The English Garden and National Identity: The Competing Styles of Garden Design, 18701914 (Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity)
Steel Kitten (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Check out the new Steelkitten blog banner above! Isn't it wonderful! The superbly talented illustrator Kat Whelan over at Shoestring Garden did this design for me. It was a present to myself - this is my 300th post since I started this blog back in April 2007. And I'm in the mood to celebrate with two little giveaways for you all: 1) A blog banner by Kat Whelan. Kat will work with you to decide the...
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Color, texture, structural form, and areas of space are the implements of design, the materials of which it is composed. Here, there is no substitute for personal taste and creativity. Rules like those for the use of complementary or contrasting colors, the play of soft textures against hard are made only to be broken if the effect is carefully conceived and executed.
yarnbee (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Last fall I moved into a cottage on a historic turkey farm in western Massachusetts. The cottage is a Sears kit house from 1919 that was delivered on the local train. For the gardener in me, it was love at first sight, as I saw the rambling flowerbeds and beautiful wisteria vine trailing up the side of the cottage. Other bonuses included a beautiful kitchen garden and the resident pet pig next door...
Around Britain with a Paunch (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
To say my parents are keen gardeners would be like saying that Prince Phillip is a trifle conservative. Mum writes gardening books and is a garden designer. Dad spends every second he’s not at work in his overalls doing as Mum says… Our garden has developed over the 20 years we’ve lived there from being a bunch of fields into a gallery of different artistic rooms . Mum and Dad have...
local ecologist (localecology.org blog) (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Monkey puzzle tree Photographs taken during the 2009 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show The garden was designed by Joleen and Tony Morales of Redwood Landscape in Millbrae, California. Read our essay about some of the show's gardens at Human Flower Project.
The Early Birder (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
During my hunt for the Thrushes and Finches I got sidetracked by the various forms and shapes of various plants around the Piet Ouldof borders. Piet is a dutch garden designer renowned for his very naturalistic 'prairie' planting schemes. A lot of use is made of large drifts of grasses.... and perennials that produce excellent flowers followed by superb seed heads. Behind the borders are shrubs such...
Let's Stitch (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
I am unsure which of these will get my attention tomorrow night-so I am posting both before pics :) Quakers and Quilts Design: Quakers and Quilts Designer: Rosewood Manor Design Size: 15 x 8 Fabric: 40 ct. Lakeside Linen Lintel Fibers: Valdani Floss (I chose these as this is the fibers that are recommended and Carol is stitching her piece in and it looks absolutely gorgeous)I will be stitching 1 over...
Obama Foodorama (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A celebration of urban garden bounty: More than 700 pounds of produce have come from Mrs. Ob ama's garden in seven months. A brief history of the first planting & other harvests... There's a 1,000 pound pumpkin on the White House grounds, the flowers and trees are blazing with autumn colors, and this afternoon, First Lady M ichelle Obama will welcome students from DC's Bancroft Elementary School...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Application Deadline: January 11, 2010 (postmark date) I-Park announces its tenth season hosting The Artists' Enclave. Self-directed artists' residencies will be offered from May through November 2010, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists,...
Irenic Thoughts (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
These pictures show the Memorial Garden wall as it looks now, finished with tabby but with no one yet interred and so no bronze plaques over the inset holes showing where the 22 niches are located. This project is indebted to Al Virgin who designed the wall and all but singled handedly saw it through to completion. The garden will be an important source of comfort for generations to come for those...
Gardening: with us it's personal (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Garden design is all about individual taste. One person’s dream garden can be another gardener’s nightmare! But one thing on which everyone agrees is that a garden should be interesting all the year round. If your outdoor space is as dreary as the weather during the winter months here are a few ideas to brighten it up. Shapes Bare branches of ‘ordinary’ trees can look quite...
dtep (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
I find myself worried. It is not often that I find my thoughts echoed by mainstream publications. The Garden Design Journal landed on my desk several days ago, and I have only just got round to opening it and glimming through it. Horror of horrors. I find my thoughts echoed almost exactly in their articles. What has happened? One of the joys (yet another I know) about living in the countryside is that...
Sharon, CT Daily Photo (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
bryant park , originally uploaded by jahansell . I went to NYC for a day recently ... had a chance to walk through Bryant Park. What a lovely spot! The two men on benches look like bookends- as though they were placed there by the garden designer to match the repeating themes of purple and green.
Consumerism Commentary (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
A few years ago, I visited the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Japanese gardens are designed precisely to appear natural, resulting in an interesting collision between nature and man. There is a set of principles or aesthetics that guide the creation of Japanese gardens, including the dry gardens commonly called [...] Rating: 5.0/ 5 (1 vote cast) The Consumerism Commentary...
My Urban Garden Deco Guide (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Brompton Borders,2010 Chelsea Flower Show.
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