Synopsis
Timeless landscape design for lifelong living.
Episodes
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050: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 2)
13/12/2018 Duration: 07minThis episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers!
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049: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 1)
11/12/2018 Duration: 04minThis episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers!
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048: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 8)
06/12/2018 Duration: 05minHow do I start my master plan? Mind, body, spirit and your property! Cheers!
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047: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 7)
04/12/2018 Duration: 04minOrganize your therapy garden, nurturing passive places, and get a healthy house! Cheers!
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046: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 6)
29/11/2018 Duration: 03minToday we discuss energy and access, as well as lower stress and activating your senses. Cheers!
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045: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 5)
27/11/2018 Duration: 03minInteract in social places at home. Freedom and choice! Cheers!
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044: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 4)
22/11/2018 Duration: 03minWhat are the 8 tenants of Lifelong Landscape Design? Live with the web of life! Cheers!
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043: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 3)
20/11/2018 Duration: 03minWhen should I start my Lifelong Landscape Design? Fit your garden to your lifestyle like a glove! Cheers!
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042: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 2)
20/11/2018 Duration: 03minHow can I improve my home environment? My outdoor needs changed over time... How do I create an LLD? Cheers!
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041: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 1)
13/11/2018 Duration: 03minHow can lifelong landscape design improve the quality of my life? What is LLD? Cheers!
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040: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 3 of 3 (8/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
05/06/2018 Duration: 11minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Selections of Shrubs...my favorites . Selections of Ground Covers... my favorites . Selections of Perennials/Ephemerals...my very most favorites! Cheers!
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039: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 2 of 3 (7/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
31/05/2018 Duration: 06minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . 2 x 4 method: "2" the merits of a balance of evergreens & deciduous native plants . 2 x 4 method: "4" trees, shrubs, ground covers & perennials/ephemerals . Selections of Trees: native small flowering Chionanthus (grancy grey beard) & umbrella mags Cheers!
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038: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 1 of 3 (6/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
29/05/2018 Duration: 09minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Problem-solving criteria . A client brief to restore a waterfall/watershed . Revegetation & Biodiversity for a healthy, vital woodland Cheers!
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037: Native Plants for Birds (5/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
24/05/2018 Duration: 09minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants Cheers!
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036: Native Plants for Birds (4/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
22/05/2018 Duration: 10minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants Cheers!
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035: Elderberry: An Ornamental and Edible Shrub (3/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
17/05/2018 Duration: 10minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Solving problems in your garden and cultivating health? Elderberry is the plant for you! . The native Sambucus Americana is a fantastic plant to help mother nature fulfill its duty in your garden by providing nectar for pollinators. . It also provides the humans around it with both Flowers and Berrys, which are very very good for medicinal purposes and to make fun drinks. . It also comes in several colors such as champagne lemony Lace which is my all-time favorite shrub at this very moment. . Experiment with elderflower champagne and with elderberry wine! Cheers!
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034: Hip Trees - Zingy Maples: (2/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
15/05/2018 Duration: 09minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Deciduous benefits for summer shade and winter sun . Flamingo Box Elder Acer negundo 'Flamingo' . Japanese Maples, a marvelous diversity . Full moon Japanese Maple . Research your particular zone..read about your heat/cold tolerance in your community and purchase your plants accordingly! Cheers!
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033: Enliven Your Garden: (1/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
10/05/2018 Duration: 09minGreat choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects. Topics in this episode: . Accent trees small, medium and large . Evergreen & deciduous . Purposeful planting- solve a problem! . Cornus kousa’wolfeyes’ . Picea orientalis ‘Skagit or Gaudi’ Cheers!
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032: Green Houses and Master Gardeners (part 8 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
08/05/2018 Duration: 05minDesign your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . Choosing your greenhouse wisely. . The Master Gardener program is a fabulous way to learn how to grow! Cheers!
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031: Soil Blocking and Heat Mats (part 7 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
03/05/2018 Duration: 08minDesign your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode: . What is soil blocking as a technique? . Why is it sustainable? . Watch out for the power it takes to run a seat that heating unit! Cheers!