Video - Take a big dump....of rocks

Here comes 10 tons of 3/4" Arizona Cobble rock mulch. This delivery is coming to an upscale front yard in Scripps Ranch part of San Diego, so squeezing the massive truck in between the Mercedes and the Tesla is a job for the professionals at Southwest Boulder & Stone. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Country Manor Keystone Retaining Wall

To see how this wall was built, click on the video below.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Taken at a client's garden in La Mesa

 

Video - How to build a short keystone wall

Lots of landscaping problems can be solved by short keystone walls. Retaining walls, raised vegetable beds, seating walls and much more. This video will show how to build a short (under 3 foot tall) keystone wall.

Video BY Doug Kalal, Great Garden Landscape Design

Video - A hummingbird enjoying my succulents

My little rescue nursery has several succulents waiting to go to a client's garden. Today a little hummingbird discovered the aloe flowers.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How pesticides almost robbed me of my children

Here is the story of our devastating heartbreak, joyous triumph and the rose garden in the middle of all of it.

Photo - Monarch Caterpillar Eating Milkweed

Milkweed is a tremendous plant for attracting butterflies.  Here's a Monarch caterpillar getting nice and fat on my milkweed.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

 

Video - Doug's Top 10 Plants for Butterfly Gardens

Want more butterflies in your garden? Here's Doug's Top 10 plants for Butterfly Gardens.

Video - Hummingbirds and bees love this 15 foot tall flower

The glorious Octopus Agave (Agave vilmoriniana) only flowers once in its life, but what a flower! Rising over 15 feet tall and lasting 6 months, this flower is a great source of food for bees and hummingbirds.

Video - A Little Rose Called Love

Once upon a time, love came in to my life along with a little hybrid tea rose called 'Love'. Here is that story.

Video - 400 Subs!

Here are some ideas for an organic rose garden