Frequent readers of my blog may have noticed a discreet but noteworthy facelift. The design change was brought on by a very unexpected but thoroughly exciting invitation I received last week to join a notable group of fellow garden bloggers in a new venture called Garden Designers Roundtable (GDRT).
If you haven’t already heard about GDRT, please let me enlighten you. According to the official website, it “began in December 2009, when four professional landscape and garden designers who write blogs teamed up and asked themselves the question: Does Your Garden Designer Practice What He/She Preaches? This event was so well received that the original group expanded to include blogging designers from across the U.S. In 2010 they led off with the topic “Regional Diversity in Design,” exchanging ideas and sparking conversations with their readers all over the world.”
Needless to say, I am so honored to be part of this distinguished group of garden design bloggers (between you and me I am in awe of all of them, their blogs are so thought-provoking) that are in the forefront of many new concepts and ideas. To see a full list of my fellow ’roundtablers’, click here and check out the ‘GDRT Bloggers’ list on the right. And don’t forget to click through to their blogs and subscribe to their RSS feeds so you don’t miss any posts.
My first GDRT post will be on the topic of foliage and will be posted in later this month (click here for a full schedule of topics). When I first signed up for foliage, I thought ‘wow, that’s an easy topic’. Now that I’m thinking about what to write I realize there are so many different aspects of foliage to consider I really don’t know where to begin. So check back here and on Garden Designers Roundtable on February 23rd to read the roundtablers’ posts about foliage. And don’t forget to check out our Facebook page and become a fan so you can ask questions, follow discussions and post your own photos.
As I excitedly embark on this new quest, I will leave you with some words of wisdom…‘I solemnly swear to be a good knight of the Round Table’ because ‘We’re knights of the round table, we dance whenever we’re able’ .
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Welcome aboard Debbie! It’s going to be a great experience – all the participants are interesting, very knowledgeable, and fun to boot. I’m having a BLAST, and I know you and your readers will, too!
Ivette Soler aka The Germinatrix (Germi for short)
Germi,
Thank you. I am so excited to be involved in GDRT and am enjoying gettting to know everyone already through the e-mails and visiting everyone’s blogs.
Congratulations, Debbie. I’ll be sure to follow along.
joene,
Thanks, I’m very excited to get started.
Congrats! How very exciting – and well-deserved. What a cool new resource for those of us interested in design.
gardenjunkie1,
Thank you. I agree, GDRT will be a wonderful resource for capturing differents ideas on the same design topic in one area. I’m looking forward to reading the posts each month.
Haha, Debbie you had me with your Monty Python reference; I think we’re all going to get along just fine! Welcome (I think my Roundtable name is now “Dingo” as in the (not quite) identical twin sister of “Naughty Zoot” (aka Ivette)! Yes, it is a silly place…
Laura,
It certainly seems like a fun bunch so far. I was going to make reference to ‘it’s only a flesh wound’ but wasn’t sure everyone would appreciate it. I think I may have been wrong:)