reliable. It will hold up and operate in extreme weather conditions. All of our products are CSA/AGA approved. The Grand Effects System offers a “Packaged Burner”, not a box of parts. Our products are factory tested and ready out of the box for an easy installation. The Grand Effects’ System will work with any home system or pool controller, such as a Jandy-Aqualink.


Davis Colors | Bringing architecturally stunning concrete designs to life since 1952

Davis Colors

With its strength, versatility and lifecycle cost advantages, concrete is the obvious solution to many building applications. But plain concrete is like an empty canvas waiting for color. Davis Colors has the widest standard and custom colors in the concrete industry. So, when it comes to coloring your world, there’s only one question that needs answering: What color will you choose?


Deco Planters – Designers and manufactures of steel planters

Deco Planters

Deco planters is not just a line of products, it’s an entire philosophy, fusing attractiveness, practicality and distinctiveness to produce one-of-a-kind landscape designs that will serve you well for decades to come. From classic designs to custom creations, no matter the size and scope of your project, our products will transform your space from mediocre to magnificent, and our quality and workmanship will be plainly evident for decades to come.


Outdeco Outdoor Decorative Screen Panels

Outdeco Outdoor Decorative Screen Panels

The dream of the American backyard has changed to suit our everyday urban culture, and innovative architectural and landscaping products like OUTDECO® Garden Screen™, and a place of privacy to escape and get some chill-time on the deck, or entertain a few friends on a balmy summer night. We all know free time and space is becoming a precious commodity, so we want all that commodity focused 100% on lifestyle and not maintenance.


SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne Landscape Supply is the nation's largest supplier of wholesale irrigation, outdoor lighting, nursery, landscape supplies, fertilizers, turf protection products, grass seed, turf care equipment, and golf course accessories for green industry professionals in the United States and Canada. We are committed to becoming the distributor of choice for landscape, irrigation, and turf care professionals nationwide.


Sherwin-Williams

Sherwin-Williams

No matter where you are in the world or what surfaces you're painting or coating, Sherwin-Williams provides innovative paint solutions that ensure your success.


ShadeTree® Retractable Canopy Systems

ShadeTree® Retractable Canopy Systems

ShadeTree® Retractable Canopy Systems turn your hot deck or patio into a cool, shaded "outdoor room". Attractive and flexible retractable shade for your deck or patio that also adds value and hours of enjoyment to your home.



Custom Masonry & Castings

Eldorado Stone Artisan Fire Bowls

Eldorado Stone Artisan Fire Bowls

Eldorado Artisan Fire Bowls provide an irresistible outdoor retreat of warmth and ambiance. Each bowl has been hand-crafted by our artisans through an extensive four-step finishing process, guaranteeing a one-of-a-kind creation with subtle variations in color and texture similar to natural limestone. Select from our extensive collection of traditional to modern designs with your choice of 4 colors in either honed or travertine finishes. Gather your friends and family, and experience your new "great room" that just happens to be outside.


California Pottery & Tile Works

California Pottery & Tile Works

CPTW has the production capacity, both in the US and in Monterey, Mexico, that allows for the efficient production of both large and small custom jobs for commercial, civic, hospitality and residential projects.


Canyon Pottery San Diego

Canyon Pottery San Diego

Direct Importers since 1970 to Architects and Designers



Recommended Local Nurseries

DM Color Express Nursery

DM Color Express Nursery

DM Color Express is a wholesale grower and distributor of seasonal bedding plants, succulents, and ornamentals specifically suited to the diverse microclimates of Southern California.


Rancho Soledad Nurseries, Inc

Rancho Soledad Nurseries, Inc

Rancho Soledad is a wholesale/retail Nursery located in Rancho Santa Fe, California. At Rancho Soledad the focus is on offering exotic plants for landscape applications to a diverse clientele. Rancho Soledad has 25 acres under production and the palette of plants on offer spans the world’s ecosystems.


Evergreen Nursery

Evergreen Nursery

At Evergreen, the plants you see have been grown and raised on site, assuring you that it will acclimate just as readily and thrive in your landscape as well as it has at the nursery. While the nursery specializes in palm trees, it also features a broad spectrum of trees, landscape plants and shrubs along with ground cover and beautiful blooming flowers that thrive in sunny Southern California.


Pardee Tree Nursery

Pardee Tree Nursery

Pardee Tree Nursery is proud to be one of California's finest WHOLESALE NURSERIES. We are dedicated to growing the highest quality plant material and providing exceptional customer service to the landscape and nursery industries throughout the United States and Canada.



Xeriscape Nurseries

The mission of the San Diego Botanic Garden 
is to inspire people of all ages to connect with plants and nature.

San Diego Botanic Garden

The mission of the Garden is to inspire people of all ages to connect with plants and nature. With a Mediterranean-type climate, practically frost-free winters, and warm summer temperatures, San Diego Botanic Garden has perhaps the mildest climate of any West coast public garden. The Garden’s 35 acres include more than 3,300 plant species and varieties, gardens representing 15 different regions of the world, 12 demonstration gardens, and natural habitat preserves.


Your source for Fantastic Flaxes, Lilies and Lily Likes, Great Perennials for California and Beyond, Daylilies, Specialty Shrubs and Trees, Soft Looking Succulents, Cactus and Cactus-likes, Vines, Ornamental Grasses, Roses and more.

Waterwise Botanicals

is a new name for us, but not a new endeavor. For many years it's been the vision of its founders to evolve and innovate while keeping a pulse on the needs of our rapidly changing landscape paradigm in order to bring excitement to the public, and industry with a unique and beautiful plant palette. Owner Tom Jesch 760-728-2641.


Village Nurseries

Village Nurseries

Today, with more than 700 acres of growing facilities in Northern and Southern California, we grow across a range of climate conditions to produce and deliver the widest variety and highest quality plants for you and your customers.


Gardeners prefer Monrovia and buy our plants with confidence, knowing all our plants, flowers, trees, shrubs & perennials are bred to thrive and flourish in your garden or landscape.

Monrovia

Gardeners prefer Monrovia and buy our plants with confidence, knowing all our plants, flowers, trees, shrubs & perennials are bred to thrive and flourish in your garden or landscape.


Tree of Life Nursery, a wholesale nursery specializing in growing California Native Plants

Tree of Life Nursery

Tree of Life Nursery, a wholesale nursery specializing in growing California Native Plants.


Green Meadow Growers is a wholesale grower producing ornamental grasses, perennials, and succulents

Green Meadow Growers

Green Meadow Growers is a wholesale grower producing ornamental grasses, perennials, and succulents since 2001. Started as a mother stock nursery growing for Proven Winners and Euro American Propagators and quickly expanded to sell finished grasses and perennials to the southern California market.



Living Walls

Good Earth Plant Company and GreenScaped Buildings

Good Earth Plant Company and GreenScaped Buildings

Living walls have been around since perhaps the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Also known as green walls, vertical gardens, plant walls and vegetated walls, the modern version has been around for about 20 years.


Southern California Realtor

Rancho Santa Fe Homes, Carlsbad Real Estate, Encinitas Investment Property - Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Baker Rancho Santa Fe Homes, Carlsbad Real Estate, Encinitas Investment Property

Buying or selling a home is one of the most important transactions you will ever make. Today's market is saturated with real estate agents and brokers of all levels of experience, competence and dedication. It is imperative to have a true expert representing your interests. Successful Experience matters!


Architects

SAN DIEGO ARCHITECT Bob Belanger

San Diego Architect Bob Belanger

Serving San Diego County with Home Remodeling, Custom Home Builder, Green Home Builder, Interior Design, Kitchen Remodeling, Drafting, Home Building Permits and more.


AQUA TERRA BUILDERS

Aqua Terra Builders

San Diego Beach Communities Outdoor Living Design Build firm. Specializing in total Outdoor Living Environments including swimming pools, spas, pool remodeling, pool renovations, outdoor kitchens, BBQ's & grill islands, cabanas, patios, landscaping and more.


Legal Services

Skaja, Daniels, Lister & Permito, LLP offers professional legal assistance in Escondido and San Diego county.

Carl Skaja of SDLP Attorneys at Law

Skaja, Daniels, Lister & Permito, LLP offers professional legal assistance in Escondido and San Diego county.


Insurance

CRR Insurance Services, Inc.

CRR Insurance Services, Inc., Antonio Guadarrama

For all your insurance needs. Contact Antonio directly by email or cell 619.318.2373


Links To Quality Services We Have Personally Used With Great Satisfaction.

HOUZZ.COM

HOUZZ.COM

The largest collection of interior design and decorating ideas on the Internet, including kitchens and bathrooms. Over 500,000 inspiring photos and 90,000 idea books from top designers around the world. Remodeling and decorating ideas and inspiration for designing your kitchen, bath, patio and more.


Belgard Hardscapes, Inc.

Belgard Hardscapes, Inc.

Retaining walls and curbs are available in many shapes, patterns and colors.


Agricultural Soils testing

Agricultural Soils Testing

Agricultural Soils testing and analysis service is now available! Fees vary depending on the project. It’s easy! Hire us to take care of your soils testing through a certified lab and we will make it easy for an affordable fee. Let’s us help to rejuvenate your soils with good science to grow the most vigorous fruits, vegetables, turf and all of your favorite plant materials planned for your landscape project.



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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

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