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Nick
Williams' designs
featured in new book
Dream
Pools
by Deborah K. Dietsch
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For
more information about the August 2002 Sunset Magazine feature on Nick
Williams' backyard design, click at left.
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"What
a Dozen Volunteers Can Do in One Weekend" [1982 July] |
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"Splish Splash Shoot" [1986 June] |
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"Their
own Acapulco swim-up bar" [1986 August] |
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"Behind
the wall, a quieter entry garden" [1987 March] |
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"Brick-lined
pizza oven" [1988 May] |
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"New
look for old pools" [1988 July] |
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"Poolside barbecue" & "inground pool" [1988 Summer] |
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"They
carved terraces for spa, lap pool, sandbox" [1990 September] |
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"This
oasis is a spa retreat" [1992 June] |
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"These
pools invite you to wade in" [1992 July] |
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"Built-in
headboards as bedroom sculptures" [1993 Feb] |
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"Southern
California dream store?" [1993 May] |
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"The changing western home" [1993 May] |
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"Recontoured
yard used recycled soil in barn" [1993 June] |
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"Hillside
decks make the most of sloping sites" [1993 July] |
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"A
new aged garden" [1993 Sept] |
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"Privacy
on a busy street" [1993 Nov] |
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"Western
home wing wall & wine wall" [1994 June] |
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Sunset
Magazine's Idea Gardens [1999 May] |
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"New life for old pools" [1999 June] |
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"Hilltop
Haven" [2000 Feb] |
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"Designing with succulents" & "Fantasy gardens"
[2002 Spring/Summer Garden Guide - 2 articles]
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Sunset
Magazine's non-dated Articles
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"Chinese
smoker oven" |
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"Walls,
boulders, ferns...instead of ivy" |
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"Remodel an A frame? It's a challenge." |
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"Grand
landscape made room for turnaround and parking" |
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"Stuccoed
column overhead" & "Big post, big beam, plenty of open sky"
[2 articles in Sunset Magazine's Patio, Roofs and Gazebos] |
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"Gazebos,
back yard temples, and other friendly garden gathering places" |
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"They
made the most of only 22 feet" |
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"Plants,
stone and multiple levels gives a more natural look" |
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"Miracles" [Sunset Magazine's Ideas for Great Patios and Decks] |
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"Learning
to live with bad concrete" |
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Sunset
Magazine's Patio Roofs and Gazebos
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For
more information about the L.A. Times Living Section feature on Nick Williams'
backyard design, click at left. |
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Family Circle [May 1978] | "Getting a lot for a little backyard" |
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Home
Magazine [1988 March] | "Landscaping for curb appeal" |
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Homeowner
[1988 May] | "Front of house rejuvenation" |
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Better
Homes & Gardens [1988 June] | "A kennel with class" |
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Home
and Garden Magazine [1989 March] | "Sensational pools & spas" |
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Garden
Idea & Outdoor Living Magazine [1989 Summer] | "Lap lane" |
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Home
and Garden Magazine [1989 Nov] | "Canyon country" |
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Practical
Homeowner [1989 Aug] | "Island in the sun" |
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Practical
Homeowner [1989 Nov] | "Driveways that deliver" |
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Valley
Magazine Home and Lifestyle [1992 Sept] | "Boundless Backyards" |
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Valley
Magazine Home and Lifestyle [1993 March | "The tale of two landscapes" |
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Ventura
County's Home Living Newspaper [1993 Oct] | "Labor of love replaces
blah with classic" |
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Women's
Day Ideas Series [1996 June] | Additions and Decks |
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Pasadena
Star News [2000 April] | "A source of inspiration" |
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Architectural
Digest [2001] |
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Los
Angeles Times [2001 March] | Turning Lifestyles Inside Out
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Annual
Western Pool and Spa Show [1987] "3rd Place on Residential Pool Category" |
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National
Spa and Pool Institute Design Award [1991-1992] " Refreshment to the
Mind", "Quiet Beauty", "Delight to the eye". |
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Ventura
County Fair Floriculture Center - 1st Place |
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National
Spa and Pool Institute Design [1993] "Best Residential Concrete Pool" |
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15th
Annual Western Pool and Spa Show [1993] "1st Place on Best Design of
Remodeled Pool" |
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L.A.
Beautiful Award |
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Sunset
Magazine's 2000 Western Garden Design Awards "Award of Excellence" |
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Honorary
NAWIC Member, October 1995 "San Fernando Valley Chapter 153" |
Ventura County Fair [California] |
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"Best
Design" |
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"Best
of Division" (2 times) |
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"Best
Original Design" |
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"1st
Place Feature Display" (2 times) |
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Wells Drive Community Park (Tarzana, CA) |
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Children's
Community School in Van Nuys, CA |
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Channel Island
State University Art Center |
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Tree People
[Collaborated on designing an Environmental Watershed Project] |
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Los Angeles
County Arboretum Baldwin Bonanza Participant [1999, 2000, 2001, 2002] |
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Garden Design
for five ISID in San Fernando Valley Design Homes. |
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Sponsored
multiple Landscape Tours for NAWIC |
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Designed 2
of the 8 Sunset Demonstration Gardens at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. |
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Reworked interior
garden at the Gene Autry Museum |
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Bird Sanctuary
[Designed the pathway layout for the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, outside
Palm Springs, CA] |
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California State University Channel Islands Art Center |
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden Show Participant (1999 thru 2008) |
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Garden Designer for five ISID San Fernando Valley Design Homes |
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Conducted Six Landscape Tours for the National Association of Women in Construction |
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Designed the Cactus Garden and two of the eight Sunset Demonstration Gardens at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden |
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Collaborated with the Bureau of Land Management designing the walkway layout for the bird sactuary at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, just north of Palm Springs, CA
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