The journal
Good ideas for Colorado landscapes — design, craft, plants, and the seasons of the Front Range, from the studio in Highlands Ranch.
Featured · Design Notes
A landscape shows its soul in the hour before sunset. How to orient a terrace, choose grasses that catch low light, and place every fixture with one hour of the day in mind.
August 2026 · 6 min read
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Planting · July 2026
Blue grama, rabbitbrush, and chocolate flower: the high-country natives that give more than they take — and look good doing it.
5 min read
Craft · June 2026
Riser math, the seven-inch rule, and why your feet always notice what your eyes never will.
4 min read
Planting · May 2026
Xeriscape earned itself a bad reputation. A defense of the lush, layered, low-water garden.
5 min read
Stewardship · April 2026
Defensible space that still feels wild: hardening the thirty feet that matter without paving your foothills view.
7 min read
Materials · March 2026
Why weathered Colorado sandstone outclasses anything imported — and how we source it a county away.
4 min read
Design Notes · February 2026
Seedheads, berries, bark, and bones — designing the fourth season instead of surrendering it.
5 min read
The Westlight letter
One letter per season — what we're planting, building, and learning. No noise, ever.
