Spring School Project
I can’t believe I made it through this year! School was wonderful, interesting, challenging – everything I hoped it would […]
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design, schoolEarly Flowering Plants: Part II
Last week I wrote the first part of this post on early flowering plants here in the Pacific Northwest. There
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design, flowers, plants, schoolLents Town Center Design
As I mentioned last week, I recently wrapped up another term in my Masters in Landscape Architecture studio. This term
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design, farmers market, lents, schoolEarly Flowering Plants: Part I
Another term of tromping around in the rain for my Plants class has passed, and sadly so. The Plants sequence
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design, flowers, plants, schoolProblem Solver: Evergreen Huckleberry
Planning and planting typically keeps my mind on the garden even in winter. As I have learned, it can take
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design, food forest, plantsFinal Fall Project
As part of the curriculum in my three year landscape architecture masters program, almost every term includes a design studio
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design, schoolThe French Kitchen Garden
This morning I am frantically cramming for a midterm in one of my classes. In this particular class, we have
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design, garden, garden art, school, vegetablesFirst School Review
My first project as a graduate student in landscape architecture was to redesign a children’s playground. We were not allowed
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design, schoolLow Maintenance Garden Design
My mother is a self proclaimed “black thumb” and has a never-ending battle with weeds in her yard. One large
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design, ecology, garden, wildlifeVegetable Beds Planted
The raised vegetables beds have been planted periodically since early March. The cold weather spinach and kale went in first
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design, row covers, seeds, vegetables, victory garden