Dream Weaver

Author: Nancy Erdmann

Issue: March, 2009, Page 164

Margaret Joplin designed a steel trellis with movable pot shelves for a Tucson client.

Photography By Tim Fuller

The landscape architect’s first crack at patterning with used materials resulted in this 24-foot-in-diameter patio in her own backyard. The flooring was constructed from brick that had been removed from her pool area. The flagstone came from a rubble pile at another job.

Used brick and glass tiles come together in a Joplin-designed patio floor.

Yucca rostrata and Queen Victoria agaves add drama to a small planting space at a home in Patagonia, Arizona. “When you come in the front door or walk down the hallways you see this amazing plant,” notes Joplin.

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