jennifer Bloch

I bet it looks quite different in winter…and I agree with Sherman Runions comment – be careful especially in tender habitats – the plant is a maintenance issue…it is aggressive and could destroy structures too – but I have seen cool things done with it in urban environments in Lausanne Switzerland…quite succesfully…

mark – I randomly came upon this today:  http://www.summerwood.com/products/gazebos/bali-tea-house.html
 
jennifer

i like to look at hotel websites to get ideas. Tablet Hotels website is a good source for me. Here is a link to their listings in…[Read more]

because they asked for 2% and they are testing your ability to follow directions.

contact ray freeman – he has classes in the sausalito headlands – he is located in berkeley

i like muhlenbergia regal mist – purple capillaris muhly for the green wispyness. and fall color.
 also helicotrichon sempervirens (it’s a little more rigid and structural but it has a nice texture – also great silver blue/green coloration)

I would be hesitant to use it with the freeze thaw – it is extremely porous -and it breaks easily. I use it here in the SF Bay Area – we do get some frost here but I won’t use it in frost zones. Sealing it is a temporary patch. It would need to be resealed again and again as part of a regular maintenance.
Also – the pitted travertine isn’t so…[Read more]

Thanks – I’m in CA and i just checked the LATC site – and I’m not 100% but pretty sure that work under a licensed person , while the traditional path, is not required. Someone can get up to 4 years of credit toward the LA license by having been a licensed landscape contractor along with the required education. Seems the most profitable path. If…[Read more]

am i incorrect? is it not possible to sit for lare with the education credentials and with years of practice as a licensed landscape contractor? …

For what it’s worth – after the MLA – I worked for an architect in Manhattan and then a couple of L.A. design build firms – just for exactly two years – and then I sprang out on my own with my own clientele – for the past 7 years. I could only take residential projects legally – but became involved with public art competitions and such. I am…[Read more]

Hi Sarah – I graduated in 01 – so the program and so all people are not the same as they are now. It was a big uphill climb – with little sleep. RISD is an amazing environment – there is so much to take advantage of while you are there- afterwards you will have the benefit of having attended a profound institution to which many great people are…[Read more]