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Landscape design: Overview of a great summer

Well, gardeners and “budding” landscape designers of Summit County, we have covered a variety of topics about high altitude landscape design in Summit County, since I first started this column in May. We have explored topics about site... more...

10/16/2009 11:28am

	Get your trees ready for winter Autumn is a golden time to nourish your trees and gardens
	10/10/2009 3:55pm

	Using ‘native' plants Recently I received an e-mail from a reader who asked for my thoughts on the “concept” of native plants. This person questioned the validity of only using “native” plants, because the definition of native seemed arbitrary. I am...
	10/10/2009 3:50pm

	A primer on perennials — Part II In the High Country, there are four basic types of perennial garden sites. The first is the dry, sunny hillside site; the second is the open meadow/house site; the third is the wooded garden; and finally the stream-side/wet site. When selecting perennial...
	10/03/2009 6:04pm

	Good design = less maintenance There is one essential difference between a landscape design and all other art forms — it grows! As avid gardeners this is our blessing, and our curse. We love watching things grow — watching plants fill a space and providing the effect we...
	08/29/2009 6:52pm

	Ultimate guide to mountain plants Plant Select project produces ‘Durable Plants' book
	08/22/2009 2:45pm

	Proportion, rhythm and focalization Proportion, rhythm and focalization sound pretty technical, but when we relate them to things in life we understand, then these principles can begin to make sense to us.
	08/15/2009 7:52pm

	The principles of landscape design The principles of design that make a garden functional and beautiful are very much akin to principles in life. Remember, principles are those concepts or “rules” that we follow to organize certain elements and make them work for us. We may...
	08/08/2009 6:45pm

	Color, texture and scale in landscaping Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it affects us in so many ways. Color actually occurs in the...
	08/01/2009 1:23pm

	The components of landscape design When you decide to take a trip into Denver from Summit County, it all happens by design - you go through a specific thought process and incorporate all the things that you can possibly think of to make your trip successful. You ask yourself questions...
	07/26/2009 5:25pm

	Summit's gorgeous garden Summit Garden Club presents a tour of gardens
	07/23/2009 5:00pm

	The art of landscape design As a landscape architect, I approach a design in much the same way as an artist approaches the commission of a portrait. Like the painter, I must get to know the subject intimately before the design process can begin. Much of the information needed will...
	07/11/2009 12:49pm

	Silverthorne community garden gets grant to break ground Nonprofit receives $1,000 grant from Summit Foundation
	01/13/2009 7:30pm

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