![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/9c447ecdac31b6144722866f30fd901c.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
3 minute read
a row
environmentally friendly. A healthy plant will be more efficient at photosynthesizing sunlight into oxygen and the healthy soil/ compost helps bring down uses far less water.
Arid Southwest,” he suggests using found objects such as old chairs, mirrors, rusted-out wheelbarrows, chimney flues, even old bathtubs as recycled vessels for flowers or vegetables.
According to Calhoun, “In traditional Mexican-American households, when an object lost its usefulness in the house it often found new life as a container for plants. Remember the old adage: What is one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”
Real Estate Office Creates Outdoor Room
Maria Severino-Roller, a Carlsbad real estate agent, decided she wanted to create an outdoor area to entertain potential clients and have a place to relax with her fellow agents.
She hired Chris Bany, of Terra Mar Landscape Design, and his fellow mural artist, Jennifer Andersen, to create not only an outdoor room, but also to highlight one of the walls with a full-scale floral mural.
Not only was the area completely converted to a spacious seating area, but a decorative wall was completed with recycled lattice material and a tall picket fence that houses a wide variety of re-purposed succulents from Chris’s garden.
Andersen spent weeks on a scaffold to create a wall filled with 10-foot long bougainvillea, which completes the garden theme.
Have A Party In Your Outdoor Room
Severino-Roller is extremely satisfied with the results. “We started with a pretty sad looking parking area and Chris and his staff created a ‘pop-up patio’ in just a few weeks,” she says.
The patio will be showcased at the Carlsbad Village Mixer on March 16 at the CalRes Realty office at 2691 State St. Business owners and the public are invited.
For further information about the Carlsbad Village Mixer, call (760) 415-2217. To convert your backyard into an outdoor room, contact Chris Bany at (760) 421-9855.
Jano Nightingale is a horticulturist and Master Gardener and teaches vegetable gardening at the Carlsbad Senior Center. Contact her at janosgarden@gmail.com
![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/21317bf57ee3c04964606fb8728d0565.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
He is lovingly referred to as the San Diego “tree doctor extraordinaire” by his clients, Bowman is known for transforming sickly trees and gardens into Disneyesque wonderlands.
![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/371697b0514fe038136831f9099fb036.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
Using his own proprietary blend of organic biological nutrition, Bowman feeds plants at night — a technique he picked up during his time as a horticulturist at Disneyland.
“When you feed plants at night, they have enough time to absorb the nutrition, before it is degraded by the sun’s rays,” he said. “That’s why, when most people are winding down their days, eating dinner, and going to bed, we are out feeding plants and trees.”
He’s done more than just care for sick plants and trees, he’s revolutionized both residential and commercial properties by the use of his organic fertilizer tanks that inject his magi- cal formula through your irrigation systems.
This program reduces the households use of water overall by 30%. In a very short time, this program pays back through reduced water bills.
“When you give your body proper nutrition, it affects your overall health and boosts your immunity, so you don’t get sick. The same is true for plants and trees.” Bowman feeds complete “nutrition delivery bi- ology” derived from earthworm castings to replenish the missing healthy soil biology. This works with a client’s current irrigation system so that each time the landscaping is watered, the needed soil biology is replenished.
“This is the secret to keeping your property looking like a five-star resort.”
![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/8a0e69b7eedca9367f6ad28059f41f6a.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/3376c7a5294e897ddb16bbcf78c58d73.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
Russell is quick to point out that healthy plants and trees are also
He donates his time and expertise for the trees for the Point Loma Association and gardens at the Rock Church in Point Loma, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, the YMCA, Barnes Tennis Center, Chili’s Restaurants, Stone Brewery in Escondido, and San Diego Botanic Garden. He also served with the San Diego Rose Society in Balboa Park for 12 years.
![](https://assets.isu.pub/document-structure/230314205457-6698ec2a11b763ccd27a35615cbd6de7/v1/2c01366caf9e6b9fec93243b54ca164b.jpeg?width=720&quality=85%2C50)
“My calling is to beautify the earth, making trees and plants healthy,” The Master Gardener taught me everything I know. I’ve learned that when you love something, it’s not something you have to do; it’s something you want to do.”
To learn more about Bowman and his services, please contact Russell at 858-499-9417.
He provides tree and plant nutritional care as well as ongoing routine garden maintenance.
Russell Bowman abides by all applicable state laws and requirements and does not perform any services that require a licensed contractor. Business license B2017006153.