I thought I’d share an exciting happening for me and my landscape design company, Roberts & Roberts. I was recently interviewed by Carmine Gallo, communications coach and author of a blog on Businessweek.com about communications for small businesses. Carmine was writing a post about giving away your expert knowledge for free as a means to building your [...]
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Tooting my own Horn…A Mention on Businessweek.com
Posted in Landscape Design on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Shade-Tolerant Trees for a Small Garden
Posted in Landscape Design, Natives, Plant Possibilities on August 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Designing a small garden, or for that matter, an outdoor room in a larger garden, can be challenging on many levels. On the plus side, a small garden is by nature cozy and intimate. While the principles of good landscape design still apply, a small garden is typically designed around eating or entertaining areas. Since space [...]
Landscape Design 601…The Principle of Interest
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Landscape Design on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the final post in a series about the basic principles that should be considered when designing a landscape or garden. The first installment, an overview of the five principles, can be found here. The first four principles of good landscape design are: Unity, Balance, Proportion and Rhythm & Movement. The final principle of sound landscape [...]
Plant Possibilities: Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Posted in Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking for a carefree perennial that blooms all summer long, look no further than Geranium ‘Gerwat’ Rozanne. Rozanne is a low growing, front-of-the-border stunner that shines whether she’s in bloom or not. Rozanne is a mounding and spreading, but never invasive, beauty. Purple saucer-shaped flowers cover this plant all summer long. Rozanne thrives [...]
Another Way To Personalize Your Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Gardening Inspiration, Landscape Design on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Our gardens are often a window into our personalities. No two gardens are the same just as no two gardeners are the same. Some gardens are prim and proper while others are more wild and carefree. Some are riots of color while others are more subdued. But if you’ve been gardening in the same spot [...]
Sometimes Ordinary is Extraordinary
Posted in Garden Coaching, Gardening in Connecticut, Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, Sustainable Gardening, Zone 6 gardening on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes when I talk to my landscape design or garden coaching clients about choices of shrubs for their gardens, they want something new and exciting. Something all their neighbors don’t have. something that will stop them in their tracks because it’s so beautiful. I can certainly understand that sentiment but I always tell them there [...]
Highlights from the Sustainability Expo
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Green Roofs, Landscape Design, Natives, Sustainable Gardening on May 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday I wrote about the first Sustainability Expo that was being held in Stamford that evening. I attended the event, along with scores of other people, and thought I would share some of the highlights from the evening. In the lobby of the Government Center there were a few dozen booths from sustainability-minded companies and/or [...]
Making A Smart Investment in Your Garden
Posted in Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening, tagged achillea, artemesia, aster, astilbe, convallaria, coreopsis, daylily, dividing perennials, euphorbia, heuchera, hosta, investing in your garden, monarda, nepeta, penstemon, phlox, quick-growing perennials, rudbeckia, solidago, veronica on May 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As every gardener knows, we have an expensive obsession! I don’t even want to tally up how much money I spend each year just adding to my existing garden. But if you are a gardener who is designing an entirely new bed or starting a project from scratch, the cost of purchasing plants can be mind-boggling. One [...]
What Exactly Are Native Plants?
Posted in Landscape Design, Natives, Sustainable Gardening, Zone 6 gardening, tagged Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, nurseries that carry native plants, Plant Native on May 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
As a professional landscape designer I am an advocate for using native plants in designed landscapes whenever appropriate. I am also a member of Association of Professional Landscape Designer’s Sustainability Committee and at this time we are drafting guidelines on using native plants in designed landscapes which will be used by landscape design professionals and will also be available [...]
Double-file Viburnum…Twice As Nice In Your Spring Garden
Posted in Landscape Design, Plant Possibilities, Zone 6 gardening on May 18, 2009 | 18 Comments »
It’s a dreary day here in southwestern Connecticut (zone 6), but still my garden is shining. Thanks in part to one (actually two) of my favorite shrubs, Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum. That’s a botanical mouthful for double-file viburnum. I love the way their bright white flowers brighten my border. Even on a brilliant sunny day [...]
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