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Showing posts with label landscape architect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape architect. Show all posts

Friday, August 7, 2009

Dutch designer liberates bulbs from mass plantings

Dean Fosdick writes for AP featuring Dutch landscape architect Jacqueline van der Kloet who comes up with new tonal and structural combinations throughout the growing season by scattering a few well-chosen bulbs alongside perennials in random layouts in contrast to the traditional mass bulb plantings. Complete article available at WRAL site>

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Day in the Life of the Main Street Van Wert Program Manager

By ED GEBERT
Times Bulletin news writer
egebert@timesbulletin.com

When Seth Baker moved away from the family farm west of Ohio City, he didn't think he would be back to stay. After graduating from Crestview High School, then leaving for Ohio State University to study horticulture, he discovered the interaction between plants and communities.

Main Street Van Wert's new Program Manager took a winding road to get back home. Baker remembered, "I was in horticulture, which is the study of plants. Originally I just wanted to own my own nursery and landscaping business. But then when I was in school I discovered something called landscape architecture, which I had never heard of. That really focuses on the broader picture.

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