Archive | December, 2009
Building The Garden Pavilion – RB Project #8.8
The materials you use play an equal role to the workmanship in terms of how long something will last. Or, to be blunt, cut corners anywhere and you’ll live to regret it. You can see the integrity of the structural framework in the previous Project #8 post. Every component in this pavilion’s construction is top-notch. Anthony [...]
Continue reading...Project Completion…Are New Landscapes Ever Complete? – RB Project #6.20
13. December 2009
Landscapes are often a work in progress. No matter how thorough your planning has been, the project is looking for those added tweaks so that…well, it just feels right. Years ago I worked for a design/build company as a crew foreman. This company had its own nursery/garden center. The designer would ask me to gather all [...]
Continue reading...Terminology Doesn’t Always Equal Expectation
9. December 2009
Have you ever ordered something in a restaurant and then been disappointed when it arrived at the table? That’s chicken parmesan? This happens all the time and not just with food orders. You have an expectation of what something should be, and when you ask for it by name you expect just that. In the home [...]
Continue reading...Your Mulch Investment Blown Away
6. December 2009
For some time now I’ve admired the properties that a particular landscape maintenance contractor was caring for. It was evident that this company knew what they were doing. No matter what time of the season it was, the appropriate task was being done the correct way. Yesterday I had the good fortune of meeting the company [...]
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28. December 2009
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