Garden Design
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
For the past several weeks, I have had the pleasure of visiting gardens in their fall splendor in preparation for the 2010 Garden Day (It will be on Sunday, September 12, 2010 if you are the type who likes to mark your calendar.) Some wonderful fall plants I have seen in these travels include: asters, anemone, and phlox. But great types of plants that always add to a fall garden are grasses.
Grasses add texture, movement, and color to the garden of Pat Smith. photo credit: R. Robert
In particular, we visited the garden of Pat Smith, who uses grasses to add…
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Every year, we re-design the area below the wall and in front of the arbor in the Terry Shane Teaching Garden. These spaces were designed to display seasonal arrangements of annuals, tropicals, and tender perennials. Each year there is a different theme to the garden. In past years there have been different color designs, as well as thematic displays such as the border “Unabashedly Burle,” which featured a design akin to the works of the late Brazilian garden designer, Roberto Burle Marx. The purpose of the border is to showcase interesting tender plants designed in a provocative manner.
This years’ theme…
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
This past fall the Scott Arboretum and Swarthmore College installed their third green roof on Kemp Hall. Check out the three videos below to learn more about the process of installing a green roof.
Building a Green Roof: Part 1: An Introduction
Learn about the many benefits as well as the different types of green roofs. To learn more, click here for an earlier post on green roofs.
Building a Green Roof: Part 2: Leak Detection
Learn about the process of ensuring you have a leak-free roof before installing a green roof. Click here to learn more about this process.
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Building a Green Roof: Part 3: Layers of a Green Roof:
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