Scott Cohen’s Poolscapes

What if your favorite vacation hotspot was just outside the door? What if you could enjoy it every day without ever leaving home? Award-winning author and garden designer Scott Cohen shows you how to make this dream a reality in Scott Cohen’s Poolscapes: Refreshing Ideas for the Ultimate Backyard Resort. Whether you’re looking for an intimate hydrotherapy spa, a splash-happy place for family fun, an invigorating exercise pool or an exquisite setting for outdoor entertaining, you’ll discover the secrets behind Cohen’s breathtaking, high-performance swimming pools and spas. Buy it now!

Outdoor Living by Scott Cohen
(Watershapes, July/August 2010)

Southern California watershaper and landscape designer Scott Cohen is known for wildly creative designs that capture and express his clients' personalities and aspirations about luxury. Along the way, he's developed a special touch in developing outdoor cooking and dining areas — a pursuit taken up by many watershapers in recent years and one about which Cohen has written a book whose key recommendations he shares here. ..." read more

Welcome Your Guests with Open Arms
(Your Home and Lifestyle, August 2010)

Backyard outdoor rooms are extremely popular everywhere in the United States. Outdoor kitchens, spas, video centers, fireplaces, swimming pools, and gazebos all help to establish a wonderfully usable, comfortable desirable living space in which to entertain family and friends. But many homeowners tend to forget about the front yard and entrance to their homes because, simply, they don't spend much time there. "A homeowner returns home drives along the driveway to the garage and enters the home from that door..." read more

Read about The Green Scene's concrete countertops in Concrete Construction magazine, August 2010:

Backyard Expanses

August 2010:

3 of our fabulous outdoor showers are featured on HGTV's series of outdoor shower photo galleries here and here

Read "A Backyard Re-design That Really Works" by Scott Cohen

Published in Landscape Architect

July 2010

We were featured on A&E's "Fix This Yard" on Sat. May 1st

Episode 3 - Erika and Aaron

"After 25 years of renting, Erika, a single mother, was finally able to buy a home for herself and her 16-year-old son, Aaron. However, the pride of home ownership was soon overshadowed by the realities of the fixer-upper they purchased and the expectations of neighbors eager to see this outdated home modernized. Luckily, Alan and Amy stopped by for the weekend to help give the home a 21st Century facelift with plants, pavers, a new garage door and a fresh coat of paint. But Erika and the team don't always see eye to eye when it comes to the direction of the project, and the yard's largest tree stands right in between them."

• We currently have 6 new projects in the works that we are very excited about.


• During the spring of 2010, the Fine Living Network ran 4 television shows with our projects: Bodacious Outdoor Spaces, 15 Bodacious Outdoor Kitchens, X-Treme Outdoor Projects, and 15 More Bodacious Backyards.


• We moved into our new office in Northridge on March 1st - come visit us!

Scott Cohen held 2 seminars at the World of Concrete Show February 1 and 2, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center: Outdoor Patio/Kitchen Design and Decorative Outdoor Room, Fireplace and Fire Feature Design

Scott Cohen held 2 seminars on High End Pool and Spa Design & Outdoor Room Design on January 13 and 14, 2010 at the Aquatech Institute's Society Conference in Whistler Canada.

The March issue of Water Garden News features an article about perspective drawings with Fetch-A-Sketch.com