Sweet Smiling Landscapes, creates landscapes and gardens that are as artful as they are ecologically sound. Specializing in drought tolerant landscapes, edible gardens, California native plant design. Sweet Smiling Landscapes designs gardens and landscapes in the Santa Barbara and Ventura region, that are as artful as they are ecologically sound.
Grounded in the principles of sustainable landscape design, Sweet Smiling Landscapes turns gardens into living pieces of art that serve to improve the local ecology. Committed to designing gardens that are water-wise and fire-wise, I carefully consider the wants and needs of my clients with the specifications of their property.
Grounded in the principles of sustainable landscape design, Sweet Smiling Landscapes turns gardens into living pieces of art that serve to improve the local ecology. Committed to designing gardens that are water-wise and fire-wise, I carefully consider the wants and needs of my clients with the specifications of their property.
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Sweet Smiling Landscapes specializes in low water, California friendly plant designs and edible/productive landscaping. I find inspiration in many architectural styles, from high modern to country cottage design and everything in between. But regardless of the style of garden I am designing, I see plantings as more than a purely aesthetic decision.
As I am passionate about design and ecology, I love sharing my knowledge with others. I currently teach landscape drafting for Santa Barbara City College and I teach drought tolerant landscape design for water districts thought Southern California. Informing people and sparking their interest in landscape is a joy to me, and I am available for workshops, public speaking, and writing projects.
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Surf Happens
Jul 10, 2020
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We were tried of looking at a dead lawn in our front yard, but I was not sure what to do with the space. Natasha is very knowledgable about removing lawns in an environmentally responsible way. Beyond taking out the lawn she came up with a beautiful planting plan. She filled the space with drought tolerant plants and interesting edible plants. When I hang out with my sons while they play basketball in the drive way I love watching neighbors slow down and admire my garden.
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Alia Intably
May 21, 2020
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Last year we hired Sweet Smiling Landscapes to design our front yard. We had a dated lawn that we wanted to turn into a more beautiful and sustainable space. We were very happy with how Natasha listened to our wants and needs and developed a plan to meet both. Our front yard now has everything I want, is water efficient and we have bees!
Hayley Fedders
Jan 03, 2020
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Kiki Kiki
Dec 12, 2019
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I feel so lucky that I found Natasha of Sweet Smiling Landscaping to design my garden for me. I used to import home furnishings from Indonesia. I fell in love with the gardens in Bali. I kept some of the stone statues, lamps, and other garden accessories for myself. Whenever I returned home, and faced my pine-tree-dominated garden, I felt flat and empty. I loved the tropics where everything felt alive. I wanted that Bali feel for myself. Natasha also has a love of the tropics and has traveled extensively to tropical places, so she understood exactly what I wanted.
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