Monthly Archives: December 2009

Monsters!

If you have been keeping up with this blog at all you know by now that I am somewhat obsessed with unusually large plant material; well here is a great example.  I have been driving past these for years and … Continue reading

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Terrain is having a Sale

Might be worth checking out to see if you can get any of next years gifts taken care of now.  Click on the screen shot below to see what they have.

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Wirtz III

Here are a few more shots to take you into the holidays from the Wirtzs.  I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and want to thank you for all of your visits and helping keep this fun for me.

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KY Chamber II

A month or so ago I showed you the computer renderings we did for our upcoming project at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.  We have started construction and I wanted to show you what the walling looks like now that … Continue reading

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Photo of the week

This just feels so intimate, personal, and warm to me.  I would like to spend time on the bench towards the end of the tunnel with a book.

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Hue

Next exactly garden design but this is design that is worth checking out and looking to for inspiration.  I’m not 100% sure if I follow Kelly Wearstler and what she is up to because her working is so interesting and … Continue reading

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Stickwork

As a child I used to watch my mother craft wreathes and baskets out of grape vines that were harvested off of the family nursery.  I was always amazed by how she shaped and twisted these vines and created something … Continue reading

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Terrain at Styers

I just got an email from Terrain advertising their Christmas specials.  For those of you who are not familiar with Terrain it is the garden center concept store of Urban Outfitters (the mothership company of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free … Continue reading

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Lonny Magazine

I have been a little bit skeptical of the oncoming surge of ‘ezines’ but all reservations have been put aside.  Editor Michelle Adams and here team have done a fantastic job putting together a magazine that is stylish, classic and … Continue reading

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Specimen Boxwood

I have a mildly obsessive relationship with Boxwood.  Especially when they are extremely large. I have run across a man who specializes in just this and could spend hours looking at the same pictures on his webpage over and over. … Continue reading

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