Land8 | Steve Martino | Activity https://land8.com/members/stevemartino/activity/ Activity feed for Steve Martino. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 ec84412ed5d71f035a3b49def2467899 Steve Martino replied to the topic Container resources in the forum STORY BOARD https://land8.com/forums/topic/container-resources/#post-153030 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:05:54 +0000 Kornegay designs

]]> 0 d4aa729cc91513cb8c85fb8f3bcd126a Steve Martino replied to the topic 100 lessons learned from studying landscape architecture in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/100-lessons-learned-from-studying-landscape-architecture/#post-156486 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:36:57 +0000 I’m working on a talk about garden design for the upcoming ASLA convention. part of my talk is “lessons you didn’t learn in school”, one is: landscaping is a situation where you can spend an enormous amount of money and when your done you still can have all the problems you started with….it’s often just eyewash.

]]> 0 0c359b14526dab7cd0ebe3e069f9ea4e Steve Martino replied to the topic Need design help for telescoping gate in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/need-design-help-for-telescoping-gate/#post-156706 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:27:30 +0000 thank you, this is not the company that i saw. i will contact these people to see if they can make a wider 3 section gate. they seem to have a different mechanism than the other gate companies. i think i will need to find an inventor to make it. thanks again.

]]> 0 ca6abd6f38093c2c6e79013359b69f67 Steve Martino replied to the topic Need design help for telescoping gate in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/need-design-help-for-telescoping-gate/#post-156708 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:32:52 +0000 thanks for the reply, these doors need a top and bottom rail. they are great doors one of my recent projects used them.

]]> 0 d87fd0ab084f24d1d38fa39fb6ef8215 Steve Martino replied to the topic Need design help for telescoping gate in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/need-design-help-for-telescoping-gate/#post-156709 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:30:55 +0000 Russell, thanks for the response, i am hoping to find a gate company in LA that has experience w/ this type of gate, the gate design is sitting at the moment while we search for a company w/ this experience. if it comes down to having to invent the gate myself i will give you a call for some help. I’m nearby in Sunnyslope. this client expects the…[Read more]

]]> 0 2db7766cbc9e1f9e9884b70655ee36b0 Steve Martino replied to the topic What is your favorite Landscape History book? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-favorite-landscape-history-book/#post-157098 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:59:31 +0000 a few books on my shelf:
Title: The Poetics of Gardens Author(s): Charles W. Moore, William J Mitchell, William Turnbull, Jr. Publisher: The MIT Press

The Architecture of Western Gardens
Editors: Mosser and Teyssot
Publisher: MIT Press

The History of Gardens
Author: Christopher Thacker
Publisher: University of California Press
 

]]> 0 0b50d3d9b3d3c5d63afb0a8ef0b9817f Steve Martino replied to the topic Could anyone on the premises restore or design an installation without buying plants in nurseries? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/could-anyone-on-the-premises-restore-or-design-an-installation-without-buying-plants-in-nurseries/#post-159259 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:37 +0000 absolutely, i have always thought you could design an entire garden with plants people throw out in the alley for the trash men to take away. i have salvaged numerous plants for my garden by just finding them. when i trim my succulents and cactus from my garden i hate to throw them out. i put them in salvaged nursery cans from my projects, after…[Read more]

]]> 0 5751889ceda9760b9390e4317e991798 Steve Martino replied to the topic Revisions- Proposal and Contractual Clauses in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/revisions-proposal-and-contractual-clauses/#post-158935 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:15:09 +0000 Amanda, i have been working for myself for over 35 years and i have probably learned most things the hard way. i read your story a few times trying to understand what you are saying rather than what you are asking. Seth and Andrew have given you some practical advice, i can give you practical advice but i think it might be more beneficial to give…[Read more]

]]> 0 0da1fbd930021d28b421bb75efa15641 Steve Martino posted an update in the group MENTORS: WISE and TRUSTED counselors or teachers.: This is my 5th recession, it took me years to recover from […] https://land8.com/activity/p/15289/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:31:01 +0000 This is my 5th recession, it took me years to recover from the savings & loan crash. i thought i had a safe niche, no more developer or commercial work. i have focused on high-end high design residential and cultural projects which i was sure was recession proof. what do i know? the last few years i could have used a mentor.
i started a blog…[Read more]

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