Hands-On Landscape Design January 15, 2011

According to award-winning landscape designer and author Scott Calhoun, desert gardens have some pretty distinctive qualities that move beyond basic landscape design. Beginning with discussions of minimalism and sense of place, there will be exercises in "seeing" the desert, responding to architecture and shape, and even numerology and repetition. Finally, Calhoun offers tips on incorporating patios, rocks and plants into gardens as design elements. Participants are asked to bring a drawing of a house and lot with measurements for work on a conceptual plan during the class.