Posted in design principles, stuff, waterfeatures on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Links, links, links . . . a few things I have run across the past week or so that may be of interest to someone in the field of landscape design. Or; heck, anyone who has interest in stuff outdoors.
Wittstock makes some changes.
Greg Wittstock the owner and visionary of Aquascapes has made a big change [...]
Posted in stuff on July 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Using a strain of rice called Kodaimai the farmers in the town of Inakadate in the prefecture of Aomori create some fascinating works of art. I would call it the Japanese version of crop circles that we see here in the corn fields of America. Except this looks more like art and less like geometry.
[Mona [...]
Posted in stone on July 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Lots of ways to build retaining walls for raised beds-I think this is a good one:
[Briarhill wall, concrete pavers, 6 months in the ground.]
I designed and built this several years ago in South Carolina, before this it was a gravel parking lot.
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, renderings on July 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We move on through the front gate to get you to the walkway and seating area located by the front door. This small raised section for a small table was entirely my idea, and was not even hinted at by the homeowner.
[Pencil sketch of walk to front door.]
Technically* . . . I think it is [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, design principles, drawings, renderings on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The 2 renderings below are part of the continuing series. This is a series of post to bring you along through the process of doing a design for this residence. Beyond just showing the conceptual renderings, but how I see the potential space(s) in this landscape.
[About the 4th attempt at an entry gate.]
The request [...]
Posted in stone on July 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
[One of "a lot" of random piles of old curbstone.]
Couple of weeks ago I went off to look at a small pile of curbstone. We had hoped to find enough to put in several sets of steps and landings. What I found went way beyond that. I hit the semi-motherlode, a mini-jackpot.
This guy has several [...]
Posted in design principles, equipment, quotes on July 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is so ridiculous a statement I don’t know whether to be mad or cry, or have a stiff drink-I think I’ll have a stiff drink:
Landscape professionals rely on computer programs “100 percent,” most often choosing Rhinoceros or Maya, according to Mark Thomann, design director at Balmori Associates, a Manhattan-based landscape architecture firm.
The NYTimes is [...]
Posted in conceptual drawing, renderings on July 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
[the ''before picture'']
[What it could look like-2 walls, and paved]
More about this in the next post-deadlines to meet . . .
Posted in Construction in-progress, conceptual drawing, design principles, renderings on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is the 1st of several drawings on this very complicated piece of property. I am going to go through the series of drawings and rehash conversations with the homeowner.
1st problem was how to lower the drive to get into garages-especially the garage door on the right. Tight angle and tough slope. This discrepancy led [...]
Posted in Einstein, design principles, stuff on July 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
[Mr. Simmons working in his blacksmith shop]
“I always look at nature; that will never change. Even up until the day they come with the shovel, I try to branch out and do things I haven’t seen, . . .” [...]
Posted in stone on July 8, 2007 | No Comments »
[Ohio Memorial Shrine; Loundonville, Ohio]
[Detail of work in framing window-awesome stuff]
[Pachysandra does work in the right application-it's perfect here.]
The rest of the pics at full sizes are on this page at my Fotki site.
Posted in plant material on July 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is a request from Blackswamp Girl(love the name) who wanted to see my garden, after a April fool’s Day post on this Blog.
[Just a little something. ]
Posted in stuff on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
and good riddance Time-Warner Cable
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