A lost garden and its traditions rescued in Cornwall May 18, 2005
Among Heligan's great glories is a collection of giant rhododendrons brought from the Himalayas by the renowned plant collector Sir Joseph Hooker between 1847 and 1849, one of which now has branches 86 feet, or 26 meters, long; an Italian garden inspired by the finds at Pompeii and Herculaneum; a secluded Sundial Garden with superb herbaceous borders, including a haze of purple verbena, in the style of the late 19th century, before Gertrude Jekyll revolutionized garden design; a valley filled... (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Escape in your own back yard May 7, 2005
She practiced garden design in my yard. The paper bark birches, mahogany cherry, the maples and the evergreen magnolia were her ideas. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
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Facts behind fiction May 6, 2005
" Merchants, though at the bottom of the four-tier social order topped by the samurai, had money to spare on such delights because the warring had stopped. There was a proliferation of woodcut prints and more lavish textiles and ceramics. The British Museum is staging its own exhibition at the end of June of prints of heroes of the kabuki theatre in Osaka between 1789 and 1830. Arms and armour became more ornamental as they were no longer required for real fighting, but became largely... (The Independent, UK -- Education)
The Butterfly Garden Review May 2, 2005
Lesson two of this course explores the elements of garden design such as theme, structure, contrast, and color ... This lesson also takes a brief look at specific butterfly-attracting plants that are easy to incorporate into any garden design ... The final lesson, lesson four, connects all of the previously learned concepts specifically to the student?s garden design. (Suite101.com)
Dig into May May 2, 2005
GARDEN DESIGN: An Anchorage landscape architect helps you get started. Page D-7. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wise landscaping pays off financially and aesthetically May 2, 2005
PLANNING: Don't let nature run wild, local garden designers urge ... By thinking a lot more about trees, Anchorage landscape architect Elise Huggins told a local garden design workshop last week ... She recently taught a workshop on garden design and advised homeowners to think carefully about trees before doing any other landscaping. (Anchorage Daily News)
Principles of Design - Scale May 1, 2005
In this series I have been relating floral design to garden design ... This approach isn?t usually as successful in garden design. (Suite101.com)
Boston Globe Announces Ideas Boston 2005 Apr 29, 2005
Well-known for his celebrated sculpture, WaterFire, his vision and versatility enables him to create works in photography, film, garden design, architectural projects, and writing as well. Mark Fishman, M.D., Biotechnologist. (Yahoo Finance -- Printing & Publishing)
Saturday event focuses on safety from all sides Apr 26, 2005
The show is designed to educate the public about horticulture, floral design and garden design while showcasing Glencairn. A children's section will be available with awards given to youth participants. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Cardiff flower show blooms Apr 22, 2005
He said: "She was very interested in our programme of introducing old-style planting into parks. He said the project also aimed to cut vandalism in parks by using some of the culprits, youngsters who have been caught vandalising, to help out with the work. The princess also stopped at the stand by mature students on Pencoed College's garden design course. The slate and stone design in the shape of the sun also included a washing line of glass clothes - and a baby - by the Llantrisant-based... (BBC News -- UK)
World of teenage idolatry Feb 13, 2004
Andy Bradshaw is a director of Hamptons Home and Garden Design. Telephone 01446 420555 or visit. (icWales, UK)
Top Drawer Feb 14, 2004
Garden consultant Judy Glattstein stops in the Triangle next Saturday to talk about her new book, "Consider the Leaf: Foliage in Garden Design" (Timber Press, Inc., $17. 47 Amazon. (News & Observer -- Features)
Sowing the seeds Feb 22, 2004
Garden designer Peter Knowles encourages us to start planning now for the garden we've always dreamed of ... If, however you're thinking of employing professional help it's worth remembering that garden designers and landscape contractors are likely to be fully booked for several months ahead ... If you decide to employ a garden designer they'll help you explore all the possibilities within your plot and also how to overcome any problems. (icWales, UK)
Home & garden calendar May 1, 2004
In Search of Paradise: Centuries of Great Garden Design: 8 a.m. to sunset daily, Chicago Botanic Gardens, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Ill. View photos of a Japanese garden, a Middle Eastern garden, a French chateau garden and more, discovering historical garden styles that span the ages and cultures of the world. (Indianapolis Star, IN)
Step Two to garden design puts ideas on paper Apr 17, 2004
Yet, with no firm rules in landscape arrangement, don't be afraid to look at your garden design in a unique way. Plants with multiple purposes. (News & Observer -- Features)
Home/garden events Apr 3, 2004
"Design Defined," focusing on basic garden design, Southern-style. "Color Border Basics," demonstrating how to add color with annuals and perennials. (STLtoday - Living)
Author, horticulturist to speak Thursday Mar 8, 2004
A contributing editor for Horticulture magazine - which in its recent centennial anniversary issue featured an article written by his great-grandmother, Pearl Townsend Boyer, about a visit to her own grandmother's cottage garden - the 10th generation Mississippian has published articles and photographs in Garden Design, Fine Gardening, National Geographic, Better Homes and Gardens, American Homestyle, Country Living Gardener, National Gardening, Garden Design, Old House Journal, Organic... (Clarksdale Press Register, MS)
Garden clubs already prepared for spring Feb 22, 2004
A major community project for spring includes the garden design and flower-planting at Memorial Park and the Veteran's Memorial at Memorial Park on Chicago and North Centerville. The Sturgis Garden Club purchases all the hanging plants and planters for downtown lampposts. (Sturgis Journal, MI)
The Eurovisionary Nov 9, 2003
The DT Gardens to Visit magazine. Find a gardening business near you (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
You and yours, only better Nov 28, 2003
Whatever the reason, gay viewers are flocking to the genre of reality makeover shows that restore, redesign and reinvent the looks of people and places. But most reality makeover series The Learning Channel offers some of the most popular with "Trading Spaces," "While You Were Out" and "What Not to Wear" are gay inclusive with hosts, designers or subjects who are openly gay (Southern Voice, GA)
Esther?s boost for our Dec 12, 2003
So far readers have donated ?8,000 for the Lyndhurst Gardens hospice but more is needed. Ryness Electrical, in Camden, kindly donated the lights and Indoor Garden Design, in Highgate, provided the magnificent tree (Hampstead Express, UK)
Young man died in crash on the day his brother came home Dec 19, 2003
James, a university student studying a BSc in Landscape and Garden Design at Writtle
College, part of Essex University, had been a pupil at Davenies School in ... (Bucks Free Press, UK)
A NEW HISTORY Dec 22, 2003
The author sets out to reexamine art - and by "art" he includes all the crafts, architecture, and even garden design - from the caveman to 2003. Inevitably, even in a book of 752 pages of small print, he only partly succeeds (Christian Science Monitor)
Beyond the fence Jan 5, 2004
Transform your garden using Gardens Without Boundaries. This week win one of three copies of Gardens Without Boundaries (Mitchell Beazley, distributed by Bookwise International, $59 (Country News, Australia)
Japan 8th Edition), by Chris Rowthorn, Et Al. Jan 22, 2004
Also appearing for the first time is a 32-page Arts & Architecture section that provides a crash course on Japanese music, cinema, literature and the performing arts, Japanese tea ceremony and Japanese garden design.Having lived in Japan for more than a decade, most of my travel books began to gather dust on my shelves years ago. (Japan Times Online, Japan -- Arts)
GREEN STUFF WEST BAY Jan 28, 2004
Garden Design Series A four-session course about basic garden design techniques, plant selection, site planning and weather/soil concerns taught by landscape architect Bobbi Feyerabend ... Hillside Planting A slide show and discussion with garden designer Ruth Chivers. (SFGate.com -- Lifestyle & Leisure Breaking News)
Gardens in harmony with Gehry's concert hall design Jan 28, 2004
" Resources Walt Disney Concert Hall Community Park, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Open 365 days a year during operating hours; wheelchair accessible. (323) 850- 2000; ; self-guided audio tours available. Melinda Taylor Garden Design, 2619-A Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles. Phone (323) 666-9181; . Alice Joyce is the author of "West Coast Gardenwalks." E-mail her at . Entitlement Specialist Store Management Positions Sales Associates Cust Service Tool Rental Associate Pro Account Sales Associate... (SFGate.com -- Lifestyle & Leisure Breaking News)
The beauty of riding to nowhere Rail trip to famed gardens interrupted by unexpected stop Jan 31, 2004
Hazel White is the author of a series of how-to books on garden design, including "Small Patios: Simple Projects, Contemporary Designs." She is also the author of the new "Landscaping Small Spaces" (Sunset Books). E-mail her at. (SFGate.com -- Lifestyle & Leisure Breaking News)
Why is this house so ugly? Feb 2, 2004
The stated intention was to construct an ordinary house and garden as a model sustainable site, focusing on water, energy and waste management, building and garden design, and what the council calls, "personal wellbeing". The building comprises recycled timbers, rugged brick walls, timber veranda frames. (The Age, Australia)
Early bloomers Mar 11, 2004
Garden Design magazine has produced Beacon Hill fantasy gardens, including a conservatory, a Japanese garden, and a large terrace. New England's favorite gardening personality, Roger Swain, will be on Tuesday night's "Ask the Experts" panel. (Boston Globe)
Orange County Pilots Association puts out the welcome mat Feb 5, 2004
- A five-part garden design series hosted by the Ulster County Cooperative Extension begins Saturday at the Extension Education Center at 10 Westbrook Lane in Kingston. The series fee is $35. (Times Herald-Record, NY)
Pompeii's Peristyle Gardens
... Mar 1, 2004
Pompeii's Peristyle Gardens - Suite101. 561 26,400 19,299 192. (Suite101.com)
Expo enables gardeners to spring into action Mar 4, 2004
Harrisburg garden columnist George Weigel "Garden Design 101," March 11; and "20 Great Plants Every Central Pennsylvania Landscape Should Have," March 14. James Doyle, co-founder of Susquehanna Bonsai Club "Japanese Garden Design" and "Introduction to Bonsai.". (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Small is beautiful Mar 16, 2004
Garden designer Peter Knowles looks at how to make the best of a small garden ... Peter Knowles is a director of Hamptons Home and Garden Design. (icWales, UK)
Garden festivals come to S.F. Mar 12, 2004
Some of them will have starring roles, including Jeff Rosendale of Sierra Azule in Watsonville; rose grower William Grant of Aptos; jewelry makers Lynn Guenther and Albion Smith of Santa Cruz; and garden designer Christopher Bell ... Michele Swanson with John Byrnes Construction will also participate with a garden design. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Home & Garden Jan 7, 2005
Tips on gardening with special features including garden design. Insider secrets at your fingertips. (Monticello Times, MN)
'Surprise By Design' co-host plays Atlanta garden show Jan 28, 2004
Since then, your career has exploded, with more books, garden design, event planning, TV, even products. Was it by design or has it been sheer surprise, at the young age of 45. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Community news briefs Oct 7, 2003
Garden club presents tips on potting sheds. EATON RAPIDS - The Eaton Rapids Home and Garden Club presents its annual potting shed demonstration at 7 p.m. today at the Eaton Rapids Medical Center's community room (Lansing State Journal, MI)
BC Selects Architect to Design New Building Oct 7, 2003
WWW.BARNARD.EDU Barnard's chosen firm, Weiss/Manfredi Associates, has presented this initial design. Barnard's board of trustees announced last week that the College has chosen the New York City firm headed by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi to design a new multi-use building in place of the current McIntosh student center (Columbia Daily Spectator, NY)
Shaking hay in the sunshine Oct 10, 2003
Sea Mere courses range from traditional favourites such as garden design
to subjects as esoteric as coppicing and charcoal making. ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
GREEN STUFF Oct 15, 2003
Artist Access An opportunity for artists and photographers to use the gardens after hours. Filoli House and Gardens, 86 Canada Rd., Woodside (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
For good indoor growing, you must see the light Oct 17, 2003
6 at Pioneer School House, Third Avenue and Eagle Street, lower level.
The topic will be "Garden Design," presented by Erma MacMillan. ... (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
Scarcity and plenty Oct 18, 2003
He counts a story and photos in the July/August edition of Garden Design Magazine as one of his marketing successes. He delivers the bulbs to area Armstrong Garden Centers and other outlets for resale (Press-Enterprise (subscription)
Mothers' challenge on student debt Oct 20, 2003
Ms Krall levelled the accusation at an event at Phoenix High School in west London, which had been designed to promote the government's higher education policy. She told the education secretary that her son, who was studying automotive design, had to survive on baked beans and stale bread, because the grant he received failed to cover his living costs (BBC News, UK)
St. Paul shade garden sees the light Oct 21, 2003
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A 'lost' garden rediscovered Oct 21, 2003
Living > Gardening from the October 22, 2003 edition. To her surprise, she found a reference to a Jekyll-designed garden located at the Glebe House Museum in Woodbury, Conn (Christian Science Monitor)
Guide book recreates the lost gardens of Raglan Castle Oct 25, 2003
THE lost gardens of Raglan Castle have been recreated in a new Cadw guidebook. Cadw's parks and gardens expert Elisabeth Whittle took a fresh look at the evidence of extensive and sophisticated gardens at the castle to provide artist Ivan Lapper with the detail he needed (icWales, UK)
REFINEMENT IN THE WILDERNESS Oct 29, 2003
And Bath's historic figure Ralph Allen was no different in his design for an 18th century garden on one of the city's hillsides. After he died the gardens suffered from hundreds of years of neglect before they were taken over by the National Trust in 1993 (Bath Chronicle, UK)
Design masterclass: Luciano Giubbilei Nov 3, 2003
...on me.". In 1994 he came to London, first to do an English course and
then to the Inchbald School of Garden Design. "English flower ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Right plant in right place lets you sit and enjoy it Nov 7, 2003
"All these pictures in garden books, there's never anybody sitting on the bench. That's because, the minute you sit down, you always see something that needs doing. "My personal goal," she said, "is to be sitting on the bench. " Yes! I want to sit right there on the bench with you, Ann. After I heard her lecture last month at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, I reasoned that more sitting would mean less stooping, less tugging, less digging, less lugging and less whacking. Sources of Lovejoy... (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)
A low-maintenance garden takes some planning Nov 12, 2003
Lifestyle Food g NW Gardens Health ss Travel Wheels Susan Paynter Advice Legal Resources Hot Spots. Sustainable garden design means many things to many people, but here's a simple definition: Sustainable design creates a garden that grows more independent and less needy with each passing season (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Garden forum plans growing Nov 14, 2003
BENALLA, the North Easts rose city, is adding another laurel to its botanic reputation with plans for an innovative gardening conference. For the first time a major gardening forum will be staged in Australia outside a capital city and organisers are predicting 300 delegates will attend the event next year (Wodonga Border Mail, Australia)
Arborists show off skills Nov 16, 2003
A dozen arborists and would-be arborists tested their skills on an obstacle course created in trees at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. Head of school of natural resources David Glenn said there was nowhere more suitable to showcase the department's skills than the gardens (Otago Daily Times, New Zealand)
MacExpo: MacDraft PE drawing tool released Nov 20, 2003
MacDraft PE was developed for Mac OS X, and is designed to be an easy-to-use vector graphic design application. The product focus is on floorplans, technical drawing, garden design, flowchart, building and object design, and layout (Macworld UK, UK)
Proposed waterfront art garden clears major hurdle Nov 20, 2003
The Olympic Sculpture Park doesn't have the Alaskan Way Viaduct to worry about anymore, which means planners can now say with some confidence that they will open an 8 1/2-acre art garden on the Seattle waterfront early in the summer of 2006. And now SAM is unveiling the sculpture garden design by the New York architectural team of Weiss/Manfredi, which is working with Seattle landscape designer Charles Anderson (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Between order and chaos Nov 21, 2003
A series of sliding doors (shoji, jusuma and oshiare) open out into verandah s, gardens or storage areas, creating an ambiguous counterpoint to precise divisions. There can be no other people more obsessed with plant life, natural vistas and gardens (Business Standard, India)
Fayreform In Bloom At Ellerslie Flower Show Nov 25, 2003
Fayreform models with gardening icon Rudd Kleinpaste (Maggie's Garden Show). Fayreform Models in the garden (Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Master Gardener program offered in Washington County Nov 26, 2003
The Iowa State University Extension Master Gardener program may be just the ticket for you. The purpose of the Iowa Master Gardener Program is to provide unbiased, research-based horticultural information to the citizens of Iowa through volunteering (Kalona News, IA)
Holiday Wreath-Making Workshops on Deck at Blandy Nov 26, 2003
Workshops begin Dec. 5 and were previewed by a winter herb garden workshop Nov. 15 led by Jennifer Lee of Berryville, garden designer and owner of Full Moon Landscapes. Lee designs and installs pool gardens, rock gardens, and kitchen gardens (Winchester Star, VA)
Added flower power at the Ellerslie Flower Show Nov 27, 2003
It can all be a little confusing for first-time visitors to the garden-lover's event, which starts tomorrow. More than 70,000 people - some visiting New Zealand specifically to attend - are expected to visit the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens to explore the grounds, take in the sights, watch DIY demonstrations, soak up the atmosphere and see live entertainment over the annual show's five-day run (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
Searching in vain for Ellerslie Flower Show Nov 27, 2003
The show - to the confusion of some - is being held at the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens in Manurewa. New Plymouth motelier Beryl Hunt said she thought there was more to satisfy real gardening enthusiasts this year (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
You and yours, only better Nov 28, 2003
Whatever the reason, gay viewers are flocking to the genre of reality makeover shows that restore, redesign and reinvent the looks of people and places. But most reality makeover series The Learning Channel offers some of the most popular with "Trading Spaces," "While You Were Out" and "What Not to Wear" are gay inclusive with hosts, designers or subjects who are openly gay (Sovo.com, Southern)
Arboretum planning 'play garden' for special-needs kids Dec 3, 2003
"It's a play garden," Arboretum board member Dr. Jan Huffstutler said. "It will have lots of interactive things for children to do and is specifically designed for children with physical and mental disabilities." (Athens Daily Review, TX)
But what I ' d really like is . . . Dec 7, 2003
Telegraph | Gardening | But what I'd really like is. The DT Gardens to Visit magazine (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Tolerating the bleating to keep Christmas spirit alive Dec 8, 2003
For many years, Robinson has worked as a gardener. Today he is a garden consultant offering a wide variety of services ranging from a simple gardening to landscaping and garden design (The Star, Africa)
