Chris Heiler

Thomas,

I think your blog looks great. I like the clean, simple design. I also like your unique profile–so UNstuffy! My only suggestion would be to move your email and rss feeds up higher–you will probably get more subscribers. Well done!

Chris Heiler

I love TED…very inspiring and interesting stuff.

Here’s a link to check it out:

http://www.ted.com (you probably could have figured that out :-))

If you want to see a beautiful residential garden, check out Ryan Gainey’s garden in Decatur. It’s not too far from the botanic garden.

Ryan is a very well-known designer who has designed projects around the world. His personal garden has been featured in numerous magazines.

The garden is open to the public. Google his name and you’ll find…[Read more]

I just finished up my VisualCV.

You can see it here-

http://www.visualcv.com/chrisheiler

VisualCV is still in beta and needs a little work, but overall I think it has potential and can be a beneficial tool for designers.

Chris Heiler
Editor- http://www.landscapeleadership.com

Hi RY,

I’m a designer who focuses on residential work and I’ve found AutoSketch to be very easy to learn and use. It’s a simplified version of Autocad basically, made by AutoDesk.

Dynascape is also a very popular program. It includes an estimating module and also a color module. I know many designers who use Dynascape and really like it.

Chris…[Read more]

The pavers were set on a concrete base. The paver was from Marion Tile I believe. I think that’s the name of the company anyway. It was a 3/4″ modular paver so we had 3/8″ mortar joints.

Here are a couple of pictures of the construction. I don’t have any photos yet with the brick.

Chris Heiler
Editor- http://www.LandscapeLeadership.com

Hi Kevin,

I completed a university project earlier this year and we used pervious concrete.

The paving was a grid of approx. 10’x10′ concrete panels separated by 16″ bands of clay pavers (deep red, smooth finish). The contrast in color and texture between the two materials looked really nice.

I don’t have any pictures right now…sorry.

I’ll…[Read more]

Juliah,

This might be a helpful resource for you-

http://www.visualcv.com

I haven’t used it yet myself, but will be looking into it in the near future.

Chris Heiler
Editor- http://www.landscapeleadership.com

I just sent you an email Helen.

I do “fancy” getting my ideas published in your magazine 🙂

Chris Heiler
Editor- http://www.landscapeleadership.com

Thanks for the reply Kevin, I appreciate your insight.

Chris Heiler
editor- http://www.landscapeleadership.com

Hi Laura,

You might want to try elance, http://www.elance.com.

You can sign up as a provider and perform various services for people.

I use elance all the time for various tasks, mostly business/administrative tasks. However, I did find an LA on elance that does all of my color rendering, perspective drawings,etc. He can also do drafting work for…[Read more]

Authentic Provence has some BEAUTIFUL antiques and ornament.

Chris Heiler
Editor- http://www.LandscapeLeadership.com