Combining nature with urban designs, more and more Sonoma County businesses and homes are incorporating plants and other natural elements into their structure. Jim Callahan grew up on a ranch so he is ...

Landscape architect Emily Archer fulfilled one of her inner “geek” dreams by installing a green roof on a new shed in her Virginia Beach backyard this summer. As an urban planner with the city of ...

Consider buildings that are an organic addition to your garden, not just some foreign object that has been plonked into place. A garden shed can be far more than just a dingy, damp place where a few ...

Few people view a home’s roof as anything more than a necessary structural element. But Kate Ancaya, a landscape architect based in Asheville, North Carolina, is in the business of noticing spaces ...

The first time I saw a living roof, I wanted one. A meadow on the top of your house? Who wouldn’t want that? I discussed with friends how I’d grow fruit up there, and imagined myself laying in the ...