Ernst Glaeser

not even Berberis would do the job, but a good club from an Oak tree might do the job.

I like it,
It supports my suspicion against a criminal behind each bush

Weren’t the buildup, by greed, areas swamps and wetlands in the past?
The ordinary flood impact could be minimized by a respectful observation and study of old elevation maps. It is our all duty to guide and mentor to have these areas being brought back to their natural function.
Tornados, hurricanes, taifuns, usually going together with heavy w…[Read more]

Landscape or VET?

Are you looking for a job in the northern or southern hemisphere?
Usuall starting, changing, hiering cycle is quarterly starting 1 January.
Depending which cultural cycle you belong to one has usually 4 weeks to 3 month notice period.
Clients usually wake up late and contract last second resulting in majority of design contracts starting in…[Read more]

The freedom of mind, expression of interest, the freedom of design and other artistic brain farts are one side. The Client’s wish and vision is another side.
Socio- and other administrative enforced constrains, rules, and regulations are jet another.
Feasibility makes another side of the medal.
Cost- benefit is the side of value engineering.…[Read more]

http://www.turfandrec.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2579&Itemid=159
 
Try this for a start, it’s all about drainage on grass courts

Hi Jim,
My best experience over years was to visit the local Botanical Gardens and other Open to the Public Private Gardens established “long time back”.
These people tried a lot, and what you see now are the successful plants.
The danger with books and similar material is that they very often paste and copy, especially the mistakes. Reg Ernst

 
Where is the problem?
In the very old days both was done by the Garden and Landscape Artist, strong background in horticulture and/or architecture.
When I graduated, in Germany, it was Garden and Landscape Architecture. 
Look at it that way, when you blow-up a garden plan you have a great landscape plan. When you scale down a landscape plan to g…[Read more]

Hi mauiBob,
Get off that horse.
You are a fricking Gardener like all of us, just with a poscher titel.
You are a brown nosed like to be investor who’l burn a lot of $$ over the next year.
Pig ignorant.
Lang lebe das Kapital
reg. Ernst

I would advise to use something fork-stemmed, but no a maple. Have something deep or heart shaped rooting. Go and see the nurseries for a tree being a reject for it’s standard. Have the 2 or 3 stemms cleared to a hight of 2m. Choice of tree is difficult to say from here. One thing is right, you need the space from the edge of your walway to allow…[Read more]

Doha, Qatar

Dohatia survivelix?

I can take it, having worked in some obscure countries where photoshop enhencement and copy and paste was the high end of some of my col. made me a bit touchy in that subject.
 

Hi Mark, just for you:
Golden chain tree is a small deciduous tree or large shrub that is noted for its pendulous axillary racemes of yellow, wisteria-like flowers that bloom in spring. It is a hybrid cross between L. alpinum and L. anagyroides. It typically grows 25-30’ tall as a tree and 15-20’ tall as a shrub. Trifoliate, clover-like, med…[Read more]

Goldregen,  
Laburnum × watereri “Vossii” (Voss’s laburnum)

AECOM posted a job you may be interested in: Senior Urban Designer/ Planner in Qatar – Doha

Be honest, hade ever a presidential election had an impact on anything?
Name the Presidents who were not involved in any type of wars.
Name the Presidents who came not into Office without having promised a lot and later were not in the position to push it through.
The years with the most impact, in consequence also to our profession, is usually…[Read more]

Dear Michael,
The most important thing is that you take the initiative into your own hands. Have a comprehensive CV ready, ideally for manufactured to suit a few job openings. Make up your mind which your favorite countries would be and where you don’t want to go at all. Read up on internet about the countries and the hardship factors; ask your pa…[Read more]

And the same accounts for the MENA region