Autumn Celebration With cooler mornings and shorter days comes the feeling of Fall in the air. That means a busy time for our Architects and Designers, and of course an excuse for seasonal celebration to enjoy the outdoor living that is our passion. Though gatherings are a lot smaller this year (ok [...]
Planting Under Oaks Of the many icons of the Northern California landscape, the oak is both a beautiful and impressive individual. Both inland Valley Oaks and the Coast Live Oak can live to hundreds of years, grow into beautiful gravity-defying specimens, and support entire habitats within their surroundings. If such a [...]
Notes From The Garden The J. Montgomery Studio Garden is more than just a spec garden for our clients. It’s where some of us live and others of us work, a place of garden experimentation, and lately a shelter-in-place oasis. It has also undergone many transformations over the years. Though we design [...]
Transitional & Timeless “The only constant in life is change” – Heraclitus (circa 500 BCE) The nature of change is something that has been on our minds lately, and we’ve been applying an idea that is central to our design philosophy to our everyday life. The balance of things that change [...]
Finding Zen In this moment, as we shelter in place in our homes, all of our lives have changed dramatically. Whether or not our homes were our ideal retreats, we find ourselves living within them with greater intimacy than ever before. For some of us, this isn’t too difficult. For [...]
The Early Spring Garden The Groundhog has spoken, the verdict is in. 2020 will have an early Spring! Whether or not we trust the Groundhog, we have to admit that we are all ready for Winter to be over, to get our hands back in the dirt and our minds back [...]
Design Technology & Tradition It’s no secret that we live in an age of rapidly-changing technology. Tech has offered today’s Architects and Designers incredibly powerful tools. We’re not verging on Artificial Intelligence or anything (thank goodness) but we are pretty proud of having made the transition from a traditional analog office [...]
2019 – A Year In Review It’s that time of year once again, and we can hardly believe how the time flies! 2019 is drawing to a close and it’s time for all of us to look back and remember the past year. Here at Montgomery Robbins, looking back at this year is [...]
Featured on Houzz: Houzz Italy contributing writer Lidia Zitara features Montgomery Robbins in her article. To read the full article, follow the link below. Come Ottenere il Meglio dal Tuo Geranium Rustico (il Balcone Ringrazia)
Featured on Houzz Germany: Houzz Germany contributing writer Anja Winnes features Montgomery Robbins in her article. To read the full article, follow the link below. Gewusst wie: Kräutergarten anlegen und abwechslungsreich bepflanzen
