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Sunset Magazine

For more information about the August 2002 Sunset Magazine feature on Nick Williams' backyard design, click at left.

"Designing with succulents" & "Fantasy gardens" [2002 Spring/Summer Garden Guide - 2 articles]
"Hilltop Haven" [2000 Feb]
"New life for old pools" [1999 June]
Sunset Magazine's Idea Gardens [1999 May]
"Western home wing wall & wine wall" [1994 June]
"Privacy on a busy street" [1993 Nov]
"A new aged garden" [1993 Sept]
"Hillside decks make the most of sloping sites" [1993 July]
"Recontoured yard used recycled soil in barn" [1993 June]
"The changing western home" [1993 May]
"Southern California dream store?" [1993 May]
"Built-in headboards as bedroom sculptures" [1993 Feb]
"These pools invite you to wade in" [1992 July]
"This oasis is a spa retreat" [1992 June]
"They carved terraces for spa, lap pool, sandbox" [1990 September]
"Poolside barbecue" & "inground pool" [1988 Summer]
"New look for old pools" [1988 July]
"Brick-lined pizza oven" [1988 May]
"Behind the wall, a quieter entry garden" [1987 March]
"Their own Acapulco swim-up bar" [1986 August]
"Splish Splash Shoot" [1986 June]
"What a Dozen Volunteers Can Do in One Weekend" [1982 July]

"Chinese smoker oven"
"Walls, boulders, ferns...instead of ivy"
"Remodel an A frame? It's a challenge."
"Grand landscape made room for turnaround and parking"
"Stuccoed column overhead" & "Big post, big beam, plenty of open sky" [2 articles in Sunset Magazine's Patio, Roofs and Gazebos]
"Gazebos, back yard temples, and other friendly garden gathering places"
"They made the most of only 22 feet"
"Plants, stone and multiple levels gives a more natural look"
"Miracles" [Sunset Magazine's Ideas for Great Patios and Decks]
"Learning to live with bad concrete"
Sunset Magazine's Patio Roofs and Gazebos

For more information about the L.A. Times Living Section feature on Nick Williams' backyard design, click at left.

Organic Gardening Magazine [Dec/Jan 2010 / 2011] | A layered Approach Click to view » (, 1,23mb)
Los Angeles Times [2001 March] | Turning Lifestyles Inside Out
Architectural Digest [2001]
Pasadena Star News [2000 April] | "A source of inspiration"
Women's Day Ideas Series [1996 June] | Additions and Decks
Ventura County's Home Living Newspaper [1993 Oct] | "Labor of love replaces blah with classic"
Valley Magazine Home and Lifestyle [1993 March | "The tale of two landscapes"
Valley Magazine Home and Lifestyle [1992 Sept] | "Boundless Backyards"
Practical Homeowner [1989 Nov] | "Driveways that deliver"
Home and Garden Magazine [1989 Nov] | "Canyon country"
Practical Homeowner [1989 Aug] | "Island in the sun"
Garden Idea & Outdoor Living Magazine [1989 Summer] | "Lap lane"
Home and Garden Magazine [1989 March] | "Sensational pools & spas"
Better Homes & Gardens [1988 June] | "A kennel with class"
Homeowner [1988 May] | "Front of house rejuvenation"
Home Magazine [1988 March] | "Landscaping for curb appeal"
Family Circle [May 1978] | "Getting a lot for a little backyard"

Sunset Magazine's 2000 Western Garden Design Awards "Award of Excellence"
Honorary NAWIC Member, October 1995 "San Fernando Valley Chapter 153"
15th Annual Western Pool and Spa Show [1993] "1st Place on Best Design of Remodeled Pool"
National Spa and Pool Institute Design [1993] "Best Residential Concrete Pool"
National Spa and Pool Institute Design Award [1991-1992] " Refreshment to the Mind", "Quiet Beauty", "Delight to the eye".
Annual Western Pool and Spa Show [1987] "3rd Place on Residential Pool Category"
Ventura County Fair Floriculture Center - 1st Place
L.A. Beautiful Award