Sam Hughes

by Darbi | Oct 26, 2016

A Desert Oasis In central Tucson, the homeowners needed privacy, functional outdoor space, tenant parking and alley access. A masonry retaining wall replaced a chain link fence situated on a makeshift, rip rapped slope. The new wall created private outdoor living for...

Tucson Museum of Art

by Darbi | Oct 19, 2016

The Tucson Museum of Art is situated in the heart of downtown Tucson in the El Presidio Historic District. The central courtyard of the Administration annex was in need of new plants. A generous docent commissioned the design to honor her late mother. The courtyard...

Menlo Park

by jenvasko | Sep 21, 2016

A historic bungalow in Tucson, Arizona’s Menlo Park needed to be seen from the street, but screened from a new commercial development. Opuntia ficus indica, a historically significant barrio plant, was saved and used as a streetside entry point to the property....

Mountain View

by jenvasko | Sep 21, 2016

A small 1950’s adobe home in Tucson, Arizona resides on a large lot along a busy street and lacked vegetation. The homeowners needed screening, security, and more space to play. Metal withstands the extreme temperatures of the desert and provides the perfect...

El Montevideo

by jenvasko | Sep 21, 2016

A horizontal steel fence replaced a 30-foot tall Oleander hedge in front of a historic Spanish Territorial Adobe home in the El Montevideo neighborhood, in Tucson, Arizona. The landscape was obsolete with the exception of the ancient Oleander hedges from 1975. They...