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I feel sure there was a similar thread when the site was younger but, at the risk of repetition, aren’t we made by all we read and see and isn’t Swallows and Amazons, or Wind in The Willows, or Heidi, or Kim even, as important to us as a person as the pro books? It is even interesting and inspirational, for me anyway, to see invented landscapes in…[Read more]

You not only need to look up the tree specie but see how it has been tended and what variety it may be. Your soils may vary and a lot of park varieties are more upswept with a lesser spread for parks, etc. than wild varieties. A lot of routes require trees to be cut back for taller vehicles and contractors/authorities often pollard trees -…[Read more]

No more fed-subsidized loans from banks, you are essentially borrowing right from the feds. Grace period? Try 90 days. Plus, an obscene (in this era of low interest rates) rate of 7 to 10%, which starts to accrue as soon as you take any money.

I’m trying to self-finance my MLA by taking secured loans against myself, in which I will actually make…[Read more]

My initial impression is that the blueprint background is a bit distracting. Also, using old style blueprinting can mean a number of different things to the reader in my opinion. One interpretation might be that the author is out of touch with current practice, while another may be that they are very well practiced, paying homage to the days of…[Read more]

Not to make light of your situation, but welcome to student loan slavery Cody. I believe most federal subsidized loans have a ‘grace period’ of at least 6 months. In this economy you may very well be able to extend this for you. If not, you can certainly claim economic hardship/forebearance to get you through the time between while gaining…[Read more]

My one problem is I’m finishing up school now and won’t graduate until may. And if I move after that, I will have to take a year and a half off. Unfortunatley as soon as I take that year and a half off to work, my student loans will begin to accrue interest and I have to start paying them off. If I stay enrolled full time meaning grad school the…[Read more]

Or move now and establish residency. … that is what I did. I spent a year and a half working (and bought my first house) in preparation for going to an affordable school. … I also moved 3,000 miles.

Well I found out now that I can no longer get instate tuition at lsu or anywhere else but utk. I may be able to appeal but the odds of getting approved are slim. However I’d really like to attend a school that is already accredited so that I’m eligible to sit for the lare. So it seems as though I’ll be racking up some debt from out of state…[Read more]

Contact a local, experienced arborist.

A little late on the uptake here, but I just joined the website… Consider too The Story of B and My Ishmael by Quinn. They really build on the ideas in Ishmael.

Thank you for your responses…I will head to the library to look those sources now.

Yes, it is what it is. It is not what it isn’t.

That is a far cry from saying that no one can comment on it.

The artist completed her project with its pefections and imperfections, like any art work by any artist, and it is her piece and complete. That is what I mean by “it is what it is”. We can all make comments on the Mona Lisa, but it is…[Read more]

Sadly, info on what a species may be capable of doing in the wild or in a landscape is of little use in real urban situations.
While the following doesn’t quite hit your mark either, it may be useful:

The Plant Growth Planner, by Caroline Boisset

I agree, great and fair price– I for one grow weary of $60.00-125.00 scholarly or technically-oriented books, I think the price is outrageous in most cases.

You may wish to refer to two sources:

A Field Guide to Eastern Trees (Peterson Field Guides)

and also Michael Dirr’s Manual of Woody Landscape Plants : Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses

While the latter deals more with cultivated varieties of ornamental trees & shrubs, shade trees and native species…[Read more]

Really, Andrew?
Ok, if your own opinion ” it is what it is”, and Thomas is only pointing out how pointless it is to talk about mowing, it’s pretty difficult to go anywhere from there…
Moving on.

I don’t think that anyone is criticizing that people are criticizing. My post is not intended to say that we are not allowed to discuss it. In fact, it is my own opinion of the project – a critique in its own. No better or no worse, no more valid and no less.

The criteria that I used to critique it is one that I set for myself, not one I expect…[Read more]

the order of these posts gets a little confused..any support for my perspective, thank you..Any negation, argument, have at it!!!
i geuss it is good to put something like, @soandso to make sure your pithy landscape design argument hits home..
As we all know, we are of a very few people who really care to write our our thoughts on LANDSCAPE…[Read more]

I absolutely agree. One of the most wonderful things about art is that everyone can have an opinion about it – it doesn’t matter if you are 5 years old or the curator of the Met. What is it? What does it mean? How is it relevant or irrelevant? Or in this case, what does it say about landscape? Or what could it say about landscape?

Saying one…[Read more]

I have to say, if one is not allowed to discuss design, on this landscape site , I am ready to check out.. I see it as anti-intellectualism, and an attitude that always give architects precedent over us..Don’t feel bad about disussing abstract concepts!! Landscape can be very abstract!!!