Garden Voices (Free subscription) | yesterday
"White is actually a pretty tricky color to design with, in the garden. White washes out in bright sun, but positively glows in partial shade," writes Marie Iannotti. Using pictures,... reBlogged to gardens design flowers foliage on Jul 18, 2008, 12:20AM...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Garden designers love them and always want to install them. Parents are scared of them and many others are afraid of the cost, but water features are growing in popularity and, as the technology and use of materials improves, it is now possible to have a safe water feature in even the tiniest of gardens or smallest of roof terraces.
Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Thoughts from the Principal of the Oxford College of Garden Design
full and free download (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Beautiful mermaid sets off for her voyage in the depths of sea. Help her to win a royal garden design competition in an Underwater Kingdom. Her rivals in the contest are strong and it will be difficult to excel them.
About Gardening (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It's hard for a gardener to resist a plant, once it's caught the eye. I can outline logical steps for choosing plants that will complement your garden design,...
PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Capitalising on the success of its hit series, Own Britain's Best Homes, Channel 5 has launched the hunt for UK gardens to feature in a new follow-on series, Own Britain's Best Gardens and guess where the producers have landed, with Duncan Heather, Principal of The Oxford College of Garden Design, at his home, Greystone.
Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Not since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon has there been an urban innovation…oh, hang on… Not since the gardens of Versailles have we seen…oh, wait… Not since ivy… Ok, so it’s not really a new concept - but there is something enormously appealing and compelling about the vertical gardens designed by Patrick Blanc, which have transformed more than [...]
Science Pal (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Most environmentally aware Americans would love a personal organic vegetable garden, but how many people actually have the time to cultivate one?. Thanks to a San Francisco-based company called MyFarm , Bay Area denizens can pay a weekly fee to have a backyard garden designed and maintained by professionals. Customers choose between a Personal Installation (just enough food for themselves) and an Owner...
The Transplantable Rose (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Annie in Austin wrote this post about her patio as part of Gardening Gone Wild's Garden Bloggers Design Workshop- Decks, Porches and Patios. Each month the designers at Gardening Gone Wild ask bloggers to post about a different element in their gardens' design. I've enjoyed reading those linked posts and would like to join in this one. We like the long narrow veranda across the front of our
Archinect (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation's ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels. See the results
Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Former Wallpaper magazine landscape editor Tim Richardson has put together a book that showcases the last ten years in avant garden landscape and garden design. We can't wait to flip through it and g
Greenpeace UK blogs (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
So, we're here at Glastonbury and, after a few wrong turns on the way here and some hitches pitching my tent (I've never been the best camper), I'm starting to settle into the rhythm of working at the festival. The Greenpeace field is almost complete and the garden design is quite amazing with covered walkways, vegetable patches and other examples of one planet living. As I write, music is blaring...
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Aloe Designs is a Vancouver, B.C.-based garden design consultancy that helps their clients see garden spaces "as an integral part of living, home and healing." We couldn't agree more with this phil
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Rare garden designs for a Guernsey park, that date back to the 19th Century, go on display for the first time.
GardenDesignOnline (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The Chicago Botanic Garden's Dwarf Conifer Garden is now open again after its closure last fall for a major renovation. The new garden design, by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, features a new staircase entry sequence, with pocket planting beds and new terrace overlooks that offer stunning views of the surrounding...
