The Art of Pergola Design (5)
Pergola’s I get a lot of questions about pergola’s, arbors and trellis’ . . . a lot. for good reason. Structure adds a lot to the designed landscape. With structure […]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Enough of the Snow Already
Daydreamin’ today about the good ole days of Summer. [Just how big did those "Ears" get?] Anybody else ready to look at some green? Plus they all are coming from […]
An Appreciation of Stone (38)
Sandstone and Granite pavers stacked at a salvage yard. Great Stuff [Granite in the foreground, some old foundation stone in back.] Here’s another look at the yard. There’s some great […]
Fireplace Posibility (3)
Here’s another look at a possible fireplace for these homeowners. [A more interesting storage area for firewood.] I also took a very un-symmetrical look at the sides and a random […]
Fireplace Posibility (2)
In keeping with the previous post, here is another attempt at a fireplace for this backyard. [Another look at a possible solution for this woodsy backyard. ] I’m not done […]
Fireplace Possibility
I am in the middle of a project where the main focus of the backyard will be a large fireplace that we hope to have anchor one end of the […]
More on the Flower Clock
Back in March of last year I wrote a long post about Carl Linnaeus, Horologium flore, and the Flower Clock. I wrote something to the effect of how cool and […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic (4)
So did I get to the 8 O’clock session? I will never tell. I want to do a longer post on Steve Farber, author of Radical Leap, for now let […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic live(4)
A long day, a very long day, for an old guy like me it wa too long of a day. It’ll be interesting to see if I make the 8:00am […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic live(3)
So tonight the annual network roundtables were held, and I decided to sit at the BLOG roundtable. Being there 1st and writing this blog made me the de-facto moderator. There’s […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic live(2)
Great energy at the clinic yesterday as usual right up to the end at the Muggets get-together. There was a lot of good stuff yesterday including the Landscape Swap-Shop where […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic live(1)
Well it’s in full swing now. Everyone is hear the events have started, na dthe 1st lunch has been eaten. Last night’s opening reception was a good one as usual, […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic (3)
Off to the Clinic tomorrow, and as I sit here writing this I am wondering if there are any madcap adventures in store for this year. Muggets anyone? Highlights include […]
I’ve Run Into a Brickwall (2)
A week ago I wrote about the rendering below and how I’d hoped it would lead to a solution. A solution for the South side of a large terrace/patio. So […]
2008 ANLA Management Clinic (2)
Sustainable, sustainability, sustain . . . one of the hottest words in our industry right now. Everywhere you go the word is there. The phrase is there. The philosophy is […]
