grounded design by Thomas Rainer
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Wolfgang Oehme: 1930-2011

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Wolfgang Oehme, one of the most influential and brilliant plantsman of the last century, passed away today.  Wolfgang, along with h...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Cloud Hedge Experiment

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Lust.  The first time I saw a picture of Jacques Wirtz's cloud hedges, I wanted them.  Of course, I often look upon glossy magazin...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Best New Blog: Black Walnut Dispatch

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Black Walnut Dispatch , written by Virginia based gardener and garden designer Mary Gray, is one of the best new garden blogs I’ve come ac...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

"Hot or Not" Hits the Road

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This Friday December 2, I will be speaking at the fourth annual "Turning a New Leaf Conference" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  My ...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

Garden Designers Roundtable: Horticultural Idols

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Plants are a particular passion of mine, but what fascinates me most is the way we design with plants. I’ve dedicated my professional...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Meaning in Landscape Architecture and Gardening

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“Just as there are levels of meaning and discourse in language, ranging from laundry lists to business letters, from narrative fiction...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Umbellifers: Selections from my Favorite Plant Family

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As an admitted plant-aholic, it is pretty easy for me to fall for a plant. I have a bad habit of seeing virtue in almost every green d...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The One Plant Pot

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Large pots are delight in a garden. Pots are perhaps the purest expression of planting design. Composing a pot is like a chef creating a sa...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

When Metaphor Fails

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This year, my wife and I made a token attempt to start a garden. We managed to pull ourselves away from the home renovation long enough to ...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Beyond the Border 4: Maintaining Perennials to Last

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This is the final post in a series I’ve been doing on how to design perennials and grasses in landscape settings. By landscape settings, I’...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Native Plants & The Wild Look: An Argument for Design

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Marcus de la Fleur's design for a residence using native plants prompts the question: does using natives in wild patterns help or hu...
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