This was from the sketchbook(moleskine), and was done on-site so I could show the contractor what I was thinking about in reference to the space.
The idea for the space was to add a waterfall and a small body of water right up near the pool’s edge. The drawing in black and white was good for [...]
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No not that kind of gas . . . the other kind of gas, as in gas prices.
Makes no sense
Last Tuesday while running errands around the area I noticed all stations with prices at $3.83 or $3.84. this was during the morning and mid-day. Later, around 4:00 I went back out to look at a [...]
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Posted in design principles on July 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Spring in July
I have actually had a bigger July than May this year from some odd reason. Maybe folks are realizing that things are not as dab as the media would like us to believe.
Or maybe folks just want to spend money, make their place look great. Commercial building work is also hopping along at [...]
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There I was the other day sitting between my desk/table contemplating my work, that’s when it hit me.
My office space doesn’t work.
I’m not happy.
I spend/spent too much time bent over, especially when I was working on details . . . which is a lot of the time. It’s in those details and paying attention to [...]
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I know everyone is having a tough time dealing with the fact that Mike has been dumped from television in the USA, including me, and in this case me is not Mike Holmes.
I have a lot of respect for Mike and if you’ve been following this blog you know about my respect for Mike, and [...]
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A interesting looking book just sold on e-bay for $1.031.00 Not bad for a 1834 book on Garden Architecture.
Here’s a blurb on the listing:
Pierre Boitard’s 1834 Manuel de L’Architecte des Jardins. Handsomely bound in red morocco, this very rare volume presents an unparalleled picture of every aspect of garden landscaping and garden architecture in [...]
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It doesn’t matter.
It just doesn’t matter how many times I see it . . . I still go nuts.
It’s junk, it’s lazy, it’s “I don’t give a damn”. It’s certainly pathetic.
[ What's really sad . . . it's everywhere. ]
Look, I understand that some people have severe budgets to deal with, but why do some(most) [...]
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This WordPress template has been very good to me, very good. Especially when it come to the sideboard. A clean, simple, economical sideboard without a lot of “stuff”. So it was a great move for me to get on WordPress.
When I did make this move I made a concerned effort that I would not have [...]
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For those of you in the profession that’s all I would have to write:
It’s May
Is it ever, things are alway like this(thankfully) in the Northern climates this time of year. That great sense of “May” urgency. The average client procrastinates calling the contractor as do many, many others-everyone calls all at once. Screaming.
“Me, me, pick [...]
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The University of Minnesota conducted a survey of over 1,000 folks and this was the answer to where Americans get advice for their gardening problems;
Their neighbor.
That’s right . . . their neighbor.
The survey of 1,000 Minnesota gardeners published in the January–March, 2008 issue of HortTechnology showed that although respondents viewed the University of Minnesota and [...]
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Posted in Associations, conceptual drawing, design principles, nature, presentation drawing, tagged acidic soils, Daisy Design, Heamanthus toxicarius, James Kuntsler, moss on May 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Some odds and ends I have been wanting to share, and a few comments about them.
Adding a Blog
It’s been awhile. Quite awhile actually, I can’t even remember the last time I added a Blog to the list over on the WCI Links page.
Well then, I guess it’s time. the blog is Daisy Design and as [...]
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[ A conceptual design, with emphasis on the hardscape.* ]
We always emphasize the hardscape, the structure, the construction. this is where the aork is and where we usually cannot afford to make any mistakes or “do-overs”.
Petunia’s we can do over.
1400sg. ft of stone patio we cannot do over.
A shrub here or a new Heuchera there-we [...]
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Landing . . . you know, a landing. That flat space you design in when you’re going from a high space to a low space. Or in the case of a Landscape Designer when you’re going from a deck to a patio.
It’s that platform where you stop and rest, and then turn right(or left) continuing [...]
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Posted in design principles, tagged video, vimeo on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So here is an earlier drawing where I was looking at the possibilities from head-on; that is, from a person looking from the lower level.
I liked this look . . . but wasn’t sure if it was working. Then after I was done scribbling this I noticed that the wall heights were really 3 levels!. [...]
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[ A ink line drawing, for me this one one of many concept sketches of the area. ]
Possible solution for some student seating between two apartment buildings for upper level and graduate students. The newer apartments off to the left are about 4.0ft higher than the existing apartments to the right.
The Task
I was asked to [...]
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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.
I will also pass along comments on industry happenings, events, etc., and any maybe a few other adventures going on in my world-after all this is "my" blog. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Questions? Drop me an e-mail.
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