Category Archives: green

Oct82012
Graphic Recycled Garden Furniture

I am not a fan of the current trend that extols us to grab a shipping pallet or some cast off boards and use them to make something else.  Most of what results still looks like garbage.  Who cares if the … Read more

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  1. Garden Seating + Storage
  2. Tuesday’s Find: A set of 10 blue chairs
  3. 2010 Top 5 Posts–Yours!
LABELS: California, Furniture and Accessories, Gardens, green, San Francisco, sustainability 2 Comments

Mar12012
Solar Panel Sense

I have been struggling with the visual impact that alternative energy sources have on the landscape.  I’m conflicted.  I know we need to seriously decrease our dependence on fossil fuels, but often the windmill and solar farms that are increasingly … Read more

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  1. Tuesday’s Find: A set of 10 blue chairs
  2. Inspiration and Influence: Craftsman Farms
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LABELS: environment, Gardens, green, solar power, sustainability 3 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. In my Reader…Recycle UK
  2. Solar Panel Sense
  3. Garden Design Lessons from Vogue?
LABELS: business, economy, Gardens, green, green washing, sustainability, sustainable landscapes 16 Comments

Aug72010
In my Reader…Recycle UK

Every now and again someone will email me and ask me to post something on my blog. I never have…before today. I’m usually fiercely independent and don’t want to have to return the favor.  This was originally sent to me … Read more

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  1. In my Reader…Fernando Caruncho
  2. Solar Panel Sense
  3. The New Luxury
LABELS: environment, Garden Styles, green, recycling Leave a comment

Feb262010
Bardessono’s Compelling Courtyards

In the pouring rain, two garden design and writing friends and I made Bardessono our final stop on a whirlwind tour of Napa and Sonoma. I first wrote about this LEED Platinum certified resort/spa earlier this year in a post … Read more

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  2. A Crying Shame
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LABELS: Garden Styles, green, Landscape Design, rock work, stone work 4 Comments

Jan62010
Garden Designer’s Bloglink: 5 Regional Ideas

Grab a snack…this might take a while… In December, as a guest on Garden Gossip, I extolled listeners to ‘celebrate their regions’  instead of trying to emulate a garden design style that is at odds with their specific location. That … Read more

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  1. Vista and View Preservation
  2. Field Trip: Leonard J. Buck Garden
  3. Garden Portrait: Boat’s End, Australia
LABELS: architectural salvage, green, Landscape Design, landscape designer, native plants, New Jersey, Planting Design, recycling, sustainability, sustainable landscapes 23 Comments

Aug262009
My Garden State|The Meadowlands and the Hackensack River

This is a tale of human alteration of the natural world that is leaning towards having a happy ending.  Anyone who grew up, as I did, near the Hackensack River and the adjacent Meadowlands knows that even in our lifetimes, … Read more

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LABELS: green, native plants, New Jersey, sustainable landscapes 6 Comments

Apr302009
More than Me

Ok. Let me start off by saying that what I’m about to say is going to really going to make some people angry. I suspect it will be those with a holier than thou sensibility. I also suspect that it … Read more

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LABELS: green, green washing, sustainability, sustainable landscapes, volunteerism 5 Comments

Jan242009
Inspiration and Influence -TV & Technicolor

A few weeks ago in a post titled Inspiration and Experience I wrote about my viewpoint as a designer as a unique culmination of life’s experiences. Writing that post has made me–probably temporarily–more acutely aware of what I look for … Read more

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LABELS: color, Creative Process, Garden Styles, green, inspiration 1 Comment

Apr242008
#24–Last day to finish

We started first and are finishing last. For the past week there’s been little but this crazy sprint to the end. The almost completed rockery There have been soooo many issues this week that it’s hard to even recount them. … Read more

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LABELS: Designer Showhouses, green, sustainable landscapes 2 Comments