Creative Landscape Design for a Renovated Eichler in California

Landscape designer Bernard Trainor masterminds a seamless garden to surround a Silicon Valley Eichler.
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With their glass walls, exposed beams, and promise of indoor-outdoor living, the California houses that Joseph Eichler built in the 1950s and ’60s have endured the test of time—give or take some modernization. Their landscapes, though, not so much.

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Joanne Furio
Now based in the San Francsico Bay Area, Joanne Furio is a veteran print journalist who segued into design over a decade ago. In addition to writing for Dwell, she contributes to San Francisco and the Believer.

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