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Designers on Design is moving on 2/1/2012! 1 Feb 2012 | 11:51 am
Our blog has new contributors, a new look and a new home! Please follow us there! http://designersondesign.tumblr.com/ Thank you for reading and participating in the conversation...we hope you cont...
In Consideration of Cutting Down a Rather Large Tree 30 Jan 2012 | 02:16 pm
Normal 0 0 1 517 2947 24 5 3619 11.518 0 0 0 Is the “idea” of something, the romance of it, enough reason to hold on to it? We have a cottonwood, center stage of our back yard. It’s a Winnie the Poo...
Landscape design and politics 2012 26 Jan 2012 | 07:00 am
Did you watch the State of the Union address last night? This year’s election is a critical one for all of us and in particular, landscape design professionals. Whether you are a red state conservativ...
Size Matters or Aging Gracefully 21 Jan 2012 | 08:33 am
See the full gallery on Posterous I was in Sydney, Australia over the holidays and had a chance to litterally smell the flowers, as it's summer there. Walking about with time to spare, especially in...
Where Are the Property Lines? 17 Jan 2012 | 04:45 pm
One of the most time consuming tasks of creating a landscape design often is locating property lines. My residential design clients seldom know the locations of these lines. Frequently, they think t...
Using Standards, Part 2 11 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
Vanessa Gardner Nagel, APLD, NCIDQ Author of Understanding Garden Design http://SeasonsGardenDesign.com A contractor's set of plans is kept handy at the site for frequent reference. Since writing ab...
Simple Outdoor Showers 10 Jan 2012 | 04:27 am
By Jane Berger, APLD www.gardendesignonline.com @gdndesignonline Facebook page: Garden Design Online I'm writing an article about a garden in Rhode Island ... and while visiting late last fall, I was...
Get The Picture? 10 Jan 2012 | 01:31 am
By Danilo Maffei, APLD Ever have a hard time getting the client to visualize the end product? Yup, me too and I am sure all of you are nodding your heads right now. In my on-going efforts to increase...
Of holidays, horticulture and a deeper search for meaning 25 Dec 2011 | 01:00 pm
Christmas and this wintry season have me thinking about holidays, history and horticulture. It’s somewhat troubling to think about how far our national holidays have strayed from their original meanin...
Cool Clear Water 20 Dec 2011 | 10:35 pm
See the full gallery on Posterous December 20, 2011 Cool Clear Water Edit Delete Tags Autopost Back in the 80's I was told by an entrepreneur that owning water was the future. Little ...
