Land8 | Greg Bish | Activity https://land8.com/members/gregbish/activity/ Activity feed for Greg Bish. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:38:51 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 cfd9330184ffb62575b2a76eb8841f7e Greg Bish replied to the topic Digital vs. Hand-Rendered etc. in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/digital-vs-hand-rendered-etc/page/5/#post-176673 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:00:42 +0000 one element of the argument is time…I believe I can get can get reasonable representation of my ideas faster and cheaper (a more easily distributed and edited!) with some help from technology.

but take a step back. why am i drawing?

1) Am I sorting out design ideas for myself? (sketching/thinking out loud)

2) Am I creating a visual that I…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5a59c2112c95480656681a17e5eaef2 Greg Bish replied to the topic Lawn in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lawn/page/2/#post-176522 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:47:40 +0000 People always say that: “there’s something about the smell of fresh mown grass”

Once, at a picnic, when a friend of my dad’s found out i was a Landscape Architect, he asked me a question.

he asked: “why does my neighor’s fresh cut lawn smell better than my fresh cut lawn”..

I was stumped..I think i responded “Probably because you didn’t have to…[Read more]

]]> 0 923372958cf1869523066d1efb78cb00 Greg Bish replied to the topic Lawn in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lawn/page/2/#post-176523 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:21:45 +0000 noise…yes, I’m with you there.

I grew up in West Virginia where lawns were large, and mowed lawn was the default condition regardless of terrain (it wasn’t unusual to see gas mowers with coils of rope attached to the handle :)…fortunately obsessive chemical lawn absolutism was the exception not the rule.

Now i live on a relatively flat 1/5…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad261d4aa970b6299ca80b8d311fa518 Greg Bish replied to the topic WHO ARE WE? SHOULD OUR TITLE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BE CHANGED TO SOMETHING ELSE? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/who-are-we-should-our-title-of-landscape-architect-be-changed-to-something-else/#post-176917 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:17:01 +0000 This is a discussion that comes around from time to time.

There have been articles and letters on this subject published in LAM many times.

I wonder how many.

I’ve made my peace with ‘Landscape Architect’.

Maybe we should just render ‘Landscape Architect’ into Esperanto. to jazz it up.

]]> 0 1e714e46cb5a7226840c30c29c4a6f95 Greg Bish replied to the topic Site Design (Parking Layout) in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/site-design-parking-layout/#post-175939 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:16:18 +0000 May I suggest that you step back and accept the LARE design criteria for what they are: the LARE design criteria. Someday soon it will be behind you.

parking criteria vary alot and from client’s odd-ball proprietary standards to the almost infinite variations of review agencies, municipalities. You usually end up having to accept these standards…[Read more]

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