Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sep292010
Dallas, Part 1

I came to Dallas with few preconceived ideas.  I haven’t been here since 1978.  It’s changed a bit.  As I said last week, what I did expect was to be inspired by what I see and hear.  That’s happened already.  … Read more

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  1. Spring is Sprung with Leaf Magazine
  2. Garden Trend Watch: Rough Refinement
  3. Garden Portrait: Boat’s End, Australia
LABELS: Design, Garden Design, inspiration, Landscape Design 3 Comments

Sep242010
In my Reader…an itinerary

In what little spare time I have this week, I’ve been pouring over an advance copy of the itinerary and conference brochure for next week’s Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) International Landscape Design Conference in Dallas. This will be … Read more

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  1. Garden Design Details: Pergolas
  2. Leaf…a sneak peek at the cover
  3. Garden Design Details: Cleveland Underfoot
LABELS: APLD, garden visits, inspiration, Landscape Design 5 Comments

Sep212010
Garden Designers Roundtable | Follies

I have a taste for the absurd, the wildly impractical and the creative.  Add to that real or imagined historical context and VOILA! you have my favorite type of garden folly.  It’s really too bad that there’s little interest–both economically … Read more

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  1. Dallas, Part 2a – Cool and Modern
  2. In my Reader…Myburgh Designs
  3. 2010 Top 5 Posts–Yours!
LABELS: garden visits, inspiration, Stone 14 Comments

Sep202010
Monday 33 | A Year of Mondays

Cool mornings.  Slow bees.  Long shadows.  I’ve always been interested in light and shadow in gardens and have never been able to master manipulating the experience.  I know I’ve said before that my favorite tree, the one I originally built … Read more

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LABELS: autumn, Gardens, trees, Year of Mondays Leave a comment

Sep172010
In my Reader…three books

It’s fall and I’m teaching two evening landscape design courses at a college near here.  I’m always looking for books to bring to class for my students to look at.  Last week it was Thomas Church’s Gardens are for People. … Read more

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  1. Leaf Magazine…Design Outside
  2. Mobile Gardens
  3. In my Reader…Dirt Simple
LABELS: books, Garden Design, inspiration, Landscape Design 4 Comments

Sep152010
Garden Seating + Storage

Do you take your garden multi-tasking seriously?  Do you only have so much space?  This clever garden seating/storage solution from the Canadian design Urban Product is just a win-win as far as I’m concerned.  Clean lined and elegant, it’s made … Read more

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  1. Garden Ideas from Ikea
  2. Mobile Gardens
  3. Garden Designers Roundtable: Garden Visits and Lessons
LABELS: Furniture and Accessories, Gardens 8 Comments

Sep132010
Sustainability and the ‘M’ word

Over the past weekend there has been much discussion in the garden and landscape community about sustainability, healthy environments and organic practices.  Both the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Garden Writers Association had their annual conferences and saving … Read more

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  1. Garden Design Lessons from Vogue?
  2. Slow Home Living…a garden design
  3. In my Reader…Recycle UK
LABELS: business, economy, Gardens, green, green washing, sustainability, sustainable landscapes 16 Comments

Sep132010
Monday 32 | A Year of Mondays

Unexpected.  Abstract.  It rained in the garden yesterday–a soft soaking rain.  In a last minute stay of execution I decided to leave this one Caryopteris ssp. in the garden a few weeks ago.  The other two are gone.  Now I … Read more

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  1. Spring is Sprung with Leaf Magazine
  2. Garden Designers Roundtable: Plants, Memory and Dance
LABELS: Creative Process, Garden Styles, Gardens, plants Leave a comment

Sep102010
In my Reader…Gardens Illustrated’s Podcasts

Here’s an auditory post.  Most of us who are serious about garden and landscape design read Gardens Illustrated, the English garden magazine.  Both informative and beautiful, I’ve been reading it since I found my first copy on the newsstand many … Read more

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LABELS: Chelsea Flower Show, Garden Design, inspiration, landscape designer Leave a comment

Sep82010
Garden Tour

One of my gardens is part of the Friends of Frelinghuysen fall garden tour on September 19th.  Registration for the self guided tour is open until September 15th and will feature 5 private gardens rarely open to the public in … Read more

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  1. A Facelift for a Tudor Grand Dame
  2. Dallas, Part 2a – Cool and Modern
  3. Field Trip: Mariani Gardens
LABELS: Garden Design, garden visits, Gardens, Landscape Design 6 Comments