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      • Woods Residence
        • entry courtyard
        • entry gate
        • perimeter garden
        • central courtyard
        • central courtyard
        • backyard woodland
      • no mortar flagstone patio extension
      • PROBLEM: EROSION AND NO ORGANIC MATTER
      • SOLUTION: ORGANIC MATTER, PLANTS, ROCKS & MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI
      • PROBLEMS: NO PRIVACY, LIMITED OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING & DEER
      • entry from driveway
      • drystack at entry
      • gate detail
      • water feature
      • water feature
      • in-line drip irrigation
      • entry steps
      • front yard hammock
      • slab stepping stones
      • backyard at deck
      • native plantings
      • drainage mitigation
      • front yard entry walk
      • sawcut limestone patio
      • sawcut patio at drystack planting edge
      • backyard vegetable bed
      • JEMISON RESIDENCE, AUSTIN
      • Seiler Residence Permaculture Design
        • Prairie garden with cedar coyote fence
        • Pergola of native cedar and old telephone poles
        • Garden meets open prairie
        • Gate handcrafted by Elizabeth McGreevy
        • Pattern by Elizabeth McGreevy, scored and stained by Jon Shannon
      • First Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin
        • meadow for wildlife
        • native plantings along pathway
      • PROBLEM: NO PRIVACY
      • screen and front yard sitting area
      • screen detail
      • Smith Residence
        • front courtyard
        • backyard sitting area & deck
        • backyard lawn & native plantings
        • backyard drainage
      • Musemeche Residence
        • entry walkway & drainage mitigation
      • PROBLEM: Cramped entry and limited outdoor seating
      • SOLUTION: flagstone entry & stone retaining wall with deck
    • WORK FOR OTHERS
      • The Shops of La Cantera (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • The Shops of La Cantera (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • BCNWR SHIN OAK BIRD DECK (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • THE DOMAIN (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • LCRA REDBUD CENTER (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • FORT HOOD MILITARY HOUSING UPGRADES (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • BARTON CREEK MALL (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • SADDLECREEK APARTMENTS, (for Larry Connelly LLC)
      • SADDLECREEK APARTMENTS, (for Larry Connelly LLC)
      • MARTIN RESIDENCE, AUSTIN (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson, FASLA)
      • WATERSMARK SUBDIVISION, (as subcontractor for J. Robert Anderson FASLA)
      • TINGLE RESIDENCE, DRIPPING SPRINGS (for Ol’ Yeller Landscaping)
      • TINGLE RESIDENCE, DRIPPING SPRINGS (for Ol’ Yeller Landscaping)
      • ZANE RESIDENCE, DRIPPING SPRINGS (for Ol’ Yeller Landscaping)
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To be featured on Central Texas Gardener this spring, 2015

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Problems: limited outdoor seating, too much lawn and unused space

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Add sitting area under the trees

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Minimized lawn & add lots of silver pony foot

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curbs to mitigate drainage & vegetable garden

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Define spaces, add walkways and expand covered porch


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