a month ago, i got an email from a client asking if i knew anyone in new york who does what i do, to do up her daughter’s balcony garden in brooklyn. and i in fact do–dig in park slope–but said clients daughter was interested in finding out if yours truly would be interested in [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘garden design’
March 13, 2009
ann arbor, start your gardens…
two glorious things happened yesterday:
1. i spotted some daffodils breaking ground.
if it were up to me, i would shift our calendar a month and a half forward to celebrate new year’s day on march fifteenth. firstly, it’s my birthday, which is a day everyone should be celebrating anyway. secondly, spring is so much more in [...]
August 25, 2008
field trip
the first week of august, i ventured to cleveland to see radiohead.
which was amazing.
and only slightly overshadowed by my visit to the cleveland botanical gardens.
the second i walked into the tropical house, i thought i had flown back to maui in the blink of a butterfly. and, with my mild obsession with structure, especially that [...]
June 30, 2008
garden-friendly dogs & dog-friendly gardens
when i’m out weeding the garden, more often than not ko is right there with me–barking at the neighbors’ cats, rolling around like a crazy animal, or even by my side chomping weeds as i pull them. but, i am careful with what he helps me ‘compost,’ as some plants are no bueno for my [...]
June 27, 2008
walk the talk…
the weekend before last, my friend julie maloney & i went on the ann arbor garden walk. the first house we visited was titled ‘falling waters,’ owned by larry nisson. walking through the gate into the back garden transported us into a place of, well, falling waters…as well as precariously balanced rock statues, artistically planted [...]
June 16, 2008
101
while i planted the pots destined for 826 michigan, i figured i would do a bit of documenting and a little step-by-stepping and some ’splaining. what follows, is the pot & box tutorial on how to plant a pot…
one) purchase pot, or better yet pick something up that can be turned into a pot. i [...]
April 21, 2008
plans, plans, plans
i have emerged from my imaginary world of garden catalogs to the place just before our frost- free go-ahead..i am saving newspapers to place on top of the lawn before i shovel on a compost- soil mix to make new gardens, stockpiling sturdy sticks to make trellises that will hold the black- seeded blue lake [...]
