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You are absolutely right that it makes no sense to put things in that are either unaffordable or unsustainable by the property owners. I certainly don’t put in a fountain on a whim whether it is mine or theirs.  Those bigger issues are vetted out early on.
 
When I say “I’m never the bad guy”, it is that I don’t adjust what are already set as t…[Read more]

Be sure the software license agreement allows you to sell it (or give it away).  You might want to find a different route (less public) to “disposing” of it.

It’s one of those ‘will build to suit’ developer things.  They show a pretty pic on the RE billboard: a building that has been tentatively approved of by the city building dept. 
The outside is completed to meet the code requirements (FARs, setbacks, access, parking, mechanical, utility, landscape, etc.), while the non load bearing interior walls…[Read more]

Good choice.  I was going to mention this one, but stuff got in the way of getting back to the interweb.
The pic is a nice working for the vine, but the website you found it on is a bit odd. 
 

“…I’m never the bad guy.”
I’m the opposite.
I’m shaking my head ‘no’ before the potential client can finish the question about a water feature.  And I’m doing it to save myself (and them, but mostly myself) the frustration of a boondogle that will be non-functioning within two years.
I spent the first 17 years after graduating doing m…[Read more]

Biased response – I am an Ohio State University grad (’91), and I work with a few (my boss is one) of Cal Poly LAs…what a difference in education.  The curriculum at OSU was heavy on design (not science) with the usual plant id courses while CalPoly seemed to be more in the ‘sustainibility’ area and less of the engineering side of de…[Read more]

Ues, two places to begin:

http://www.teaconnect.org/publications

http://www.iaapa.org/

If zoos, specifically, then http://www.aza.org

Yes, there are some programs that are more science/practice oriented and some more design/process oriented – Purdue vs Ball State for example.  It’s actually a fairly common division among programs and may or may not be indicated by which school/college the program is in, though that’s a starting point.  You may also want to consider e…[Read more]

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In addition to the issues and questions you raise, I encourage you to consider one more: Are there jobs doing what you want to do? How well do they pay?  And do they focus exclusively on the areas that interest you or only a small percentage?

My feeling is that you are aiming at a very exclusive practice and few among those people gets paid…[Read more]

http://fancybidet.tumblr.com/post/30218963331/muehlenbeckia-complexa-a-climbing-vine-entwined

trying this instead…  commercially available?  

Im not using a wire mesh.. was responding to your question about hedera or ficus on wires.

The question, as always Terry, is what is the function? Why the wire/mesh and not a clinger? Clematis will not love all the reflected heat off of the wall I think.

Would have to be a tight mesh probably.  Maybe a narrow mesh would give the appearance of a single strand of wire?  

I’ve decided to try an evergreen clematis. ‘Armandii’.  Needs cool roots.  That might be a challenge.  Thanks for the input…

Have any of you actually grown hedera or ficus on wires? They are not twiners after all.

where in southeast? zone is needed for specific reccomendation.
dwarf climbing fig is great in the lower south,  zone 7 and higher…not so much in upper south. does not need
help. will cling to wall.
confederate jasmine is evergreen and can be trained, again lower south…
and of course, english ivy….you love it or hate it….it likes shade.

 “Do your clients know what landscaping costs”
 
My answer to that is that if they don’t know what design costs while they are prospective clients they will find out upon receiving a proposal. If they don’t know what the implementation costs, they’ll find that out when they receive proposals to do the construction.
 
What things specifically co…[Read more]

Your best bet is kudzu. Its prolific, drought-tolerant, has a beautiful purple flower with a grape fragrance, and will climb your concrete wall to your hearts content. Well-suited to the Southeast 😉

My edit didn’t work.  Added features may have an overflow and so should the planting base some inches up maybe being led to a drain with the 2 small tubes initially put in a single piece of hose.  Both may be pricked with wire back up them occasionally to remove any clogging.    
The planting base can be shielded from the sun by a bent raked lip…[Read more]

there are many varieties of hedera – maybe a normal, a yellow and a variegated ivy with a honeysuckle or 2 for winter berries and summer aroma – i would let these climb up a false screen and keep off the wall as much as possible.  Ivy changes to an evergreen leaf from the top down, when it reaches the top, then having flowers and berries (which…[Read more]