UPNE – Integrated Landscaping: Lauren Chase-Rowell “A first-rate model for forward thinking landscapers everywhere. It’s time to bring nature back into our lives, and this book shows us how.”—Richard Louv, author, The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods “From initial design to plant choice to installation, this book will guide you in the [...]

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Photography in the Style of Traditional Chinese Painting by Don Hong-Oai | Retronaut Here, photography jumps into, and, dreamily, clarifies traditional Chinese painting. The effect is startling and unique; the images create a median between a far-off reality and a composed ideal. This series of images was brought to my attention by a college friend [...]

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The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day at the Brine Garden | Garden Large The Garden Conservancy opens the gates of America‘s finest private gardens by inviting the public to visit. The Conservancy’s Open Days Program encourages appreciation of “gardens as living works of art.”   © gardenlarge The Brine Garden – Duncan & Julia Brine 2011 [...]

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The invasive species war – The Boston Globe When it comes to what we should actually do for the environment, the two sides of this debate might not be quite as far apart as their denunciations of one another might indicate. Just as most ecologists accept that only a fraction of non-native species are harmful, [...]

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Garden Rant: Native vs. invasive once again—it’s Tallamy’s turn I am not a purist and I don’t expect many other people will be either. I think taking the hard line and insisting on all natives will go a long way toward killing the movement. —Doug Tallamy, Garden Rant interview, 12/12/07 Mild-mannered Doug Tallamy, author of [...]

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