Useful Resources
David Clarke Design encourages clients (and everyone!) to discover more about Southern California's rich and varied natural environments.
Touring public gardens can offer inspiration and knowledge for those interested in a landscape design for their residence. Visiting nurseries that specialize in drought-adapted plants can help you acquire basic information on appropriate plant species for your area. Exploring our area's many public parks and reserves offers insight into our microclimates and offers a hands-on experience of many of the plant species we recommend.
Below are websites of companies or organizations that have timely and useful information on this subject:
California Garden & Landscape History Society California Gardens California Landscape Contractors Association California Native Plant Society--San Diego Chapter Center for Plant Conservation Chance of Rain Garden Design Magazine Las Pilitas Nursery Mediterranean Garden Society Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden San Diego Horticultural Society Theodore Payne Foundation Tree of Life Nursery The Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College