grounded design by Thomas Rainer
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Most Important Landscape Book Since McHarg's Design with Nature

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I rarely write book reviews, but I am making an exception for a remarkable new book. Principles of Ecological Landscape Design , wr...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Nature in the Future Will Look More Like a Garden

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Fifteen years ago I went on this amazing hike through a Hemlock forest in the Shenandoah National Park.  Hemlock groves have a wonderfu...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Garden Design Trends 2013

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Once again, Cleve West's Best in Show Chelsea garden shows what themes will dominate design in 2013 Oooh, goody!  The 2013 Garden ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Garden Designer's Roundtable: Memory and Plants

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NOSTALGIA: The idea that a plant or group of plants can evoke certain emotions based upon an evolved memory of the landscapes they ar...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Gardens are Strange

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"The fact that human beings create such things as gardens is strange, for it means that there are aspects of our humanity which natu...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Garden in October

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October is one of my favorite times in the garden.   The weather is pleasant and I find myself less manic than in spring .  I enjoy t...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Fabulous Succulent Pots

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I had a period where I hated yuccas.  Probably had something to do with their overuse in the 1980s.  Many suburban yards in my neighbor...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

The Best Daffodil Plant List Ever

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Gardeners and Designers, save this List! Naturalizing Daffodils Organized by Bloom Time   Daffodils blooms may be months away, but ...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Fall/Winter Talks & Speeches

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I have the pleasure of talking with different groups about landscape architecture, garden design, and sustainable design.   This fall and ...
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Friday, October 5, 2012

My Turn to the Dark Side

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How an Annual Snob became an Annual Obsessive I’ll admit it: I was an annual snob. I really wanted a T-shirt that said, “Friends d...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Fantastic Native Cultivar: Amsonia 'Blue Ice'

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Amsonia 'Blue Ice' in my garden late April next to Nepeta 'Walker's Low' & Phlomis Who needs a compact, att...
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