It’s done!
Monday, August 13, 2007
After a hectic week of work by our sponsors—Pacific Coast Home & Garden, Mari Landscaping and Idler’s—our $35,000 outdoor makeover is complete! Contest winners Mary Jacob and Paul Blanco were thrilled to take possession of their beautiful new backyard, complete with spa, water feature and gorgeous plantings. And judging by his enthusiasm as he ran around his new lawn, their Yorkshire terrier Phoenix loves it too!
Read the upcoming issue of Dream Spaces Home Design Sourcebook (on newsstands in mid-September) for details and more pictures of the makeover (and Phoenix!).
Going Green
Friday, August 03, 2007
Six workers under field supervisor Eddie Ordonez of Mari Landscaping made great progress today. The sod is laid and the sprinklers are installed and working. Planting of shrubs and flowers is 70 percent complete. Anticipating a summer bounty of heirloom tomatoes, peppers and herbs, the soil has been prepared for the vegetable garden. And perhaps most exciting, work has begun on the water feature: the channel for a 9-foot stream has been dug and is being lined.
Work Begins!
Thursday, August 02, 2007
The ground is cleared and plants are being brought in to acclimatize before the ground is prepared.
Starting from Scratch
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Dream Spaces Home Design Sourcebook, the premier central coast home design resource, awarded Nipomo residents Mary Jacob and Paul Blanco its $35,000 Outdoor Makeover sponsored by Pacific Coast Home & Garden, Mari Landscaping and Idler’s Outdoor Living. Jacob was randomly drawn from more than 1300 contestants who entered on dreamspacesonline.com. She and Blanco are engaged and soon to be married.
“We are ecstatic about the makeover,” says Jacob. “Paul and I have done nothing to the backyard. It’s dirt and weeds, so this is just a dream come true. It’s an early wedding present.”
Jacob and Blanco have several ideas of what to do in the yard. They would like to have it as natural a landscape as possible that will complement their Spanish style house. They are thinking of putting in an organic garden, palm trees, grass with a stone walkway, fountain and outdoor barbecue. They haven’t fully decided on everything and are eager to discuss options with the Dream Spaces Dream Team sponsors.
Pacific Coast Home and Garden, a showcase nursery and indoor/outdoor living retailer in San Luis Obispo, will provide plants, foliage and stone for the makeover. The largest local appliance store, Idler’s Appliances/Outdoor Living, offers barbecue and spa equipment. And Mari Landscaping, based in Paso Robles, will draw up the plans for the finished backyard. Each sponsor will provide the labor necessary to carry out the design and complete the project.
PHOTO (from left): Jim Witt, Idler’s Outdoor; Mary Jacob with Phoenix; Paul Blanco; Glenys Archer, Dream Spaces; Ken Hayek, Pacific Coast Home and Garden and David Brown, Mari Landscaping.
