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Making a space a home with holistic landscape design
Residence. For just about every person you question, you’ll possible come across a various that means of the word. For Katherine Wilcenski, home is a position where a person feels taken care of by the surroundings it need to be nourishing, inspiring, innovative and harmless. As a holistic landscape designer, it’s Wilcenski’s task to make others’ areas come to feel a lot more like residence — and she employs her expertise of integrative overall health practices and ecological style and design to do so. Wilcenski results in sustainable landscapes that are restorative to the two human beings and the setting. From rewilding attributes to setting up edible landscapes, she centers each…
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Grow your garden: Design a bird-friendly landscape
Temperature extremes, drought and storms take a toll on our landscapes. Sometimes a bit of pruning, proper care and patience is all that is needed to help plants recover. Other times, plants need replacing. It is always sad to lose a favorite plant. The memories, time and money invested are lost, but it presents an opportunity to grow something new. Consider creating a bird-friendly landscape when selecting replacements for failing and dead plants. Working with nature is a great way to support birds without the use of feeders. Look for seed, berry and nectar producing plants that attract songbirds. You will enjoy the color and motion these birds add to…
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Practical and pretty yards star in the Portland Landscape Architecture + Design Tour on July 16
Has your yard lost its allure? Find inspiration as six stellar outdoor spaces, from robust to refined, will be showcased on the 2022 Portland Landscape Architecture + Design Tour on Saturday, July 16. Ticket holders ($30 each or two for $50, mads.media/2022pdxoutdoor) will meet landscape designers and builders ready to talk about creating a great first impression with classic to contemporary elements in the front yard, or an inviting al fresco dining area or a culinary garden in the backyard. Hear how overgrown weeds can be replaced by a quiet, shady retreat or group-friendly fire pit area. Are you weary of not watering the same old drought-tolerant plants? Landscape designer…
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A Rewilding Britain Landscape’ Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2022
First-time designers Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt are bringing their A Rewilding Britain Landscape Show Garden to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022. They will use native British plants to showcase a naturally rewilded landscape, designed to inspire all those with an interest in eco-forward gardening. The reintroduction of beavers in South West England – a mammal once lost to the British landscape and now being reintroduced after 400 years of extinction – is their inspiration. These busy creatures take centre stage in the garden design. Branches used in the scheme even bear real teeth marks from some of the reintroduced beavers, Adam told Country Living. The garden features a…
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