About the designer / John Greenlee is a designer and horticulturalist living in Brisbane CA. He is founder of Greenlee Nursery, the oldest and largest specialty grass nursery on the West Coast, which is located in Chino and Malibu in Southern California. John is a specialist at creating meadows and grass ecologies. He works with national and international landscape architects and artists to create naturalistic landscapes, meadows and prairies. His projects range from public gardens such as the Getty, Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the San Diego Zoo. He designs roof gardens, living walls, and private residences both big and small. Author of "The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses" (Rodale Press, 1992), and "Meadows by Design," (Timber Press, 2009), John also lectures frequently throughout North America speaking about the beauty and universality of grass ecology.