Posted in Associations on January 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Early tomorrow today I head off the Louisville for 3 good days, of learning, networking, and sharing. This is one of the best parts of the job.
The chance to hang out with like minded colleagues, and find out what the challenges are in other parts of the country. The chance to sit in on some [...]
Posted in Associations on January 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just came across a post by Seth Godin on the problems with PowerPoint presentations, and some suggestions on how to correct them. Last week I was really cracking down hard on a lot of presenters at the CENTS Show in Columbus, there were some bad ones . . . really bad ones.
Even [...]
Posted in nature on January 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This stunning photograph was taken by Swedish Photographer Jocke Berglund he was on a different assignment and came across this scene. This is part of the article from the British Natural History Museum.
Flying over Småland photographing the devastation, Jocke – who specializes in aerial photography – saw this ‘remarkable oak tree print’. It formed partly [...]
Posted in Associations on January 28, 2007 | No Comments »
The Mike Lin 2 day workshop starts on Tuesday and ends on the afternoon on Wednesday-making it . . . . two days. Man my brilliance at explaining the obvious just scares me sometimes, it really does. Of course there is early-bird registration, and a welcoming reception Wednesday night.
A comment on the early-bird registration, [...]
Posted in stuff on January 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you’re reading this you know who you are. some of us even talked at the CENTS show. You were asking about commenting to a post. So here we go.
Look to the bottom of the post on the bottom right in bold letters it will say no comment, or 2 comments-whatever.
Click on that
You will be [...]
Posted in nature on January 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s great for me that I live in a area of the World where I have access to safe, clean drinking water. Not only do I have access but the odds of me running out is about the same for me as spending a weekend with Nicole Kidman in Sydney-it aint gonna’ happen.
But for others; [...]
Posted in design principles on January 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s a tutorial by the Natural Land Trust on Landscape Design. Here’s a gem from the article:
Or just plant what you like—that’s what’s most important.
Here’s some more good stuff:
Don’t forget to place a few flat rocks in the garden to use as stepping stones when you weed; they create a space to put your [...]
Posted in Associations on January 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
There were no tracks dedicated to Landscape Design or Land. Architecture-absolutely nothing. So I went to a couple of talks in the “Containers” track. Containers, that’s right. Now this is a good thing to run but to have nothing at all for the entire day on design doesn’t quite make sense . . . especially [...]
Posted in Associations on January 24, 2007 | No Comments »
The Tuesday talks were really uneven they went from the really well done. To completely missing the mark and leave the audience wanting more.
The 1st thing I attended was a talk by Dr. Charles Hall on the Economic Worth of the Industry, the information was well presented, well laid out, and Dr. Hall turned what [...]
Posted in Associations on January 22, 2007 | No Comments »
The best educational talk for me on Monday morning was Peg Carney of Liberty Landcrafters and Pond Plants. She focused on a list of marginal and bog plants, then went into some real depth on growing, propagating, and thriving with Lotus. What impressed me about this was the time spent on Lotus. In all the [...]
Posted in Associations on January 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Jim Gardiner the curator of RHS Garden Wisley was the Sunday night speaker for those who arrive early. His topic was to speak on the Wisley Gardens and entertain us early birds.The first thing I noticed was the crowd it was smaller than last year’s crowd for Allen Armitage.
Does this mean anything? I don’t know. [...]
Posted in Associations on January 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow it’s time to make the yearly trek to the CENTS show, hosted by the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Assoc.
This is one of the biggest, if not the biggest trade shows in the industry. While I greatly admire the breadth, and scope of this show on the exhibition floor. I cannot say the same for [...]
Posted in Associations on January 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Every year in Louisville, KY. the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) holds their yearly conference, they call it The Management Clinic. The dates for the 2007 Clinic-Jan. 31st through February 3rd.
It’s very easy for me to describe the Clinic . . . it’s a blast! an absolute blast!!! I belong (have belonged) to [...]
Posted in nature, stuff on January 18, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s great photography, and then there’s photography:
No matter you field, or what you design. This deserves our appreciation. Absolutely beautiful.
This is the site where image was found.
Posted in design principles on January 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Space and visual perception:
This is a most unusual and excellent example of spatial play and illusion. I really like it. I do not have much information on this really fun landscape/art design. Here’s where I found it.
This is really great
Again, I don’t know how I find this stuff, I just find it, or it finds [...]
Posted in hardscape design on January 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Everything that you ever wanted to know about concrete is at one site, and one site only. As far as landscape design goes they have an entire section on the use(s) for concrete outside. Or exterior concrete as they say on the site.
Now to get this straight. There are a lot of applications where I [...]
My hope is to use this site to spread some info about the art and practice of Landscape Design. It is a very misunderstood profession; I do not cut grass like the next door neighbor's cousin who carries 3 mowers and a blower in the back of his truck.
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