Joanna England

Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.

When Should You Start Planning Your Landscape Projects? Harold Leidner Answers

By Joanna England / January 25, 2019 /

Texans love to spend time outdoors, especially in their gardens and backyards. But what if you want to make your landscape even more attractive for spring and summer entertaining, or even those late fall nights that get dark early? When do you start planning your new pool, spring plantings, or landscape lighting projects? In our…

Stylish Turtle Creek Pad Offers Tree-Top Views And High Design

By Joanna England / January 23, 2019 /

There are very few condos in which I could easily see myself living, mostly because I’m rather fond of backyards and front porches, as are my two dogs and rambunctious 7-year-old. That said, this particularly stylish unit inside The Beverly on Turtle Creek definitely has my eye.  “The designers who made this home so special…

Celebration of Life For Builder Tom Greico Planned Jan. 30

By Joanna England / January 21, 2019 /

We here at CandysDirt.com are still mourning the abrupt, shattering loss of renowned builder Tom Greico.  Tom, a Dallas Builders Association Honored Life Director, a CandysDirt.com preferred builder and founding partner of this website, an eclectic Dallas figure, and a brilliant home builder who pioneered modern vision in many Dallas neighborhoods when most of us were…

Hear Award-Winning Architect Rick Joy at The 2nd Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture

By Joanna England / January 18, 2019 /

Rick Joy, founder of Rick Joy Architects (Studio Rick Joy), will speak at the Dallas Architecture Forum‘s Second Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. Joy’s renowned Tucson, Arizona, firm is recognized for sensitive, thoughtful approaches to site, observation, process, landscape,…

David Collier Believes in The Power of East Dallas Community

By Joanna England / January 16, 2019 /

Despite all of the new technology available to agents today, success is still determined by an agent’s ability to get a deal done, says David Collier, this week’s High Caliber Agent presented by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans. It takes passion, commitment, and consistency to keep clients coming back, and to build a business…