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| 0 | Secret Garden tour opens private gardens...of the people who looked at the house before she bought it. However, Merciari, a landscape designer, saw it as an opportunity.""Merciari turned the land into her own personal retreat and a space for entertaining guests. There are several secret spots... |
| 0 | Patterns Of Butterfly Wings...11:30 a.m. at First Church of Christ, 81 High St., Suffield."" In her illustrated presentation, landscape historian and designer Marie Stella will discuss rain gardens, dry gardening, meadows, native plants, plant buffer zones, use of alternative... |
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| 0 | American Red Cross Designers' Show House...The houses, each just under 6,000 square feet, feature 35 spaces transformed by interior and landscape designers. The traditional home at 146 Nurmi Drive is on the market for about $4 million, and the contemporary home at 153 Nurmi Drive is on the market... |
| 0 | Architectural Digest picks three from South Florida as part of worldwide designer search...Dania Beach. He is not a professional designer but designs rugs and has done exterior landscaping, space planning and design projects.""The focal point of this dramatic makeover is an island with a 16-foot radius that features colorful glass mosaic tile.... |
| 0 | Flower show take-home ideas...among the display gardens. The show closes Sunday; see chicagoland flowerandgarden.com."" Gregory M. Pierceall, a landscape design professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana, designed a fairy-tale garden to evoke the castle in the American Ballet... |
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| 0 | 5 sow-and-grow great perennials...bush."" "Monarda didyma is a wonderful flower that's fragrant and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies," said landscape designer Vicki Nowicki of The Land Office in "". "It looks great with perovskia [Russian sage], ornamental grasses, coneflowers -- jus... |
| 0 | A veritable temple inspired by a prince...garden at his Highgrove estate has won acclaim for its overall sustainability. Jeffrey Stann, a landscape designer in "" From the rear balcony of the Colonial-style house of Stann and his wife, Patsy, the eye follows the course of his narrow and twisting... |
| 0 | Santa Monica designer Kimba Hills perfects the art of the party...wife Mary Ann."" "It's that Southern girl thing, where everybody's family, everybody's a cousin," says landscape designer "" "When Kimba gives a party, she's relaxed and completely genuine and makes everyone feel like they are her best friend.""" takes in... |
| 0 | More stark than the desert around them...with people who have too little connection to nature," says Fran Adams, a Palo Alto landscape designer who specializes in midcentury modern Eichler homes."" If Adams is right, a little exposure to nature might be the cure. For instance, Richard Neutra's "... |
| 0 | 'Propagation' DVD shows you how to create more plants...hedge trimmers or a small chain saw for the bigger ones. ""? Mark Ellison, a landscape designer who specializes in hummingbird, wild bird and butterfly gardens, says the appearance of yellow-bellied sap suckers are harbingers of the arrival of... |
| 0 | New crop of books covers all the angles...on this job yourself, a basic guide can help. Judith Adam is a horticulturist and landscape designer who leads the novice through planning, designing and implementing a new landscape. She also gives lists of her 200 favorite plants, shrubs and trees, the... |
| 0 | New botanical gardens for Roger Williams Park...plant collections, and the Papua New Guinea Conservatory, a 15,000-square-foot glass-encased replica of a native landscape designed to give visitors a "total immersion experience," park officials say."""There really is nothing else like it in New England,... |
| 0 | More garden blogs than you have time to read...academic world simply as 'gardening')."""Blogger KJohnson is the retired owner of a Long island, N.Y. landscape design/build/maintenance firm who holds a master's degree in the history of decorative arts and culture with a concentrating in garden history... |
| 0 | 'Hanging' yard deck makes most of minimal space...wanted a back yard where there couldn't be a back yard," says Jackie Smith, the landscape designer hired to build an impossible deck under impossible circumstances. For his efforts, his employer, Prime Landscape Services of Arlington, was honored by the... |
| 0 | Landscaping class in Ogden on fire resistance...event will include a tour of projects that represent both fire-defensible and fire-hazardous approaches to landscaping design.""The state Wildlife Urban Interface coordinator, Tyre Holfeltz said residents in all communities should be aware of the relative... |
| 0 | Land rover and garden grower...16 years, for her dedication to the environment and love for everything outdoors. Bob Goodhart, landscape advisor at CNU, designed the garden, which is near the new David Student Union."" "When I learned that Alice was an avid champion of the outdoors, it... |
| 0 | Who is Kathy Van Mullekom?...student at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., where she has taken classes in landscape design, plant pathology, plant materials and propagation."" Her gardening philosophy: There is no right or wrong way to garden. Garden to enjoy it,... |
| 0 | Garden rooms bring the indoors out...was time to do something with the relatively bare piece of property.""With the help of landscape designer Mariette Olsen, the Gonzalezes turned the area into a garden room with outdoor wicker seating, wood arbors and potted plants."""I wanted a little... |
| 0 | DIY Weekend Gardening Show Announces Backyard Makeover Contest...California (PRWEB) -- In celebration of completing fifty TV makeovers on her show, Weekend Gardening, landscape designer Mo Gilmer is holding the first Before and After Backyard Makeover Contest on her website "". The contest is open to anyone who creates... |
| 0 | Faux Rocks Are A New Trend In Landscape Design...providing a dramatic yet economical way to enhance water features, landscapes, buildings and more. Homeowners, landscape and swimming pool designers, and contractors are turning to faux rocks for water feature construction because of their one-of-a-kind... |
| 0 | Punch! Software Getting Ready To Offer Online Design...their Internet browser. "" continues to be the market leader in the retail home and landscape design software category we felt it was time to bring our expertise and product knowledge to the web,""The alliance with View22 will allow us the opportunity to... |
| 0 | Scanner Art...A New Wave of Digital Sculpting...A reviewer's comment that Marsha's work is """Professionally, Marsha's work includes floral design, commercial illustration, landscape design and drafting, Her wide ranging experience includes illustrating the book """" designing a water conservation... |
| 0 | Home and Garden News - 2005 Article Archive...Forest creates authentic stone, bronze, copper and wood products for the bath, kitchen, garden and landscape. Designs for these natural pieces are based on Japanese tradition...""As you prepare to decorate for the holidays, consider some of these tips... |
| 0 | Revolutions in Modern Outdoor Product Designs...Concrete -- with organic elements -- Water.""These Water Features introduce a modernity rarely present in landscape design today, with the sounds of cascading water bringing respite and relaxation to any garden, residence or work space.""All of the water... |
| 0 | Tips for Utilizing Trellises and Arbors in Your Garden...make sure that the trellises, arbors and gazebos you buy now, not only fit your landscape design, but that they also fulfill the future needs of your plantings while also enhancing the style and value of your home."""Denver, Colo. (PRWEB) -- Landscaping... |
| 0 | Season for Planting...in spring and fall. Call 393-2120 for more information."" Kyle Garden Club: Members study gardening, landscape design and horticulture. They meet the first Friday of each month from September though May at Kyle United Methodist Church at 9:30 a.m. Visitor... |
| 0 | Annual Flower Market Blooms Friday...trees while R&T Quality Nursery is bringing Japanese maples, dogwoods, berry vines and more. Ravensworth Landscaping & Design will have water features, pots, plants and art for sale and Blooming Baskets will have hanging plants. The Central East Texas... |
| 0 | Field Notes...specific pests. Swanson suggests alternating deterrents, so predators never become accustomed to one specific product.""Some landscape designers and architects specialize in small yards. Look in local design publications for ads from firms specializing in... |
| 0 | Stately gardens...Gov. Mike Beebe and first lady Ginger Beebe, at 1800 Center St., Little Rock.""The new landscaping was designed by nationally known Arkansas garden designer P. Allen Smith. Design work began in 2006 and installation started in early 2007. Smith?s intentio... |
| 0 | Create landscape design first - Las Vegas Review...summer energy consumption to increase about 20 percent. However, if you are careful in your landscape design, you can reduce this amount considerably.""The key is to shade the south- and west-facing walls of the home and outside living areas. This doesn't... |
| 0 | Don't spread on me...not grow well because they have a lot of sandy soils,? Hess says.""Laura Stine, senior landscape designer at Neuhouser, says that nursery has been pruning invasives and stocking up on natives.""It no longer sells most of the plants on a list of plants... |
| 0 | If you think Xeriscaping is all rocks and cacti, think again...in the West for water conservation in landscaping. Such gardens are attractive, sustainable and water-efficient landscapes designed with sound horticultural practices. It is important to realize what Xeriscapes are not -- a yard filled with rocks, gravel... |
| 0 | GARDENING: Water-smart landscapes contest focus - Las Vegas Review...the American Society of Landscape Architects, Nevada Landscape Association and Linn Mills Awards single out landscape professionals who demonstrate exceptional water-smart designs.""All entries must be within the water authority's service area and are due... |
| 0 | Kay Rios, Writer for Northern Colorado Business Report, Has ......It is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com and on her website www.pawfriendlylandscapes.com. Pawfriendly Landscapes also sells landscape designs nationwide and can be purchased on their website."... |
| 0 | "Green gardening' doesn't always mean a green lawn...gardening a step further, advocating wildscaping, which she defines on her Web site, susanjtweit.com, as "landscape design that restores habitat for wildlife, integrating humans and the design of our homes, workplaces, and public spaces into the community... |
| 0 | Home and Garden Briefs: April 5, 2008...16 in Room 401 of Building 4 at the Redding Corporation Yard, 2055 Viking Way. landscape designer Karen McGrath will speak on landscape design.""? Mike Hupp, district ranger with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, will speak on ??Global Warming and Carbo... |
| 0 | Home and garden events...School, 1111 Bellomy St., Santa Clara. (408) 295-1634, "" Includes hundreds of exhibits on decorating, landscaping, outdoor kitchen designs, and kitchen and bathroom remodel. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. April 12 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 13. Santa Clara County... |
| 0 | Garden Festival takes over State Capitol Complex...the Cultural Center, are free and open to the public.""Gardeners, agricultural experts, herbalists, organic gardeners, landscape designers, lawn and garden suppliers, and others will be available to answer questions and sell their wares, including plants... |
| 0 | Garden calendar of events...S, St. Petersburg. Two-day program from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. both days teaches basics of successful landscape design, efficient watering, fertilizing, mulching and pest management. Bring bag lunch. $25, registration required. (727) 893-7326.""2-3 p.m. today,... |
| 0 | Sustainable gardening tips help the environment...for example. Incorporate salvaged materials, such as rocks and concrete from a former sidewalk, into landscape design. Use recycled materials and sustainably harvested forest products. Use local materials."" Use materials from far away. Buying local... |
| 0 | The Herbivore's Dilemma...to both, according to Maureen Haseley-Jones, lead designer for The English Lady LLC, an Essex?based landscape design and construction company. The tea is best made in a 30-gallon bin on wheels with a lid. Fill the bin three-quarters with water. Purchase a... |
| 0 | Fountains, whimsical yard art among the latest trends...Arts Inc. (www.landscapeartsinc.com) in Ooltewah.""And if you??re throwing a wedding or bar mitzvah, Dream Gardens landscape design & Installation (www. dreamgardensusa.com) in St. Elmo offers a new live plant and topiary rental service, in addition to... |
| 0 | Sales Pitch...was hooked. Fitzgerald earned master gardener and master naturalist certifications from the state and a landscape design certificate from Texas A&M. When her family headed back to the East Coast, Fitzgerald continued her education at the University of... |
| 0 | Lakeville firm wins at New England Flower Show..."The landscape design Council of Massachusetts presented three awards at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society?s 2008 New England Spring Flower Show, including one to a Lakeville firm.""The award-winning exhibits at the ?Rhapsody in Green? show at the... |
| 0 | New and improved; Dry-stone building among features debuting at ......team that won a gold metal at the Chelsea Flower Show. He has worked in landscape design for many years and taught at several colleges. Flanagan is also a very entertaining speaker and you will not want to miss him.""In the past few years, it has been... |
| 0 | English Gardens hosting annual garden party weekend...School of Gardening, 10 a.m. Saturday."" Creating the Outdoor Room by Marisa Llombart, English Gardens landscape designer, 11:30 a.m. Saturday."" The Magic of Summer-Flowering Bulbs by Tony White, Van Bloem Bulbs, 4 p.m. Saturday."" Perennials: Top 10 for... |
| 0 | Perennial star...grow hellebores appreciate their good traits. "They make great cut flowers," says Patti Sowell, a landscape designer with Coenen's Landscape and Design in Newport News."" Tish Llaneza at Countryside Gardens in Hampton suggests planting them with a shrub... |
| 0 | Briefly: March 22...simplifying the inside and outside of your home with a ?Going Green? theme.There will be landscape design, patios and decks, interior designers, real estate information, home improvement, mortgage services, lawn services, kitchens, furniture, appliances,... |
| 0 | Designer for celebs offers tips to Poconos gardeners...works on designs from her computer and occasionally does the actual work. "I mainly do landscape design, and I'm very picky about installation," Freda said. She installs only small jobs and container gardens, as she prefers the design part.""Freda still... |
| 0 | Oak Park residents plant water-wise garden...went with colors I liked," she said. McDonald, an artist, drew some pictures for the landscape architect of the design she had in mind. "" The Mexican sage provided bursts of "purpley, pinky" colors. When the plants are not blooming, the leaves turn to... |
| 0 | Gardens of Old Palo Alto...the European Classic, with various garden areas functioning as extensions of the house. Palo Alto landscape designer Betty Lee organized the garden into roughly six unique areas: the front yard, shade garden, kitchen garden, pool side, terrace and knot... |
| 0 | Historic Garden Week: Homes and Gardens Across the Ages in ......made to the garden by William and Annie duPont?s daughter, Marion duPont Scott, who commissioned landscape architect Charles F. Gillette to design decorative brick walks and perennial herb beds on the upper terrace. "" In 1984, the heirs of Marion duPont... |
| 0 | Recommended Reading, and Viewing, for Garden Lovers...a 247-page paperback by Judith Adam, pulls together the elements needed to generate a comprehensive landscape design. Recognizing that designs occur onsite and not simply on a piece of paper, she outlines the stages of landscape design in 10 elements.... |
| 0 | Outdoor Impressions Plans Patio Design Expo...will kick off at 9 a.m., when HGTV personality Gary Alan, host of the show "Landscaper's Challenge," will offer free landscape design tips until noon."""People can bring their surveys or site plans, and Gary will give them ideas and sketch out a design,"... |
| 0 | Landscaping business expands services..."COOKEVILLE -- Home owners in the Cookeville area have a new option for landscape design and construction. Garden Scapes of the Highlands, a professional landscape contracting company based in Cookeville, now offers the elite crete system of concrete... |
| 0 | Dirtworks Wins Design Landscape Design Awards...Science Center Courtyard and Outdoor Learning Environment at Keene State College. The New York City-based landscape architecture firm received a 2008 Design Citation Award from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and a 2007 Honor Awar... |
| 0 | Students design the city's potential landscape plan - SIU...or combine ideas from several to re-landscape the city's downtown area.""Karen Midden, professor of advanced landscape design, said she was contacted earlier this semester by Public Works Director Beth Ponce about the city's plan to do new landscaping in... |
| 0 | $2B Quarry Falls Project Offers Valuable Lessons for Students...with Platt/Whitelaw Architects Inc., says the focus is to get students interested in architecture and landscape design, and to incorporate energy and environmental design into their project.""The goal ... is to create an innovative school design that is... |
| 0 | Winners announced in national design awards...and the Northern Gateway Alliance State Highway 1 extension at Orewa.""The George Malcolm Award for landscape design, one of two Supreme Awards, went to the Isthmus Group for the Kumototo waterfront plaza on Customhouse Quay in Wellington.""?Working with... |
| 0 | Architectural Design Awards Innovative risk...Rodolphe el-Khoury, Barry Sampson, and John Shnier with the University of Toronto faculty of architecture, landscape and design.""While all six designs stood out among the others, the Adaptive Re-Use of C & I Bank Building at 200 Madison caught the eye of... |
| 0 | Video: Former NFL Star Eddie George Encourages Young People to ......Architects since 2004.""The EDGE Group, with offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville, Tennessee, provides planning, landscape architecture, and graphic design services to a variety of clients across the country. The talented staff of experienced and... |
| 0 | Pawfriendly Landscapes Donates $1500 in Landscape Designs to ......")-- Pawfriendly Landscapes of Golden, Colorado, donates $1,500 in landscape designs and an autographed book to Autism Speaks 5th Annual Golf Tournament in Los Angeles, California. The event will take place on Monday, April 14, 2008.""Elizabeth Bublitz,... |
| 0 | Shelby Farms design firm selected...concepts that helped field operations (which does not capitalize its name), a New York City landscape design firm, beat out two other firms to win the $450,000 contract to create the park's master plan calling for long-term ecological health fixes, traffi... |
| 0 | Posted By Ian Munt...to having a detailed plan, prepared by an expert. Judith Adam is an expert in landscape design and her new book 'Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener' (Firefly, April 2008 ) has just been released.""She writes that people should... |
| 0 | Reid receives award for design work...a 2003 graduate of Warren County High School, is leaving his mark while earning his landscape design degree at North Carolina State University.""A few short months ago his professor, Pat Lindsey, gave her students the opportunity to participate in a desig... |
| 0 | RhodesDahl Seeks Responses to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for ......trendsetting projects. Projects managed by RhodesDahl have been recognized for achievements in architecture, interior design, landscape design, facility management and financial entrepreneurship by the American Association of Museums, American Institute o... |
| 0 | An eye for exterior design...transformations of sites when we get them to the finished product."""Selin got his introduction to landscape design by a friend who hired him after high school. Selin was hooked and went on to earn degrees in horticulture science from the College of DuPag... |
| 0 | Planting assets can reap a good selling price...in the horticultural business since the 1920s, and today, Maxalea employs some 80 horticulturalists, architects, landscape designers, groundskeepers, nurserymen and others."" McWilliams says their clients typically spend between $5,000 to $50,000, but it'... |
| 0 | Creating outdoor living space...living room or family room can increase the live-ability and usefulness of your house.""Since the landscape design will affect your family and friends, ask yourself the question: Can I get what I want by designing the landscape myself, or should I hire a... |
| 0 | Regeneration talk to be given at Key...design cities, such as Peterborough, for the 21st century and beyond.""Mr Prior is a practising landscape architect, urban designer and president of EDAW, who leads teams specialising in integrated solutions for a variety of complex design and planning... |
| 0 | Soave's Brambleton Development Receives PLANET Environmental ......optic neighborhood, recently received a Merit Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its comprehensive landscape design and management features. Brambleton is located in southeastern Loudon, Virginia. "" "From its conception, Brambleton was... |
| 0 | Improve Home Sales by Landscaping Curb Appeal...The firm can provide a turnkey solution by providing project management services for the complete landscape design and installation. This has been a welcome solution for developers, both residential and commercial, as well as homeowners.""Kimberley Ennett... |
| 0 | Sustainable Suburbs: Professor's New Book Creates Checklist for ......with honors in environmental science from the University of Lancaster and a master?s degree in landscape design and a doctorate in sustainable housing design from the University of Sheffield. Smith also holds a postgraduate Certificate in Urban Design fro... |
| 0 | The Alzheimer?s garden..."One speciality of St. Anthony Park resident Erik Jorgensen, whose landscaping business is called Wandering Designs, is creating Alzheimer??s gardens, which often include a structure such as a gazebo.""Unless you know someone with Alzheimer??s disease, yo... |
| 0 | Providential Holdings Appoints California-Based Urban Arena to ......firm, will be responsible for the redesign of the site plan, the architecture and the landscape architectural design of the project.""PhiLand also announced that the Pointe91 project has expanded the development size, initially from 57 acres to potentiall... |
| 0 | Community briefs 4/7...April 6 through Tuesday, April 15, at www.cogdesign.org. COGdesign - the Community Outreach Group for landscape design - are landscape professionals dedicated to serving homeless shelters, public schools, community gardens and parks, and low income... |
| 0 | Landscape practice relocates into city...sectors begin to demonstrate a greater understanding of the positive impact of good urban and landscape design on the environment, lifestyles and healthy living.""Laws added: ?As we continue to export our North East-based skills to a growing number of... |
| 0 | Woman dishes the dirt on perennials...at amazon.com, as well as at ldanda.com, the Web site for Shafer's Genoa Township-based business, landscape design & Associates. It can also be special-ordered through Borders Books & Music.""Shafer moved to Livingston County about 11 years ago from... |
| 0 | Garden design: Secret Tokyo...the courtyard of the Chicago Art Institute (a move that also inspired Christopher Bradley-Hole's forthcoming landscape design for a new library in Cambridge). And the strident diagonal decked pathway which bisects the space is a classic Modernist... |
| 0 | 2007 TurnKey Awards...historic, fully functional, buildings presented some unique challenges. To address these challenges the architectural design, landscape design, and mechanical system design were intergrated within the courtyard area. The egress stair head house, elevator... |
| 0 | Scaling Up: For gardens with real vision, see the trees...that queasy sense of standing on a precipice, according to designer Richard Hartlage of AHBL landscape design group. Like any garden, those with views must first relate in scale and style to the architecture of the house. This means that on a large... |
| 0 | CABE reveals its verdict on Olympic designs?...'The Olympic design process represents an extraordinary challenge both for the client and architecture and landscape design teams. "" 'But it looks as though the London 2012 Olympic Games could become one of London's greatest design success stories,... |
| 0 | Personnel News: Hortica, ValleyCrest, Bayer, Hunter, Ewing, Bartlett...development. In these newly created positions, the seasoned duo is charged with bolstering the companys landscape design, planning, and integrated design-build businesses, as well as supporting the national business development network to cross-sell... |
| 0 | Students can find potential careers at Big Red Summer Camps...equipment. For more information and to register for the course, visit ""--June 15 to 20: landscape design, ninth to 12th grade. Participants will learn how to blend design with science and environment to create beautiful and functional landscapes. ""--Jun... |
| 0 | Inside edition...the rising number of projects which use a combination of architect, interior designer and professional landscape designer to produce projects that work seamlessly as indoor and outdoor spaces.""The awards, organised by the Design Institute of Australia,... |
| 0 | Lakeside properties a shore thing...or damaging it.""""By collaborating with experts in rural matters, we are helping to preserve the landscape and encouraging wildlife here."""We are designing an environment which is both ecologically sound and breathtakingly beautiful, not just managed by... |
| 0 | Florida-friendly landscaping means plants that use less water ......will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. each Tuesday throughout May. No experience in landscaping or design is required, and everyone is welcome. The cost of the program is $100 per person. Please pre-register at 233-1759.""In 2008, The Palm Beach County Cooperativ... |
| 0 | Northwestern receives $250000 for healing garden..."According to Mark Zeigler, DC, president of Northwestern, the new landscape design will provide the university with a central space for activity.""The healing garden will be part of the new courtyard, and will feature regional plants and eight sensory... |
| 0 | Fake Rocks Are Natural Landscape Accents...are discovering how lightweight and realistic replicas of 1,000 lb boulders can affordably complete their landscape design project. ""Oxnard, CA (PRWEB) April 8, 2008 -- With the arrival of spring, homeowners across the country are gearing up for months o... |
| 0 | Beat the planning process: go underground...made up of floor-to-ceiling windows that open onto the secure courtyard gardens, created by a landscape designer. The sense of light is extended by a clean white finish throughout: the kitchen has white Effetti Italian units and there are limestone cerami... |
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