The Whispering Crane Institute:
- Whispering Crane Institute web-site
- My Fotki site, lots of images
- My Tumblrlog; a site for quick links, quotes, images, thoughts, etc.
WCI Squidoo Sites:
- My Squidoo site on Landscape Design
- The Whispering Crane Institute, my Squidoo Lens
- Trees we do Not Like, Trees that Should Take a Hike, a Squidoo Lens
- My list on 27 Books every Landscape Designer should read.
- It’s all about me and my Moleskine.
- This Lens is a really fun one, can’t take life too seriously.
Links in the Green Industry (Professional Organizations, etc.):
- ANLA, American Nursery and Landscape Assoc.
- The Ohio State University, web-site for Horticulture.
- GWAA, Garden Writers Assoc. of America.
- APLD, Assoc. of Professional Landscape Designers.
- Genesis 3 “The” Pool Guys-awesome stuff
- ALCA Associated Landscape Contractors of America
- Aquascapes-The leader in Watergardening supplies
- ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects
Craftsmen, Artist, Exceptional People:
- My good friend and Artist Enzo Torcoletti.
- Patrick McAfee, Master Stonemason, Historian, and Author. Patrick is from Irelan, travels the World, and is a great guy, very willing to share his knowledge.
- The guy when it comes to Japanese Gardn Design in the U.S. David Slawson has forgotten more about this subject than most of us will ever know. David is a former teacher at a Philsophy of Design Forum.
- Ken Follett’s blog is a interesting mixture of work and philosophy, along with some deep musings about life. A interesting guy, a interesting read.
- Andrée-Anne Dupuis-Bourret is a Canadian who writes a blog in French called Le territoire des sens, The blogs only drawback is it’s in French. Me . . . I go looking for images and links to interesting sites. Her one blurb in English: . . . I question the brief and complex relations between the human body and it’s immediate space . . . It’s a interesting blog.
- A blog called the Sippican Cottage is one of those blogs you read because, well . . . he’s a damn interesting writer. G can twist a phrase, un-dangle a participle(I still don’t know what a dangling participle is), and muse with the best of them.
Links; other trades of interest.
- DSWC Dry Stonewallers extraordinaire
- Land+living: about all things “Design”
- A well-done Home improvement site, ConstructionDeal.com
- PTN Preservation Trades Network
- TSF Where the “Dedicated Drywallers” hang
Links, I consider link worthy
- Alpha Inventions is a site that can help direct blog traffic your way. Younger folks will pick this site up easily, older Bloggers may take a little time figuring it out. It will help drive traffic to you Blog.
- Garden Voices; she clips everything!
- Water for the ages; a blog about clooecting worldwide information about water issues, valuable resource. *02/12/08
- About Landscape Design, a “do-it yourself” resource guide
- Cutting edge-on sustainability . . . Cradle 2 Cradle.
Blogs and related stuff
- Christian Barnard a blog by a British Columbia Landscape Architect, a good read by a young guy who looks at the World with a keen eye. Loves to talk about “designing spaces”, that sounds like me!
- Garden Porn by Michelle Derviss, a left coast Landscape Designer. My only complaint about her Blog would be . . . doesn’t post enough. The link to the website is worth your effort also.
- Rama Nayeri writes a blog from Southern California about her business as a Landscape Designer and events in her World of design, including help for enthusiast’s . . . it’s fun stuff!
- A blog about design in Newfoundland, Canada. Good insight, and very good examples of design skills. Be sure to check out the samples of conceptual design in watercolor. Daisy Design-worth a look.
- Visions; from Italy
- This Garden is Illegal
- Blackswamp Girl . . . great name
- A Lake County Point of View; by Hank, the County Clerk.
- Ellis Hollow a Blog about “Gardening, Politics, and More.”
- Alina Chau, a very talented artist
- Flatbush Gardener; Yes they garden in Brooklyn NY.
- Garden Blog Directory at Cold Climate Gardening
- Golden Gecko: he’s the “Blogging Nurseryman“
- Jason Heller; former student
- Gardening Tips-n-ideas, Stuart Robinson has a very good blog, plus some good Aussie humor.
- Eponym-A Blog Directory
- Looking for a blog search? try Sphere
- Bestest Blog of Day
- A Garden Blog Directory, DiginDirt.com
- Garden Rant
- A blog called Illustration Art by David Apatoff who really likes great pictures.
- David Rael (nu link 12/22/06)
- Kelley’s blog; Viggiatore, on her life in Italy.
Cartoon blogs, more than cartoons, is the artist behind the cartoon
- John K’s Stuff is at his blog called johnskstuff, the s t u f f is a lot more original than the name. A well written, and very informative blog . . . it’s damngoodstuff!
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March 30, 2009 at 10:57 pm
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