This peastone driveway is dressed up by a granite cobble apron. We used a new product, a polymeric stone dust, in the joints of the cobbles. I’m very happy with how it is holding up after the winter, with no wash-out that we would see in such wide joints filled only with stone dust. The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Beautiful permeable driveway option
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Design, driveways, environment, recycled, Water on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Plant List: Sensory Garden
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Design, kids, plant lists, therapeutic on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The CSA where my family gets our veggies and dairy, Brookfield Farm, is expanding their accessible garden. I wanted to share the starter list of plants for a sensory garden, which I compiled to spark their creativity at their first planning meeting. Some of these plants would also be fun in a garden for children, [...]
Healing Spaces
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Design, Healing, Spirituality on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Koletta & I went to a talk by Dr. Esther Sternberg, M.D. yesterday on her new book, Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being yesterday at Trinity Church. She presented a sampling of scientific evidence on (1) the connection between stress and negative health outcomes, and (2) the stress-reducing potential of well-designed therapeutic spaces. [...]
November Events
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Classes, Design, Events, Food, Healing, Organic, Pollinators, Spirituality on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the landscaping season winds down, there are many opportunities to start dreaming and planning for next year. Imagine a space that will nourish the body and soul, while reducing utility bills! Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being – Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. Trinity Church (Copley Square), Boston. Ester M. Sternberg, [...]
Natural Stone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Classes, Design, Stone on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday August 28, A Yard & A Half hosted a seminar on natural stone for design professionals. We invited Gavin Johnston of New England Native Stone and Charlie Precourt of Charles J. Precourt & Sons to speak on the types and uses of natural stone. We also built some display walls and paving (below) [...]
Homeowner design course from Christie Dustman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Classes, Design on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our colleague, designer Christie Dustman, is offering a 5-session design course for home gardeners at the Arnold Arboretum, starting next Tuesday July 7. Here’s the Arnold’s listing: Design Workshop for Home Gardeners HOR 282 Christie Dustman, Designer, APLD 5 Sessions Tue Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 6:30–8:30pm [HB] Explore principles of garden design [...]
