Posted in Construction in-progress, design principles, landscape design, waterfeatures on March 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A job I designed a couple of years ago for Enviroscapes, Inc. of Louisville, Ohio was designated the Honors winner in a commercial design category by the OLA, Ohio Landscapers Association. Enviroscapes also won a maintenance award for this project.
I remember very specifically being asked to create a Japanese feel to this landscape. The real [...]
Posted in equipment, nature on March 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
[courtesy of the Fudgefactory]
Posted in axonometric, color rendering, conceptual drawing, hardscape design, presentation drawing on March 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
By now those of you who’ve been following this job (haven’t been? please read previous 4 post) know that the pergola idea is long gone. Replacing that idea . . . some sort of ruins or a folly. Patrick McAfee gave a great perspective from a European (Ireland, is he) point of view in a [...]
Posted in color rendering, conceptual drawing, design principles, stone on March 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For you really bright observers you can see the rendering below is not a pergola, this is the replacement for the pergola. As mentioned in previous post this week the thought was pergola for the large open area but that idea was blown quickly out of the water. The owner wanted nothing to do with [...]
Posted in color rendering, pergola, presentation drawing, stuff on March 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
[This pergola rendering was shown to the client]
He didn’t like it. Not even a little. This was shot down faster than Ann Coulter would have been at a moveon(dot)org party. However there is a ray of hope for that big flat space. Ruins, yep ruins . . . . working on that drawing [...]
Posted in hardscape design, pergola, renderings on March 22, 2007 | No Comments »
[This was 1st sketch for site]
I drew this before yesterday’s posted drawing. I like to work really rough, really fast trying to get a feel for how elements would play out in the given space. By the way; a drawing like this is not something I am doing to show a client-this drawing [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, pergola, renderings on March 21, 2007 | No Comments »
[This early conceptual is on trace over another conceptual with photo below]
A quick pencil study of a pergola this view is looking into the end. The goal here was to find something that was aesthetically pleasing and at the same time hold the space.
The space is 50×300 but we are looking at end [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, hardscape design, hot tub, landscape design, waterfeatures on March 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The interview with a client is a very understated part of the design process. Here is our chance to really get into the mind of the client a chance to find out not only what they need, and what they really want in their landscape. How is this part of the design process is so [...]
Posted in stone, waterfalls, waterfeatures on March 17, 2007 | No Comments »
This weeks stone comes from a waterfall I built a couple of years ago in Omaha, Nebraska for a photography studio. The stone is typical Colorado fieldstone.
To give you an idea of scale the falls is very close to 7.0ft high. and that’s about 3.0ft across the top. The double falls starts with 2 upflow [...]
Posted in China, design principles, nature on March 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The philosopher(name escapes me). who is responsible for that famous quote would have to rethink that thought if he were able to see this picture/situation. As for me; all I can say is, wow! That is one stubborn/and or greedy dude.
[Photo and Story courtesy of Ananova]
The copy to go with the story was very [...]
Posted in stuff on March 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So you think you have a dynamite lay-out for your Blog or web-page(s)? Pretty happy with the headers, headlines, target stories? Images . . . are your images up to par? Doing what you need them to do?
I bring up these questions because I have come across a study of what people actually;
Look at 1st [...]
Posted in nature, plant material on March 13, 2007 | No Comments »
In what has come to me as a shock, I have discovered a real boomer of a story. This explosive new evidence shows us that the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel is connected to Rudbeckia Hirta, or the beloved . . . (planted almost everywhere I go), Black-eyed Susan.
You have to read [...]
Posted in Associations on March 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
On October 21st I’ll be giving the keynote speech at the 2-day conference for the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario, titled “Make a Splash: A Natural Approach to Water Gardens“. I was asked to come up with a title and short description for my talk and this is what we have initially come [...]
Posted in stone, waterfeatures on March 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
[This waterfall is about 30 inches high to give you some sense of scale]
The stone that I am really praising here is the flat stone that lies in the bottom of this stream that I have built. When laying this stone in a fish-scale type pattern the stone enables me to create realistic stream [...]
Posted in Associations on March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve added a new link to my list of interesting Blogs to read. I haven’t added one in a while but I think this one is worth reading, it’s called Ellis Hollow, and it’s about Gardening, politics and some other stuff. Craig’s Blog is well written, put together very well, and entertaining/and informative. The March [...]
Posted in design principles, landscape design, nature, plant material on March 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
These illustrations are from Botanicon, plantarum historiae written in 1565 by Adam Lonicerus. Lonicerus (1528-1586) was from Germany and was a respected author, publisher, physician and involved in some government matters. Like most Medieval figures I’ve studied; who were authors, they were members of several other professions.
These 3 illustrations were taken from [...]
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