06/15/2026
Shade may be one of the simplest amenities on a property.
It's also one of the most valued.
Want to know if a landscape is working?
Watch where people choose to sit.
Every day, people vote with their feet.
They choose the shaded path over the sunny one.
They gather beneath mature trees.
They linger where it's comfortable and move quickly through places that aren't.
For all the technology, planning, and design that goes into a landscape, people tend to tell us exactly what works.
We just have to pay attention!