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2.12.2011
2.10.2011
Vertical Gardening
Vertical gardening functions as sculpture. It adds square footage to a small planting footprint, thus functions as a small garden solution. It also functions to enable people with limited range of motion to garden. Vertical gardens can take many forms. Some forms include plants growing up and over pergolas, trees with multiple unique fruit bearing grafts, vines climbing up buildings and gardens on top of buildings.
Woolypockets have a vertical garden component system that includes irrigation and is very simple to install, really quite ingenious and contemporary. They also help schools fund their own Woolyschoolgardens. Plants on Walls have unique wall hanging systems and a handsome freestanding Floraframe RECIR system on casters.
Vertical Garden Designer Links
The Dry Garden: A Skeptic's View of Vertical Gardens
The Nuts and Bolts of Living Walls
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| Vertical Gardening in its Simplest Form |
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| Ferns and Moss Growing on a Stacked Stone Wall |
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| A Hanging Garden |
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| Espalier |
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| Espalier |
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| Rebar Trellis |
Vertical Garden Designer Links
The Dry Garden: A Skeptic's View of Vertical Gardens
The Nuts and Bolts of Living Walls
2.08.2011
University of San Francisco Landscape Architecture Lecture Series, Spring 2011
University of San Francisco Landscape Architecture Lecture Series, Spring 2011
All lectures are Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Xavier Chapel in Fromm Hall. Fromm Hall is at the corner of Parker and Golden Gate Avenue.
February 9th Anne Fougeron
February 23rd Stan Field, Field Architects
March 30th Owen Kennerly
April 13th David Darling, Aidlin Darling Design
April 27th Willett Moss, CMG Landscape Architecture
All lectures are Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Xavier Chapel in Fromm Hall. Fromm Hall is at the corner of Parker and Golden Gate Avenue.
February 9th Anne Fougeron
February 23rd Stan Field, Field Architects
March 30th Owen Kennerly
April 13th David Darling, Aidlin Darling Design
April 27th Willett Moss, CMG Landscape Architecture
Humboldt Botanical Garden--Eureka, California
Lower Gardens Near Entrance
I took some quick snapshots today of the Humboldt Botanical Garden. The hardscape is exceptional. The garden is an impressive addition to Humboldt County and I am thankful it exists, thankful also that my art class is just next door. A lot can be gleaned from a stroll through the garden, many of the plants were selected based on design requirements and local hardiness, making them good choices for local residential gardens and commercial landscapes. I've been at the garden several times over the past few years, once, artists had installed art and sculpture the garden, transforming the garden into an art gallery. Further up and into the garden, there is a landscape, literally, a sculpted mound referred to as a ziggurat and a labyrinth, that is pretty incredible. The piece is called All Happy Now and was designed by Peter Santino. On the day of the art in the garden party there was a band playing and beer pouring about the ziggurat, it was really enjoyable.
The greenhouse reminds me of Frosty the Snowman and the greenhouse where Frosty melts. Which makes me think, this greenhouse could be decked out at Christmastime and serve as an enchanted place for kids to visit Santa.
Below are a few photographs from the Lost Coast Brewery Native Plant Garden. Lost Coast Brewery is consistent supporter of the botanical garden and is usually present in kind at most garden fundraisers and events.
There are plenty of opportunities to learn about plants through the HBGF Education Series. Plant Identification, Part 1 will take place at the garden Thursday, February 24th. Geology of the Humboldt Botanical Garden on March 17th.
Visit Humboldt Botanical Gardens
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| Phormium from Red Garden |
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| At Top, Site of Future Visitors' Center |
I took some quick snapshots today of the Humboldt Botanical Garden. The hardscape is exceptional. The garden is an impressive addition to Humboldt County and I am thankful it exists, thankful also that my art class is just next door. A lot can be gleaned from a stroll through the garden, many of the plants were selected based on design requirements and local hardiness, making them good choices for local residential gardens and commercial landscapes. I've been at the garden several times over the past few years, once, artists had installed art and sculpture the garden, transforming the garden into an art gallery. Further up and into the garden, there is a landscape, literally, a sculpted mound referred to as a ziggurat and a labyrinth, that is pretty incredible. The piece is called All Happy Now and was designed by Peter Santino. On the day of the art in the garden party there was a band playing and beer pouring about the ziggurat, it was really enjoyable.
Concrete and stone work does not get much more contemporary and elegant. The runnels collect water from a swale above and channels it down the hillside until it enters a basin around the wall where it pours out the pipes extruding from the base of the wall. It is an amazing site to view on a rainy day. Mercer-Fraser Company donated time, equipment and materials to fulfill much of the HBGF design including earthwork, the above mentioned concrete work photographed below, swale design and installation, pathways, the Mercer-Fraser Autogarden and more.
I really love the rustic finish and contemporary style of the hand rails especially in contrast to the runnel edge and the smooth concrete finish. The use of rustic materials in a very contemporary way carry out a rather formal design with a modest yet elegant refinement.
There have been several successful events here, but no weddings thus far. The space can totally handle a wedding as is, granted with tents and outhouses. Regardless, this venue is a perfect site for a wedding ceremony and reception. The wedding itself could be held on or about the main axis of the garden as seen below where there are many relatively flat, graded areas. The party could be staged up above about the All Happy Now ziggurat. The greenhouse might function at some level for the event as well.
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| Very zen gravel path |
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| Sun Valley Group Greenhouse |
The greenhouse photographed above has a proposed use as a butterfly garden. I think it could also or alternatively function in a more Victorian manner as a tropical and exotic plant house like at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. The greenhouse was generously donated by the Sun Valley Group.
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| Garfield Park Conservatory |
The greenhouse reminds me of Frosty the Snowman and the greenhouse where Frosty melts. Which makes me think, this greenhouse could be decked out at Christmastime and serve as an enchanted place for kids to visit Santa.
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| Headwaters Fund Native Plant Walk |
Below are a few photographs from the Lost Coast Brewery Native Plant Garden. Lost Coast Brewery is consistent supporter of the botanical garden and is usually present in kind at most garden fundraisers and events.
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| Dormant, Native Spice Bush Calycanthus occidentalis |
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| Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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| Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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| Coastal Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis |
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| Coast Silk Tassel Garrya elliptica |
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| Rose Garden |
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| A Garden with Many Vistas and Views |
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| A Simple Yet Contemporary Deer Fence |
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| Contemporary Gate Latch Love It! |
Local Landscape Design History Lecture Series
The Revealing Landscape Narratives lecture series is part of the City of Arcata Historic Survey Project. Lectures take place Thursdays from 7-8:30 p. m. Feb. 10th-Mar. 10th. For more information, contact the Historical Resourses Survey Project Office 825-2044.
2.07.2011
Pierson Park Community Gardeners
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| Pierson Park Community Garden |
A community vegetable garden will be added behind the existing garden this year, join in the planting!
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