California Native Landscape Design

California Native Landscape Design I am a 4th generation California native, providing consultation, design, and referral services. Let's talk!

Join me today in creating a sense of place throughout our Mediterranean region. I am a fourth-generation, California-native based in Orange County. I specialize in naturalistic garden design utilizing California native/California friendly plants, and other natural elements. I provide CAD generated conceptual landscape design plans, specifically tailored to enhance and showcase your property’s unique, natural attributes.

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Meet the Jurupa Oak: a Palmer's oak in Jurupa Valley that's at least 13,000 years old. At first glance, it may not look as impressive as some iconic species, but this individual has been around since saber-tooth cats and wooly mammoths still roamed the Earth! It's not only California's oldest known living plant, it's estimated to be the third oldest plant on the planet!

That kind of history deserves protection, and this week, it received some. The Center for Biological Diversity, CNPS, Endangered Habitats League, and Friends of Riverside's Hills settled a lawsuit that will more than double the oak's buffer zone, set aside 54+ acres for open space conservation, and secure funding for long-term stewardship of the land.

This is a WIN and a reminder that when we come together, we can protect ancient, irreplaceable plants and places for generations to come!

📸: Aaron Echols

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04/27/2026

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California Finally Picked a State Plant That Actually Lives There
Most state symbols are political gestures that nobody thinks about twice. A flower chosen by a school class in 1903. A bird nobody can identify. But California just did something different.
AB 581 passed in 2025 and designated bigberry manzanita as the official state shrub. The law specifically recognizes chaparral ecosystem services. That's a big deal because chaparral gets treated like scrubland that should be cleared or burned out. It isn't scrub. It's an ancient ecosystem that covers millions of acres of California and holds the soil on steep slopes after wildfires.
Bigberry manzanita is the evergreen that defines it. Smooth red bark. White flowers in spring. Berries that feed bears and birds. Chaparral habitats just got their champion written into state law.
When a legislature names a plant, it sends a signal to land managers and planners. This shrub matters. This ecosystem matters. Don't bulldoze it. Don't convert it to grass. Let the manzanita keep the hillsides together.

01/23/2026

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