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Xericoasis: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Our 2015 Boise Flower and Garden Show Garden Pavilion: Friluftsliv. We'd like to extend an invitation to all our followers in the Boise area to come visit us at the 2015 Boise Flower and Garden show. This weekend. As many of you know, we were given the honor to build one of the two lobby gardens for the show this year. We've spent most of our winter "down time" conceptualizing and constructing a garden pavilion that we hope will inspire and challenge visitors. The short answer is...
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Xericoasis: Our 2015 Boise Flower & Garden Show Garden Pavilion: Friluftsliv
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Our 2015 Boise Flower and Garden Show Garden Pavilion: Friluftsliv. We'd like to extend an invitation to all our followers in the Boise area to come visit us at the 2015 Boise Flower and Garden show. This weekend. As many of you know, we were given the honor to build one of the two lobby gardens for the show this year. We've spent most of our winter "down time" conceptualizing and constructing a garden pavilion that we hope will inspire and challenge visitors. Serving Boise, Idaho.
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Xericoasis: February 2014
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Friday, February 21, 2014. Dem Bones . The Importance of Scale and Style in Hardscape Construction. I've yet to be involved in a project where the home and the landscape are designed at the same time. Does that even happen anymore? Generally, I'm given a completed plan view of a house. Perched on abstract topography. This is my opportunity to get the bones. Of the landscape right the first time around. What do I mean by that? Here's the plan I originally received for a job we're currently working on.
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Xericoasis: Industrial Park
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Thursday, September 11, 2014. A concave 8' x 9' oxidized steel panel acts as the back wall and. Abstract focal point "painting" for the room. An arcing, andesite stone wall, green roof arbor and steel edging all add to the feeling of an open, yet delineated space within the garden. In the process of developing the design, I experimented with using concentric circles as a way to bridge from the right angles of the home/patio to the fluid, curvilinear lines throughout the garden. As I was flying by.
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Xericoasis: December 2013
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Monday, December 30, 2013. Nature hath no muse equal to thy crumpled splendor. Similarly, the sight of a crumpled napkin or envelope and a well nibbled pencil inspires me to draw landscapes. This is always. The origin of any of my landscape designs. It's a relaxed place without mistakes, expectations or a fixed destination. It's fun. My nine year old introduced me to a perfect word to describe this process: adumbrate. It's similar to foreshadow. Without the spooky or negative connotations. Here's another...
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Xericoasis: January 2014
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Spring Care of Ornamental Grasses. Wondering how and when to trim those ornamental grasses? Pop over to the D&B Supply blog. Monday, January 20, 2014. Tracking the Natural Range of Trees by Annual Precipitation Rates. When I started preparing for my 2014 tree care presentations earlier this year, I realized I needed to rework one of the most important parts: explaining why. As they crested over a rise and saw the poplar lined Boise river below. For my presentation, I speed up t...
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Xericoasis: September 2014
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. Larry Miller Subaru Turf to Xeriscape Conversion. The folks over at the Boise Larry Miller Subaru had a problem: the two south facing areas of turf in front of their showroom looked nice enough, but demanded an obscene amount of water. Worse, over-spray from the broadcast irrigation was staining their shiny new Subarus. Panicum virgatum "Heavy Metal'. Nepeta racemosa 'walker's low'. Oennothera macrocarpa subsp. incan 'Silver Blade'. Echinacea x 'Cheyenne Spirit'. Abstract foca...
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Xericoasis: February 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015. Local Boise artist, and all around classy lady, Ardith Tate, approached me last fall for ideas on how to convert a small common area into a sitting garden. Primarily turf, with a small foundation planting against her house and dominated by an adjoining parking area of concrete and asphalt, Ardith nevertheless enjoyed setting up her bright lime green garden chairs in the grass to commune with the outdoors and neighbors alike. We turned our attention to the planting scheme. A...
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Xericoasis: April 2014
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. The Vertivore's Edible Green Wall. If I was to draw a Venn diagram showing the overlap of my gardening and landscape interests, you'd probably find edible green walls smack in the center, next to medieval Japanese stonework. And my fig tree. Oh look, I did. Part of a larger concept called Agriculture 2.0,. This discussion of urban of food production rarely takes into consideration some of the problems that need to be solved to make this vision real. This year I plan to try out c...
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Xericoasis: Larry Miller Subaru Turf to Xeriscape Conversion
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. Larry Miller Subaru Turf to Xeriscape Conversion. The folks over at the Boise Larry Miller Subaru had a problem: the two south facing areas of turf in front of their showroom looked nice enough, but demanded an obscene amount of water. Worse, over-spray from the broadcast irrigation was staining their shiny new Subarus. Panicum virgatum "Heavy Metal'. Nepeta racemosa 'walker's low'. Oennothera macrocarpa subsp. incan 'Silver Blade'. Echinacea x 'Cheyenne Spirit'. Edible Landsc...
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