VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

Fall is a great time for outdoor adventure! Our hillsides and native homescapes are vibrant and a brilliant place to explore. Because our garden is sustainable and chemical-free, we have complete peace of mind in letting our little one explore. Yoshi, with a full year now under his belt, joins us in our edible garden and proves himself very helpful… or at least delightful and entertaining!

As you enjoy this bountiful, beautiful season, take it easy! Eat that last tomato fresh from the vine! You can depend on us to keep your landscape a safe and healthy haven to enjoy.

Sincerely,

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi

LATEST NEWS+

Bring the Fresh Air Indoors

Garden Portfolio: Heading inside as temperatures cool? Bring the fresh air and foliage with you! Woolly Pockets greenwalls installed by FormLA Landscaping, like those installed in the W Hotel Hollywood penthouse, the Smogshoppe, and Splendid literally breathe life and oxygen into a space. View

Spruce Up Your Home for Thanksgiving

Tips: eHow Home’s Shannon Philpott provides tips from Cassy Aoyagi and others in “Home Décor’s Forgotten Holiday.” Thanksgiving decorations can bring a touch of fall to your home that will put your guests in this forgotten holiday’s thankful spirit… Read

Share Your Harvest…

Tips: In “Veggie’s with a View,” eHow Home’s Matt Kailey shares tips for creating beautiful front yard edible landscapes from top U.S. landscape designers. Read

Get Weed (and Chemical) Free!

Tips:eieiHome’s Jennifer Gregory spells out how to “Win the War Against Weeds” without using toxic or environmentally harmful materials… Read

WHAT TO EXPECT+

Fall is the best time to plant, establish and enjoy native and edible gardens! To keep our sustainably maintained gardens optimally beautiful and hassle-free, we will:

Get fresh, organic edibles to your table:

• Leave holiday pumpkins on client doorsteps…Boo!
• Delivering fresh herbs and wildflower seeds to client doorsteps
• Harvesting winter veggies, like fennel, parsnips, and sweet potatoes

Keep gardens structured and thriving:

• Prune conifers and other deciduous trees and deep-feeding citrus trees
• Continue to cut back thriving natives and native grasses as they experience growth spurts through December
• Dividing grassesPlanting, mulching, planting and mulching!

Protect homes by maintaining outdoor water systems:

• Turn down irrigation controllers as the heat dials back
• Adjusting irrigation and lighting timers for day light savings
• Changing batteries on controllers, battery operated valves and rain sensors
• Testing rain sensors
• Installing rain sensors
• Cleaning gutters and checking water ways in preparation for rainy season

LATEST NEWS+

Woolly Pockets

Thanksgiving Décor

Edible Gardens

Weed-Free

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Library Maintenance

USGBC Green Gala

Toluca Lake Garden Club

WHAT TO EXPECT+

Bountiful harvests

Beautiful foliage

Irrigation dial-backs

TEAM UPDATE+

UCLA ASLA Tour

TreePeople Harvest Moon

Airport Gardens

UPCOMING EVENTS+

October 22, 10am:

Gardens of the World Maintenance Workshop at La Canada Library.

November 3, 5:30 pm:

U.S. Green Building Council’s “Branching Out” Green Gala

November 9, 11:30 am:

Sustainable Landscaping, Toluca Lake Garden Club, Tamer shanner, Los Feliz.

TEAM UPDATE+

Cassy and Kirk led the UCLA branch of ASLA on an “Urban Edge” tour of La Canada Public Library and Descanso Gardens Tour.

TreePeople auctioned a LEED® landscape design consultation from FormLA Landscaping at its annual Evening Under the Harvest Moon event.

The Santa Monica Airport Demonstration Gardens, sustainably maintained by FormLA, were dedicated in a ceremony September 27.

About FormLA Landscaping+

FormLA® Landscaping designs, builds and maintains custom sustainable landscapes that beautifully complement the distinct and varied architecture of Los Angeles County. See our expanding Portfolio.

CONTACT FORMLA+

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com

Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com

John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com

Cara Barnard, Horticultural Care Technician: Cara@formlainc.com

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