This is a schematic of the design for my show garden for the upcoming San Francisco Garden Show.

And here’s a description of the garden:

California Dreaming – Beach Retreat with a Soul

This garden mimics the ocean’s tranquility with a restrained palate, making use of natural and recycled materials. It has a light footprint in the sand.

Included are pacific coast native plants, succulents and other beach-y plants that create a habitat for native honeybees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

The style is organic modern California beach nonchalance – i.e. gnarly chic.

Growing up in beach towns in California and childhood vacations in Mexico inspired this garden.

This garden has outdoor rooms with design ideas to steal and a backyard beach house vibe.

The first day of load in for the garden show is this coming Friday. Below, the guys are getting started on constructing my garden.

They’re working on the carpentry (that’s my house behind, to the left).