I saw some great garden swings at Flora Grubb this past weekend (see photo bottom left). The sun was shining, and I was reminded how spring brings with it a boatload of optimism. I wonder why I don’t see more swings and hammocks in residential gardens? I can’t think of a nicer way to spend [...]
It’s an overused expression, but I do think good fences make good neighbors, and good fences can be so delightful. There is nothing like a sculptural wall, be it stone, wood or planting to define a space. Here are some favorites that I’ve come across in the last few years in person and in print, [...]
An underemployed landscape architect in LA has started www.livingchristmas.com. Recently profiled in the New York Times, the business delivers potted trees (in bio-diesel trucks) and picks them up again 2-3 weeks later to return them to a happy life in a local nursery. A little pricey, but a great idea. One of the nicest features: [...]
Way to go Archinect for setting up a design competition in reaction to the referendum recently passed in Switzerland banning the construction of new minarets. What a great way to re-examine religious freedom and shifting cultural landscapes. Archinect is right, Switzerland, we have a problem.
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation has launched a new database of designed and vernacular landscapes that could potentially grow into a useful reference for designers and design enthusiasts. The real promise of What’s Out There is that new projects can be submitted to the database, which could loosen some of TCLF’s who’s who parameters and create [...]
The San Francisco Botanical Garden Gondwana Circle Design Competition has announced a winner. Congratulations to Michael Overby and Emma Fuller for their design, titled Roving Mass.
Gondwana is the name of one half of the landmass of Pangea after the split some 200 million years ago, and the goal of the competition was to redesign a [...]
I’ve noticed a huge rise in the popularity of outdoor kitchens lately. I love, and am all for barbecues, fire pits, eating areas, pergolas, and pizza ovens, but the huge industrial kitchen structures that have been filling up pages and pages in landscape magazines lately have me a little off put. Why not keep it [...]
I cant think of a better place to wander, look at plants, and have coffee while leafing through garden design books. Flora Grubb Gardens on Jerrold Avenue in San Francisco is a boutique nursery with a ton of gorgeous plants. Its an excellent place to get some refreshing design ideas, and to pick up a [...]
I’m not sure if the goal of “restoring New York to what it once was” can ever be physically perceptible, but the virtual restoration on themannahattaproject.org is fascinating. There is something very small and poetic about reintroducing native plant species to an environment like New York, and something very elegiac about seeing the same seasonal [...]
While they are not all earth shattering, I recently discovered a trove of architectural images on the Visites Privées section of the Marie Claire Maison website. It’s a great place to browse, daydream and get some fresh design ideas without shelling out for a stack of imported magazines. Enjoy!
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