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It is tought to come up with numbers untill you have some experience. My main suggestion would to be to start to develop a library or set of standards. Have all your linetypes and blocks setup, so that you can copy and paste those into your plans and that will speed up production a lot. Have the hatches you use, trees, etc. all setup so that you…[Read more]

You might want to send an e-mail to their generic “info” address asking if it is something they would be interested in. Often, the receptionist who answers the phone is different from the person who reads the “info” mail, which is often an assistant to the CEO/Senior partner. You might have better luck with that route, as the receptionist is often…[Read more]

I’m pretty sure most thyme lawns a fairly small, but I don’t see why there would be more weeds in a thyme lawn.

I think I’ll end up doing at least a few cold calls. There’s a few firms I’m really interested in in Portland. Unless one of my professors or someone on Land8 knows someone at Alta Planning or Nevue Ngan, I’ll have to just call them up and see what happens, I guess. But I do see your point.

wow..what a heartless bunch..there but for the grace of god go I, as far as I am concerned – we could all be homeless with a small turn of fate…JK Rowlings was homeless…
I always give money to every homeless person I see, and have many experiences and stories about giving to homeless  – they often don’t want your help..I also designed…[Read more]

Yeah, Irvine California has virtually no homeless because they don’t tolerate them. Laguna Beach, an arguably nicer area 10 minutes away, feeds and shelters the homeless and has a serious problem with drugs, theft and violence. Coincidence? I think not.

Thank you. I hope I never end up homeless also… it’s certainly not outside of the realm of possibilities (considering the economy and my choice of profession) but I still wouldn’t expect people to design parks for my needs as a homeless person. Given the opportunity, I would definitely bath under the whale tail though. Who wouldn’t want to use…[Read more]

It’s folk victorian. 1870’s ish. See attached

What style is the house? The house style or period of ‘Vitorian’ determines the materials….
 
For your fence sketch, you can look at a Julius Blum & Co. catalog (http://www.juliusblum.com/products.html) to find parts and pieces. I get all my hand rail from them, its nice stuff.
 
You can also see if you can get some of the Dover books…I’ve g…[Read more]

Eric that gallery is great.  Very helpful.  We don’t always need to reinvent the wheel with design problems!  -Miles

Miles, Many projects I did in Ohio included iron work from Fortin Ironworks…their website has a gallery http://www.fortinironworks.com/images/fen/index.php which displays their projects, and they have a catalogue that allows you to see what they do typically…but custom work is always fun. They typically were also a good resource to talk with…[Read more]

What happened to survival of the fittest?  Nanny state is wrong, smacking gently little children who go near the water is good and zapping with a tazer all polluters is fine – in fact, 10,000 volts in a capacitor activated by a wire mesh on the bottom of the pool would be fine.  You just load the dead winos on a cart each morning and turn the p…[Read more]

It occurrs to me that you do not need to see Victorian photographs just around Edwardian, as folk had old fences, lol.  Many had simple spike top bars let in and location is important.  Shiplap pine was common as a whole fence or set above a low wall.  Gates were made of this too.  (Like a clinker built boat – and you nailed them when they cam…[Read more]

I couldn’t believe it was opening on the day after we left.  I was there this past weekend with my wife, Mom, and sis.  It was my first time being back in NYC in 5 years.  O well, I guess I will just have to take another trip in 5 years.  I was able to get a few pictures of it though.

Great, thanks.  I’m in DC on a pretty regular basis.

Original pattern books can be hard to find, and few, if any, are reprinted.  When I was the Curator of Landscapes at the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities I had access to the organizations archives.  It made my job a lot easier.  If I were you, I would inquire at local historic preservation organizations.  Search for both pho…[Read more]

Chris thanks for this.  Do you have any of the resources you cited?  Just looking for more specifics about what I might be looking for or how/where to find them.  -Miles

Here’s an image from my portfolio.  The project was the restoration of a carpenter gothic parterre garden designed using AJ Downing’s principles – Roseland Cottage Woodstock, CT.  The fence is casual for the Victorian age and may fit your application.  Downing’s treatises could be a good resource for you.  I also believe there are several patt…[Read more]

I’m on my P2C at the moment. I think you can do it outside of the work. It’s not compulsory to have the mentor from the same office. I know someone whose mentor is from a different company. So, I think you should find yourself a mentor first, and then join a study group. Good Luck!