I’m proud to be a Charleston native. After all, we’re a rare breed: According to the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, the population of the Charleston metropolitan area is growing at 3x the national average, relocation the primary driver of the impressive growth. The rapid growth of the Lowcountry has made “Charleston native” a unique…
As residents of the Lowcountry, we’re able to enjoy countless serene coastal vistas: creeks winding through our salt marshes, the Atlantic Ocean caressing our beaches, pelicans resting on our docks. The list goes on and on. Unfortunately, despite the abundance of tranquil seaside views the Charleston area offers us, few of us are blessed…
Now that I have a moment to catch my breath from my landscape design and installation job, I’ve been able to compile some recent shots from my landscape photography hobby: I love the look of backlit leaves, especially from palms and tropicals. Banana plants, like this one on Johns Island, certainly aren’t native…
One of the tenets of my landscape design and installation philosophy is “keep it low-maintenance”: I frequently incorporate evergreens in my designs because they don’t require being cut back in the winter, and I use native plants in almost all of my designs because they’re best suited for local conditions. (Besides, native plants contribute…
This is an image of the front of a new apartment complex on James Island. Located just 3 miles from the sands of Folly, the complex’s primary selling point is its proximity to the beach. The property’s location is so important to its brand, in fact, that the complex has adopted the slogan “closest…
The other day, a local landscape architect inquired about my academic landscape design credentials. I replied that, while I don’t have a degree in landscape architecture, I started my Lowcountry landscaping career when I was 9 years old, I have an eye for design that you can’t learn in school, and, as a Charleston…
