Written by Laura Thompson Landscape Design by Surroundings Studio Photography by Kate Russell Santa Fe is a city of superlatives, boasting the oldest state capital (1610), the oldest home (Pueblo, circa 1059) and the highest state capital (7,200 feet)—to name a few. But one of the most striking facts about this Southwestern gem is the number of days of sunlight annually (283) compared to the annual average rainfall (only 14 inches). In comparison with the US annual average of 205 days of …
Gardens
Timeless Beauty
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BY Sunscapes Landscape Design, Inc. Gerry Crouch, FAPLD and Judy Drake, APLD …
Year-Round Refuge
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BY SiteCreative ARCHITECTURE BY LDa Architecture & Interiors CONSTRUCTION BY Schumacher Landscape Construction PHOTOGRAPHY BY SiteCreative …
The New Frontier in Farming
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY Vertical Harvest At an altitude of over 6,000 feet, a Jackson Hole winter can last until May, making the produce-growing season only a few months long. This shortened season creates the need for hundreds of thousands of pounds of food to be trucked into the area each year. Enter Vertical Harvest co-founders Penny McBride and Nona Yehia, who spent more than six years working with industry experts and local community leaders to develop a model …
Verdant Walls
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd DESIGN BY Lutsko Associates PHOTOGRAPHY BY Marion Brenner Located in the Pacific Heights district of San Francisco is a residential garden that was conceived as outdoor architecture for everyday living. The intimate urban garden surrounds a single family home and is tucked in between a series of historic and modern homes, garden courtyards and a sunken carriage house. The home was designed in 1990 by the noted Bay Area architectural firm EHDD under the tutelage of …
