8 Benefits Of Hiring A Landscape Designer Do you often find yourself stressing over the cost of getting professional landscape design services? You would not want to waste another moment to book an appointment if you knew the benefits of a solid landscape design plan. While some regard landscaping as something unnecessary, most people know about the value that it adds to a property. Check out our past blog article on the value of landscape design: How Landscaping Increases Your Home's Worth. Just like all other investment decisions you make, landscaping design requires attention and good ..read more

A beautiful landscape does not happen by itself; it is worked upon and created. Revitalize Your Landscape   Flowers are blooming, rain is still here, and it's time to spruce up that tired landscape of yours. Hire our team to implement a soil building program, Integrated Pest Management, Professional fruit tree pruning, or growing and harvesting of your landscape. Spring cleanup is a basic segment of your landscaping schedule to recover from the aftermath of winter's cold frosts and summer's grueling heat!  Our experts at Ecology Artisans give you the landscaping solutions and p ..read more

Low-maintenance Fruit Trees You Should Have in Your Yard There are several reasons you should consider growing your own fruit trees. To start with, fruit bought from the store often travels several hundred miles to get to your kitchen table. The travel time can take days. The nutrition and the freshness often suffer with these non-local fruits. Second, stores usually stock fruit types that look the prettiest, however, they do not really taste that good. I think we all know the taste of that freshly picked plum or peach from grandma's backyard. Lastly, a few fruits, for example, plums and peach ..read more

Landscaping Tips to Increase Your House's Worth Truth be told, quality landscaping can add thousands of dollars to your home’s worth. Landscaping is one of the very few upgrades to your home that can prompt a rise in its total worth. Likewise, it also instantly enhances the overall appeal and makes your home look beautiful. When you add things like edibles, rainwater harvesting tanks, greywater systems, that adds even more value for the right customer.  In fact, some homeowners might seek out an ecological home over just a boring one with turf and some palms.  DIY landscaping ideas a ..read more

Save the Rainwater - Rainwater Harvesting 101 What is Rainwater Harvesting? Rainwater harvesting is gathering the excess rainwater from houses with a specific end gol to store it for later use. Generally, the activity includes harvesting the rain from a rooftop. The rain will gather in raingutter, then it will all flow towards a rainwater tank. Rainwater tanks can vary in size.  Did you know that in a 1' inch rain, you can harvest 600 gallons of water off of a 1000 sq. foot roof? That means in most areas of san diego, if you assume a 2000 sq ft house, we all have the potential to store ..read more

Reasons Ecological Landscape Maintenance is Important A lot of people when talking about landscape maintenance only consider planting buds and cutting the grass to be a part of it. While landscaping maintenance, design, and engineering are aimed to add more to the aesthetic appeal to your house, the idea of ecological landscape maintenance is considerably more involved. While most people don’t know much about what ‘ecological’ maintenance is a lot of them get in touch with landscape designers every day to decide on landscape design and maintenance plans for their properties. The role of regula ..read more

Regardless of whether you plan your new landscape design yourself or totally leave it in the hands of a professional ecological landscape maintenance company, look at these reasons for why hiring a professional landscape designer seems like a better option. Reasons to Hire a Professional Ecological Landscape Maintenance Company 1.     Ideas Due to the knowledge and experience that they have, the mind of a professional landscape designer is loaded with ideas. Idea generation is an inborn characteristic that people belonging to this field posses ..read more

Everyday we hear of soil scientists, farmers, and gardeners alike discovering something new about the rich world under our feet: soil! Soil is an amazing living ecosystem in which we rely so heavily on for our food, medicine, shelter, and clothing. Our work at Ecology Artisans is heavily influenced by soil regeneration pioneers such as Dr. Elaine Ingham, Gabe Brown, Dr. Christine Jones, Colin Seis, and Darren J. Doherty. We as a company believe that healthy soil solves many issues that our society faces. Stormwater runoff, droughts, and soil loss become mitigated when we have healthy soil ..read more

Straw Bale Home Construction and Passive Rainwater Harvesting Coverage in Edible San Diego! Read About Straw Bales and Passive Rainwater Harvesting We are big fans of the local San Diego magazine, Edible San Diego, so you can imagine our appreciation and excitement when they called to do a story on passive rainwater harvesting and how we apply it in our landscape designs and installs. What we didn't know was they were also covering straw bale construction, a natural building technique where insulation and mass are of a home are mostly taken up by bound and secured straw bales. And, they not o ..read more

Looking to try something new and fresh that your tastebuds will enjoy? Explore these semi-tropical fruit trees that grow well, with proper planting and care, in our San Diego climate. Many local nurseries carry many of these varieties, so visit them to see if one or more of these unique fruit trees are right for your yard! Jujube - Ziziphus jujuba - 25-50' h x 20-30' w This small, resilient tree originated in China and has been cultivated for over 4,000 years. It produces a sweet and delicious plum-sized fruit with a dark, edible skin. The jujube thrives in sunny, warm areas and prefers sandy ..read more