Landscape designers don't always get the chance to make the most of the natural landscape. But a modern hilltop residence in Calistoga, California, outside of San Francisco, was the perfect setting for a perfect landscape to complement the sea, the mountains and dry winds, while at the same time pro...

Selected Events in JanuaryJan 5-6 Design Studio, Chicago, IL2-day design workshop, Am. Academy of Landscape Design 847-657-7900Jan 10, Unusual Palms for Bay Area Gardens, San Francisco, CA9AM-12PM, Workshop with Jason Dewees of Florida Grubb Gardens, Strybing Arboretum, 415-661-1316 x 400Jan 11, Nat...

Just in case you missed this week's travel section from the Sunday New York Times .... Fans of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin can actually vacation at one of his premiere sites, and stay in a home designed by some of the 20th century's iconic architects: Charles Moore, Joseph Esherick, William...

If you're a designer, this is the book that you want for Christmas -- no doubt about it.Every landscape designer feels an affinity with nature, but Raymond Jungles may actually be closer to nature than most other practicing landscape architects. And that's not surprising, given his background. Jungl...