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THE DESIGN PROCESS-Unexpected Opportunities

BILLY COLLINS, U.S. POET LAURETAE, 2001- 2003

THE HOPE FOR THE UNEXPECTED is so essential to my process, I wouldn’t bother to start a poem if I already knew the ending. The pen is not just a recording device device; it can also be an instrument of discovery.

 

When a design moves from paper to reality, lifetimes of delight may unfold through it. That's a powerful thought. What discoveries will design bring to you? And not just in landscape- through any purposeful process?

Success in a Landscape design comes not only from planning and creating.

Are the Ts crossed? I's dotted? Is the contractor $olvent?

Duncan Heather, principal of the Oxford College of Garden Design, distills essential steps in contracting with a a landscape installation company to ensure financial solvency and more than satisfactory completion of your landscape installation.

Be very diligent reviewing and understanding your landscape installation contract.

Anne Wareham makes me laugh.

She calls it out on garden writing for the syrupy platitudes, celebrity designer ass kissing and product endorsement that it is.

This article of hers, published toady in the Britain’s The Spectator,   “The Emperor’s New Weeds” is an entertaining expose. Please enjoy!

A terrific and funny addition to garden writing

For more of her writing, read her recently published “The Bad Tempered Gardener.” I consumed it in 3 evenings over 2 bottles of wine while the dogs and my child slept and hubby flew the friendly skies.

She also manages the UK blog, thinkingardens.co.uk.