Years ago, a friend lent me a copy of this originally tiny ad from Nature magazine; clearly, it had already been copied and enlarged quite a few times before I got a copy of the friend’s copy. I keep it next to my desk, sometimes for encouragement, sometimes for a laugh. When a different mood [...]
Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Deskside landscape
Posted in Deb's posts, Miscellaneous, What we're thinking, Working Landscape, tagged cartoons, humor, landscape architects at work on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
meanwhile the wild geese
Posted in Miscellaneous on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Landscape architects tend to use the term “sense of place” to describe the aspects of a place that set it apart from other places. In a rapidly homogenizing world, noticing and honoring these differences is important. But another component of “sense of place” lies in a place’s connections outward, and its place within a larger [...]
Landscape Architecture winter article
Posted in Deb's posts, Gristmill, Miscellaneous, What we're thinking, Working Landscape on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every month Landscape Architecture Magazine arrives in the mailbox, and some months I look through it quickly for pieces that catch my eye. Other months it has to go on the stack of periodicals next to my desk until I can pick it up on a slow day. The 2009 series on field sketching was [...]
Sweep
Posted in Deb's posts, Gristmill, Miscellaneous on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
‘Balnahard Bay, Colonsay’ by Bryan Dickinson 1 September 2009 “Noticed the lines that the Marram grass was drawing in the wind…. Rain shower just as we were finishing, had to run for cover.” Piggybacking on your post, Toby, here’s another image from the same V & A exhibit; maybe two photos will compel even more [...]
World Beach Project
Posted in Miscellaneous on February 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
At the V&A, here.
Overlay, Jamaica Plain
Posted in Deb's posts, Miscellaneous, tagged stone walls on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
overlay, Florence
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
overlay
Posted in Miscellaneous on January 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ground patterns
Posted in Deb's posts, Gristmill, Miscellaneous on January 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Massachusetts Arbor Day of Service
Posted in Deb's posts, Gristmill, Miscellaneous, Plants, tagged engage with landscape, trees on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Massachusetts Arborists Association has a new volunteer initiative starting in 2010. They aim to build on the traditional Arbor Day celebration by instituting a statewide volunteer service day on that day, which falls on April 30, 2010. To get the ball rolling, the MAA is inviting anyone to identify potential tree care projects in [...]
-
Authors
-
Recent Posts
-
Top Posts
Categories
Categories
Deborah Howe
Toby Wolf
