As firewood season is upon us, I thought a conversation about bulk material deliveries would be timely. I was thinking about a client who called me last year asking me how much I would charge to deliver 10 yards of topsoil to his property. He ended up getting other prices and going with someone he …
We just finished a landscape installation for a historic house in Washington, CT. Although this is the side of the house, it is right off the driveway and it tends to be the main entrance for the homeowners and their guests. Because of this, the owners wanted a formal garden appropriate for this historic house. …
After 25 years of hand drawing, I’m 18 months into using a computer for all my landscape design work. The transition wasn’t too bad and it didn’t take long to see the of benefits that computer aided design provided that just wasn’t possible when I was drawing plans by hand. The one thing I’m struggling …
If you’re a landscape designer, landscaper, artist, architect, interior designer or anyone else who likes gardens and art, you might be interested in this event in Fairfield County on Oct. 7th 2014. Renowned English artist David Harber, www.davidharber.com, will give a talk ‘Taking Pleasure in the Passing of Time’. The lecture will look at the …
When Designing Eden is installing a new landscape, we have a rather large set of signature plants we use. Even so, we are always trying new plants in our landscapes. When we are considering a new plant, we always spend significant time researching plants in regards to the growth characteristics and desired culture. Last summer, …
I was driving home from a meeting with a new landscape client today when I saw a homeowner in my neighborhood seeding his lawn for the third time this summer. It got me thinking that there has to be a lot of weekend warriors wasting a ton of money and energy on marginal results. I’m …