January 2013 Newsletter

VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

Happy New Year!!! We have great news: Cassy has begun answering garden design questions for the Los Angeles Times. Her first article appeared in the Home section Saturday. We are very excited about this opportunity, and we’ll need your help! Your in-depth knowledge and passion can support fellow Angelinos evaluating design options and sustainable practices. Please add to the conversation via comments and submit your questions – we look forward to engaging with you!

Wishing you a beautiful and bountiful 2013,

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi

LATEST NEWS+

3 Kid-Friendly IdealMow® Lawns

Tips: Los Angeles Times. In Cassy’s first Garden Q&A column in the Los Angeles Times, she highlights the three IdealMow® lawn alternatives best for active family lawns. Read

7 Sensational IdealMow® Looks

Portfolio: Looking for curb appeal? While plain Jane lawns are a dime a dozen, IdealMow lawn alternatives come in a wide variety of one in a million looks. Check out seven of our favorite beautiful head-turning looks, each of which will save copious amounts of water, money and time! View

Try These Evocative Color Combinations

Tips: Home Color, a bookazine, highlights a wide variety of exemplary color palates from showcase homes around the country. The Andalusian Courtyard at the 2012 Pasadena Showcase House of design illustrates an invigorating turquoise, blue and spice palate. To find Home Color and the hue for you, look in Barnes & Noble, Costco, CVS or your local grocery store.

WHAT TO EXPECT+

The New Year is a time for list making. If sprucing up your garden is on yours, borrow from our list of to-dos! We will be:

Providing rainy-season peace of mind:

• Clean gutters to prevent home damage from leaking
• Monitoring run-off strategies and water catchment systems from rainbarrels to infiltration pits to protect homes and slopes
• Re-staking trees to ensure proper support against seasonal winds
• Adjusting irrigation quantity and timers
• Making sure rain sensors work

Doing the heavy lifting that ensures a beautiful Spring:

• Cutting grasses to their bases
• Evaluating empty spaces for great fill-ins (including this month’s wet-to-dry exchanges)
• Providing special feeding to citrus and acid loving plants
• Pruning ornamental shrubs, conifers, deciduous trees, roses, ornamental fruits, native and Mediterranean foliage to make room for spring growth and inspire proper form
• Spraying roses and ornamental fruits with ecofriendly dormant oil and organic amending with blood meal

LATEST NEWS+

3 Kid-Friendly IdealMow® Lawns
7 Sensational IdealMow® Looks
Evocative Color Combinations
Dry New Year Favorites

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Garden Tours!

WHAT TO EXPECT+

Providing rainy-season peace of mind
Heavy lifting for a beautiful Spring

TEAM UPDATE+

Best of Houzz 2013
Empty Showcase House Party
2 on TPF Tour

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Several FormLA Landscaping gardens will be tourable this spring. Mark your calendars, and come enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Save the Dates
Request FormLA Speakers

TEAM UPDATE+

FormLA Landscaping has been named Best of Houzz 2013 in the Design Category for our work at the 2012 Pasadena Showcase House of Design.

The FormLA design team attended the Empty House Party at the Pasadena Showcase House of Design January 18th. Stay tuned for “before” pictures of our Showcase garden!

Two FormLA Landscaping gardens, one perennial favorite and one new gem, will be featured on the 10th Anniversary Theodore Payne Foundation Native Garden Tour.

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

Ed Woodbury and Katarina Errikson, Maintenance and Horticultural Team Leaders: Kat@formlainc.com and Ed@formlainc.com