Feeding Your Plants When you walk down the aisle in the garden shop, there is often a bewildering selection of bags and boxes of fertilizer. You may find yourself wondering what your plants really want. If only you could ask them to write you a shopping list! While not too hard [...]
An Innovative Approach: Landscaping the Sunset House of Innovation When the owners of Sunset Magazine’s House of Innovation called last year for a complete reimagining of their landscape, the J.Montgomery team was in heaven! Initially conceptualized by Sunset and Popular Science Magazine as part of a series of experimental showcase homes, [...]
What We Love It’s the season of love, and like every year we find ourselves overwhelmed with all the love that we feel… For our families and loved ones and for our clients (always at the top of our list, always!) This year our hearts are also brimming for the amazing [...]
Knowing Your Property 101 How much do you know about where you live? Many homeowners find out that there is a lot to learn about a home and property when you first buy or lease- In fact, it can be overwhelming! So when your Landscape Architect comes around wanting to see [...]
Trendspotting 2021 We won’t be the first to express excitement about leaving 2020 behind. There’s really no need to elaborate… we’re singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ for the days when we could see our favorite people in person. But this New Year’s our hope for the future is strong. We thought we’d [...]
Winter Décor From the Garden Every year around this time, we love bringing nature into our homes to make things feel seasonal and bright on the longest nights, whatever holidays we do or don’t celebrate. While you can of course buy wintery décor at local stores and nurseries, we prefer to [...]
Featured on Houzz: Houzz contributing writer Lauren Dunec Hoang features J.Montgomery Designs in her article '7 Ways to Get Your Container Garden Ready for Winter' To read the full article, follow the link below. Read The Full Article Let's Talk Possibilites
Featured On Houzz: Houzz contributing writer Jeanne Taylor features Montgomery Robbins in her article, '8 Secrets of People With Beautifully Organized Homes.' To read the full article, follow the link below. 8 Secrets of People With Beautifully Organized Homes
Link to the Past - Local Historic Landscapes Northern California is a treasure trove of historic Landscape Architecture, from the 1,000 acres of Golden Gate Park to Woodside’s Filoli Gardens. While the cities have changed with time, these places remain as charming today as when they were first created. We believe [...]
Oh, Deer… Deer-Resistant Plantings Beautiful and graceful deer are a gem of Northern California’s wildlife, but when they are feasting on your garden, they can be voracious enough to drive a gardener crazy! So how do you prevent deer from mowing down anything they can reach? While not always totally untouched, these are [...]
