What's New

L+P is branching out!
On Tuesday September 2nd we will be opening our new Placerville, California location. Our new satellite office will be run by Daniel Mummy and will offer the same great range of design services as our main office. We are very excited about this opportunity to work in and with the community of Placerville and El Dorado County.

Congratulations SDBX Studio!!
On your second place award in an international website design contest – our site being the entry!!!

Green Building Tool Box
L+P is working hard to bring together the latest in site design tools, materials and methods of construction and latest thinking in Green and Sustainable Design. We have built an extensive tool box of ideas and construction details for Best Management Practices, Low Impact Development, Green Roofs and Walls, Rain Gardens, healthy soils, low volume irrigation, minimizing resource impacts, new and recycled materials.

Current Publications - Sierra Nevada Yard and Garden, due out in Spring 2008

L+P DesignWorks Welcomes Balance Hydrologics, Inc. in sharing a portion of our office. Hydrologist/Geologist David Shaw, PG, is now managing the Truckee branch of Balance Hydrologics, a Berkeley, California firm that specializes in watershed, stream channel and wetland analysis for habitat protection, mitigation and restoration. We look forward to many fun and interesting collaborations. David can be reached at 530/550.9776
balancehydro.com

New Services
- Certified Arborists Reporting
Daniel Mummy has just received his certificate as an ISA – International Society of Arboriculture – Certified Arborist

- Maintenance Observation
In an effort to ensure that design intent and integrity persist beyond the blue print or last stroke of the contractor’s rake we now offer landscape maintenance observation services for our current and past clients. We will schedule regular maintenance inspections and consultations to clients and maintenance contractors to address changes, problems and good works.

Articles on Sustainable Landscape Practices
Look for future articles in local publications on Sustainable Landscape Practices. We will be posting those same articles right here on the website as well.

What's New Image Left What's New Image Center
What's New Image Right

L+P DesignWorks

“Creatively developing a sustainable balance between humankind and our environment through thoughtful, sensitive, and innovative planning and design.”