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 […]
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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,
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Designing a garden or an entire landscape should involve some planning. To get through the process so a client ends up with a successful landscape, I analyze the information and plan for all the moving pieces including the clients want list and existing site conditions so they work together in unity. Once I have that
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Did I ever tell you my wife has a thing for shoes? Oh yeah, all shoes but especially flip flops. For years, I have been asking my wife to clean out the shoe closet in our mudroom. I regularly throw out my shoes but that doesn’t seem to be the case with other members of
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I decided to move a building on our property so it could be turned into a chicken coop. Before the move, I had to clear an area to accommodate the new building site. What seemed so simple at the time turned to a long day. I had not one, but two tree stumps that had
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