ecological landscape design canada

naturalistic garden maintenance

A New Idea to Inspire Eco-friendly City Landscape Practices

Inspiration During a recent coffee house meet up with a new friend, Stephanie Aitken (a landscape consultant with Urban Systems, Kelowna), something occurred to me….

hedgerows

Hedgerows: Magic on the Fringes

I feel like we’ve all seen the iconic fairytale image of a hedgerow. A dark thicket of brambles; spooky leafless trees. With the viewer surprising…

hedgecraft willow

Welcome to The Coppice: Introducing Hedgecraft Willow

Virens Studio is expanding our landscape and planting design business! We’re shifting from talking about the ecological benefits of coppicing shrubs, to actually doing it….