Video - How to light up your backyard Part 7 Architectural Lighting

Good lighting can really make a landscape pop. In this series I will cover all the design elements, from path lights to building lights that really make your back yard dazzle at night.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Shasta Daisy with Butterfly

Here's another photo from my Big Bear vacation.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

 

Video - The flowers of Big Bear, California

Big Bear is a great resort town for all seasons. Located an hour north of Los Angeles, we love to come up to Big Bear in the summer for kayaking, hiking and this year ziplining. I also love to walk around and see what flowers are growing on the streets. Here are 3 of my favorites. Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina), a great butterfly plant. that grows in a wide variety of conditions. Shasta Daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum) are perennials that wait for the snow to melt before bursting out of the ground. They are hardy in zones 5-9. Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) flourishes at higher elevations where the soil is better draining than lower California. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Russian Sage

Here's another beautiful plant growing everywhere here in Big Bear, California. Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) flourishes at higher elevations where the soil is better draining than lower California. Once the snow melts, this perennial bursts from the ground and puts on a summer flower show for the tourists. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Chainsaw Sculptures in Wood

My vacation in Big Bear, California continues with a tour of these delightful wooden sculptures carved with a chainsaw. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design  

Video - Cabbage White Butterfly on a Shasta Daisy

During my vacation in Big Bear, California I came across these Shasta Daisies with a Cabbage White Butterfly. These daisies are perennials that wait for the snow to melt before bursting out of the ground. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - The Vanishing Beach

The ongoing drought has taken its toll on Big Bear Lake. Ski Beach, a popular destination for tourists and locals, is gone, wiped out by the falling water levels of Big Bear Lake. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Fernleaf Yarrow

 

I am up here in Big Bear on vacation. One of the fun parts of going someplace new are the different plants. Here's a perennial I found growing like a weed in this tough environment (heavy snow in the winter, 80 degrees in the summer). This is Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina).

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How a Jacuzzi gets installed

Have you ever wondered how a Jacuzzi gets installed? Here's how it's done, including power requirements and average jacuzzi costs. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Semplice Keystone Wall

Keystone walls are a superb method of landscape wall construction. These interlocking blocks can be used to build walls from 1 foot to 6 feet. Semplice Keystone block walls can be used when you need a wall up to 3 feet high. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design