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Timeless Landscape Design050: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 2)This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers!
2018-12-1307 min
Timeless Landscape Design049: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 1) This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers!
2018-12-1104 min
Timeless Landscape Design048: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 8)How do I start my master plan? Mind, body, spirit and your property! Cheers!
2018-12-0605 min
Timeless Landscape Design047: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 7)Organize your therapy garden, nurturing passive places, and get a healthy house! Cheers!
2018-12-0404 min
Timeless Landscape Design046: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 6)Today we discuss energy and access, as well as lower stress and activating your senses. Cheers!
2018-11-2903 min
Timeless Landscape Design045: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 5)Interact in social places at home. Freedom and choice! Cheers!
2018-11-2703 min
Timeless Landscape Design044: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 4)What are the 8 tenants of Lifelong Landscape Design? Live with the web of life! Cheers!
2018-11-2203 min
Timeless Landscape Design043: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 3)When should I start my Lifelong Landscape Design? Fit your garden to your lifestyle like a glove! Cheers!
2018-11-2003 min
Timeless Landscape Design042: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 2)How can I improve my home environment? My outdoor needs changed over time... How do I create an LLD? Cheers!
2018-11-2003 min
Timeless Landscape Design041: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 1)How can lifelong landscape design improve the quality of my life? What is LLD? Cheers!
2018-11-1303 min
Timeless Landscape Design040: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 3 of 3 (8/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Selections of Shrubs...my favorites . Selections of Ground Covers... my favorites . Selections of Perennials/Ephemerals...my very most favorites! Cheers!
2018-06-0511 min
Timeless Landscape Design039: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 2 of 3 (7/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . 2 x 4 method: "2" the merits of a balance of evergreens & deciduous native plants . 2 x 4 method: "4" trees, shrubs, ground covers & perennials/ephemerals . Selections of Trees: native small flowering Chionanthus (grancy grey beard) & umbrella mags Cheers!
2018-05-3106 min
Timeless Landscape Design038: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 1 of 3 (6/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Problem-solving criteria . A client brief to restore a waterfall/watershed . Revegetation & Biodiversity for a healthy, vital woodland Cheers!
2018-05-2909 min
Timeless Landscape Design037: Native Plants for Birds (5/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants Cheers!
2018-05-2409 min
Timeless Landscape Design036: Native Plants for Birds (4/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants Cheers!
2018-05-2210 min
Timeless Landscape Design035: Elderberry: An Ornamental and Edible Shrub (3/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Solving problems in your garden and cultivating health? Elderberry is the plant for you! . The native Sambucus Americana is a fantastic plant to help mother nature fulfill its duty in your garden by providing nectar for pollinators. . It also provides the humans around it with both Flowers and Berrys, which are very very good f...
2018-05-1710 min
Timeless Landscape Design034: Hip Trees - Zingy Maples: (2/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Deciduous benefits for summer shade and winter sun . Flamingo Box Elder Acer negundo 'Flamingo' . Japanese Maples, a marvelous diversity . Full moon Japanese Maple . Research your particular zone..read about your heat/cold tolerance in your community and purchase your plants accordingly! Cheers!
2018-05-1509 min
Timeless Landscape Design033: Enliven Your Garden: (1/8) Hip & Cool Plants!Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Accent trees small, medium and large . Evergreen & deciduous . Purposeful planting- solve a problem! . Cornus kousa’wolfeyes’ . Picea orientalis ‘Skagit or Gaudi’ Cheers!
2018-05-1009 min
Timeless Landscape Design032: Green Houses and Master Gardeners (part 8 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Choosing your greenhouse wisely. . The Master Gardener program is a fabulous way to learn how to grow! Cheers!
2018-05-0805 min
Timeless Landscape Design031: Soil Blocking and Heat Mats (part 7 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . What is soil blocking as a technique? . Why is it sustainable? . Watch out for the power it takes to run a seat that heating unit! Cheers!
2018-05-0308 min
Timeless Landscape Design030: Successes and Failures (part 6 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . What to do when your seed packs get wet? . Persevere! Keep your fingers crossed… . And keep on planting proceeds Cheers!
2018-05-0105 min
Timeless Landscape Design029: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 5 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Reading a planting guide in a seed catalog… All the different information can be overwhelming, so think about the three categories of plants you’re using: permanent plants, the three seasons of veggies, and pull-a-bles… Get to learn the personalities of your vegetables Cheers!
2018-04-1707 min
Timeless Landscape Design028: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 4 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Non-GMO, heritage seeds are the best for your health and for Mother Nature. . The categories of plants to choose… . Permanent plantings or perennial vegetables, three seasons of veggies such as early cold, mid Summer, fall cold, and the portables such as onion garlic potatoes be parsnip and carrot.
2018-04-1209 min
Timeless Landscape Design027: Super Soil! (part 3 of 8) Rock Your Veggie GardenDesign your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil! . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal… Organic opportunities are endless in today’s markets. Consider adding compost tea or composter early in your planning phase. . Earthworms! Red wigglers and native worms with leaf litte...
2018-04-1009 min
Timeless Landscape Design026: Super Soil! (part 2 of 8) Rock Your Veggie GardenDesign your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil! . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal… Organic opportunities are endless in today’s markets. Consider adding compost tea or composter early in your planning phase. . Earthworms! Red wigglers and native worms with leaf litt...
2018-04-0508 min
Timeless Landscape Design025: Design Your Veggie Garden (part 1 of 8) Rock Your Veggie GardenDesign your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . The adoption process: your new spot or community garden! . Shade versus sun, damp versus dry… Check out your environment. . Good design makes it perform year round and look great. . Build it, square it and get an electric screwdriver if building raised beds! Cheers!
2018-04-0309 min
Timeless Landscape Design024: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 8 of 8)Refining your design using art elements and design principles! . Why art elements and design principles are so useful! . The art elements: Line, color, form, texture . The design principles: focalization, repetition, Axial geometry, balance, asymmetry, and more! Cheers!
2018-03-2909 min
Timeless Landscape Design023: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 7 of 8)Destinations and border zones… Pathways and linkages! . Editing and seamlessly sculpting your destination desires . The terrace border and its design . The string of pearls concept of the circular connected pathway for service and amusement Cheers!
2018-03-2708 min
Timeless Landscape Design022: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 6 of 8)How to design a fountain into your perimeter space! . Sizes and types of fountains that I like . The great lawn and its connection to the perimeter seating area . Other elements to consider in designing the perimeter Cheers!
2018-03-2208 min
Timeless Landscape Design021: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 5 of 8)Demystifying perimeter spaces for use and delight! . Appropriate sizes for perimeters close to the back door for entertaining or relaxing . Types of paving . Elements to consider that might be part of your perimeter… An exercise in editing your wish list Cheers!
2018-03-2010 min
Timeless Landscape Design020: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 4 of 8)The hub – the house proper – How to successfully present it! Topics in this episode: . Your architectural style, elements for consideration . Framing the view with the four categories of plant materials . Assessing the view out words and in words are using photographs for sketching Cheers!
2018-03-1508 min
Timeless Landscape Design019: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 3 of 8) Creating a pleasant walk to the front door! Topics in this episode: . The pot ear as entry motif at the driveway . Types of walkways and stepping stone paths, widths of paths . The front landing, useful sizes for admiring your front door as a guest Cheers!
2018-03-1308 min
Timeless Landscape Design018: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 2 of 8)Parking areas demystified. Topics in this episode: . How to design your parking to keep cars from being obtrusive . Designing parking areas for two cars . Proper back-up space around the garage . Shade and permeable paving in seldom or actively used parking areas
2018-03-0810 min
Timeless Landscape Design017: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 1 of 8)Beautification of your front entry! The welcome mat you put out for your guests and the transition you feel when you come to your home after long day of work are flip sides of the same coin. Topics in this episode: . Starting at the drive apron with suggestions of road improvement . That pesky mailbox area and how to improve curb appeal . Driveway surfacing and the two tire track look
2018-03-0609 min
Timeless Landscape Design016: Sprouting for Health (part 8 of 8)Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sp...
2018-02-2212 min
Timeless Landscape Design015: Sprouting for Health (part 7 of 8)Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sp...
2018-02-2011 min
Timeless Landscape Design014: Sprouting for Health (part 6 of 8)Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Why do I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpenes, and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits. Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about spr...
2018-02-1509 min
Timeless Landscape Design013: Sprouting for Health (part 5 of 8)Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. Why do we SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpenes, and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits. Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Topics in this episod...
2018-02-1313 min
Timeless Landscape Design012: Sprouting for Health (part 4 of 8)Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Topics in this episode: . Containers for various sizes of seeds . How much seed to use & be sure to label your seeds!
2018-02-0809 min
Timeless Landscape Design011: Sprouting for Health (part 3 of 8)Soak. Incubate. Rinse. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy lear...
2018-02-0612 min
Timeless Landscape Design010: Sprouting for Health (part 2 of 8) Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrit...
2018-02-0117 min
Timeless Landscape Design009: Sprouting for Health (part 1 of 8)Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in...
2018-01-3011 min
Timeless Landscape DesignHere You’ll Find the Elements of the Four Part Master Plan!The 4 part Master Plan...our signature landscape design move. I'm all for reducing stress. A property that is at home in its 4 parts : The Approach & Arrival Sequence, Hub, Perimeter, Linkages to Destinations is at peace. It functions seamlessly to meet your lifestyle. Timeless Landscape Design is both a process and a philosophy of how you want to live on your property. Properties that are are well-designed are classical and hold their value. Hugh and I wrote Timeless Landscape Design over a 40 year period...it is a seminal work by two professionals deeply entrenched in their body...
2018-01-2508 min
Timeless Landscape Design007: Why is Timeless Landscape Design Useful to You & Your Property?Design your home grounds to please your eye, nourish your soul and make life easier! Ars Longa, Vita Brevis : Art is forever, but life is short. Timeless Landscape Design shares how I think as a professional landscape architect and the techniques we do for our clients. In this podcast series, you can take your garden to school. We offer the touchstone of design by modelling idas gleaned from international travels to see what makes gardens- and home landscape - "tick". What are the questions you have about it? Art principles and a structured design process g...
2018-01-2308 min
Timeless Landscape Design006: New Discoveries on How Essential Oils Enhance Vibrant Health with Nancy Dimao of Hippocrates Health InstituteEssential oils are powerful herbal remedies and essences. Nancy DiMao, Director of Hippocrates Health Institute's Oasis Spa, is an expert on aromatic alchemy, the history of essential oils and their uses. Essential oils affect your body on the physical, emotional and energetic level. It is not aromatherapy. Interestingly, angels and saints were said to be preceded by a "most sweet scent" the viewer could not explain. The word, messiah, means 'to annoint'. insense is a "per (thru)-fume (smoke). Nature has given us these plants with healing properties we scarcely understand. Science can distill essential oi...
2018-01-1809 min
Timeless Landscape Design005: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 2. Interview. Linda Frees.Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees , author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years for periodic health tune-ups. Its been an eye-opening experience to learn so much about health and wellness. I find lessons in how to balance stress in life's tight rope, how to eat more mindfully and the value of life-force foods...sprout. Being someone of a horticulturist, sprouts fit naturally into my life. I travel a lot, so helpful...
2018-01-1609 min
Timeless Landscape Design004: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 1. Interview. Linda Frees, Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI)Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees, author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years for periodic health tune-ups. Its been an eye-opening experience to learn so much about health and wellness. I find lessons in how to balance stress in life's tightrope, how to eat more mindfully and the value of life-force foods...sprout. Being someone of a horticulturist, sprouts fit naturally into my life. I travel a lot, so helpful hints...
2018-01-1108 min
Timeless Landscape Design003: Tricky Places. Want to Unleash Your Spirit of Place? Part 3: Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. Mind.Body.Spirit. Web of Life.From Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. ..Mind.Body.Spirit… Web of Life. Seeing the potential in a property is part client goals, part professional training and part divine inspiration, especially when the earth talks to you! Watching a humble unformed raw piece of ground slowly become a living breathing garden never ceases to put me in awe. Its the spirit of place…that indelible peace and special character that says…I am unforgettable. The British recognized it when they saw gardens on The Grand Tour in Italy and France in the 18th century. You t...
2018-01-0913 min
Timeless Landscape Design002: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 2: Dovecote. Highcote. Dargans. Taming Raw Materials: Dovecote, Highcote & the Dargans ! Scattered around our lives are home environments we transformed. The new owners didn't change them. I guess their timeless qualities of balance, proportion and perfect material combinations and shapes perpetually fit the bill! This podcast offers a behind the scenes look at how we made our two most recent homes environments come alive: Dovecote, a charming farmhouse, and Highcote, a large estate with many gardens. The visual plus is that there is a video that complements this podcast, so you can gain take aways to model right away. Th...
2018-01-0615 min
Timeless Landscape Design001: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 1: The Big Picture. Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters.The Big Picture. Your Tricky Place. The Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters. I’m visual learner and welcome words that light sparks in my mind. Let’s set a visual tone for you in the spoken words of Timeless Landscape Design: The Garden Talk Salon. I’ll try to add photo galleries, an instructional .pdf or a video. With these resources, you can look, learn and easily model ideas. There is a high value in creating a home utopia. A sustainable landscape that supports your lifestyle and nurtures mother nature. To rest lightly on the land and hold han...
2018-01-0309 min