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Crystal Palace garden designer Georgia Lindsay reaches Grand Designs final

5:30am Friday 4th April 2014 in News

Garden designer Georgia Lindsay is in the final of a Grand Designs competition

Shakespeare said all the world’s a stage but for Georgia Lindsay it is more of a garden.

The 44-year-old, from Crystal Palace, originally trained in theatre design and is a mural artist and interior decorator.

But since 2010 she developed a passion for garden design and is now down to the final four in this year’s Grand Designs competition for her small city garden design.

She said: “Maximising a small space to create an interesting enjoyable place to relax is my forte.

“It is a family garden, where relaxation and play co-exist harmoniously.

“The garden has many sustainable, green features which is a strong ethos behind the Grand Designs image.

“I’m thrilled to be a finalist in this year’s competition.”

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Eye of the Day Garden Design Center to Provide Design Assistance to the …

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Carpinteria, CA (PRWEB) April 03, 2014

Eye of the Day Garden Design Center will be providing design assistance for the Suntory Flowers exhibit at the upcoming Ventura California Spring trials at the Ventura Botanical Gardens, to be held Saturday, April 5th to Thursday, April 10th. Eye of the Day will be providing its Fermob French outdoor furnishings, Francesco Del Re Italian pottery, and other European terracotta and glazed pottery vessels to showcase and highlight Suntory Flowers’ bright blossoms for an eye-popping exhibit, fit for any outdoor enthusiast.

The California Spring Trials is a week-long, industry-only event that is well known throughout California, as well as to businesses within the horticulture realm looking to display their latest plant varietals, as well as trending gardening tools and products. At the event, during which plant breeders, growers, and suppliers are in attendance, vendors are free to market themselves, as well as partake in learning about effective merchandising programs and packaging within the industry.

“We’re more than excited to work with the award-winning Suntory Flowers,” said Owner Brent Freitas, “because we’re able to collaborate with flower experts to create the most visually appealing designs and planting arrangements, suitable for our California weather. Suntory is known for its blue-toned carnations, and we’re known for our one-of-a-kind, colored garden pottery glazes… so we’re excited to come together to create vibrant, natural art for the outdoors.”

Suntory Flowers is also well known for its Surfinia line of flowers, which are a combination of deep red and white petunias; as well as its Sun Parasol line that has sold more than 16 million pots to gardening enthusiasts from around the world. In addition, Suntory was behind the first blue rose ever created in history, as well as the world’s only blue-toned carnation, which is sold with its vibrant streaks of color and delicate, fringed edges on special occasions.

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The Junior League kitchen tour, a tree giveaway, the Spring Garden Show, the … – The Times

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It’s hard to find just one highlight on this week’s home and garden calendar. It’s bursting with home tours, garden shows and plant sales. Here’s a look at what’s on tap:

The Junior League of New Orleans Kitchen Tour — Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in Uptown New Orleans and Old Metairie — A self-guided tour of the kitchens of 12 Uptown and Old Metairie homes. Proceeds benefit the community projects of the Junior League of New Orleans. Admission: $35 in advance and $40 day of the tour. More information: jlno.org/KitchenTour or 504.891.5845

Spring Garden Show — Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park — Plant sales, educational programs, exhibits, a kids discovery area and more. Admission: $8 for adults; $4 for children 5 to 12; free for children under 5 and Friends of City Park members. More information: 504.658.2900.

Bogue Falaya River Sweep and picnic — Saturday, April 5, 8 a.m., Menetre (4th Avenue) Boat Launch, Covington — Keep Covington Beautiful volunteers will collect litter from the Bogue Falaya River, followed by a picnic at Bogue Falaya Park and the Covington Clean Green River Run canoe and kayak races. Race proceeds will benefit the Blue Swamp Creek Nature Trail at the Covington Recreation Complex. More information: keepcovingtonbeautiful.org, 985.867.3652 or kcb@covla.com.

Taste at the Lake celebration — Saturday, April 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m., 135 Robert E. Lee Blvd.-– The event, sponsored by the Friends of Lakeview and the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association, features food, drinks and music, with proceeds supporting the continued restoration of Lakeview, including the “Lighting the Way” project at New Basin Canal Park. Admission: $45.

‘Linens’ Book Signing — Saturday, April 5, 1-3 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. — Leontine Linens owner Jane Scott Hodges discusses and signs her new book, “Linens: For Every Room and Occasion.” More information: 504.895.2266 or gardendistrictbookshop.com.

Tree Giveaway — Saturday, April 5, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Samuel J. Green Charter School, 2319 Valence St. — Volunteers with the Hike for KaTREEna organization will give away 150 live oak trees grown from acorns collected from the City Park historic oaks. More information: info@hikeforkatreena.org.

Garden Seminar — Saturday, April 5, 10:30 a.m., Home Depot, 40 Park Place Drive, Covington — Carmen Johnston, garden designer and founder of event business Nectar and Co., leads a seminar on gardens “Ready to Impress.”

Bywater Home Tour — Sunday, April 6, noon-5 p.m., Bacchanal Fine Wine and Spirits, 600 Poland Ave. — A tour of eight homes in the Bywater on or around Poland Avenue. Admission: $15 at Bacchanal Fine Wine and Spirits, 600 Poland Ave. More information, 504.812.8481, cjdixon@latterblum.com or bywater.org.

25th anniversary Stained Glass Tour — Sunday, April 6, 2-5 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Blvd. — The Preservation Resource Center celebrates the 25th anniversary of its stained glass tours with a visit to three New Orleans churches: St. Paul’s Episcopal, St. Joseph’s Catholic and St. John the Baptist Catholic. Participants will meet at and return to St. Paul’s for a post-tour reception. Admission: $20 ($16 for PRC members). More information: 504.636.3040 or prcno.org.

Louisiana Landmarks Society Awards for Excellence — Wednesday, April 9, 5:30 p.m., New Orleans Lakefront Airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd. — The Louisiana Landmarks Society pays tribute to 15 examples of excellence in historic preservation in New Orleans, including the Saenger Theatre, Civic Theatre, Lakefront Airport, the Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, and more, 5:30 Wed. Admission: $50 per person, sponsorships available. Call 504.482.0312 or visit louisianalandmarks.org.

Rockin’ the Rails — Thursday, April 10, 5-7:30 p.m., 419 N. New Hampshire Street, downtown Covington — Michael Baptiste performs a free concert at the Covington Trailhead.

Louisiana Iris Day at Longue Vue — Thursday, April 10, 4-7 p.m., Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road — Visit the Wild Garden to view Louisiana irises and learn about the contributions of Caroline Dormon, a conservationist, naturalist, writer and botanical illustrator. More information: 504.293.4726 or longuevue.com.

Delgado Plant Sale — April 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m, and April 11, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. — Delgado Community College’s Horticultural Program holds a plant sale.

Friends of the Jefferson Public Library Big Book Sale — April 10-12, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; April 13, noon to 5 p.m., Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner — More than 65,000 items will be for sale, including gardening and home decorating books, as well as gently used adult and children’s books, puzzles, DVDs, CDs, most priced from 50 cents to $3. The sale benefits the Jefferson Parish Library System. More information: 504.455.2665 or friendsJPL@Yahoo.com.

Piety Street Market — April 12, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 612 Piety St. — More than 30 vendors offer art, jewelry, crafts, homemade goodies, vintage collectibles and flea market finds. More information: 504.269.3982 or creemccree@gmail.com.

Madisonville Art Market — April 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tchefuncte Riverfront, Water Street — The monthly Art Market features fine art from local artists including painting, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. More information: madisonvilleartmarket.com or 985.643.5340.

Antique Rose Sale — April 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Lakeside Shopping Center, Metairie — More than 30 varieties of roses will be for sale, including climbers and shrubs, at the New Orleans Old Garden Rose Society’s annual Antique Rose Sale. One-gallon rose containers will be $10 each, and society members will be on hand to guide customers. Proceeds support the society’s work preserving and fostering old garden roses.

New Orleans Orchid Society Meeting — April 15, 7 p.m., New Orleans Botanical Gardens, City Park — Weyman Bussey of Florida will speak on Mexican species. Prior to the meeting, the Orchid Basics program will be held at 7 p.m. Visitors welcome. More information: neworleansorchidsociety.org/

First Time Renovator Training Part II — April 15, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St. — Learn how to create a floor plan, communicate effectively with a contractor, manage a renovation project, design a kitchen and bath. Pre-registration required at prcno.org. Admission: $65.

Preservation Matters — April 16, 5:30 p.m., and April 17, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St. — The Preservation Resource Center partners with the Tulane University School of Architecture to present the symposium on “The Economics of Authenticity: How U.S. Cities Have Reversed Decline Through Historic Preservation Programs.” Admission: $50 for individuals, $25 for students. More information: prcno.org.

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Hampton Court budget gardens show off accessible design

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By Sarah Cosgrove
Wednesday, 02 April 2014

Landscapers and designers are creating a series of low budget gardens to show at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Four ‘Your Garden, Your Budget’ gardens are being created with the help of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) – one for each of the £7,000, £10,000, £13,000 and £15,000 price brackets – for the show which runs from July 8 to 13.

Chew Valley Trees has designed Green is the Colour, a garden inspired by Canadian woodlands and forests for a budget of £7,000. The design focuses on common requests by small garden clients – screening, privacy and low-maintenance. The planting scheme will combine shades of green foliage while a variety of closely planted evergreen trees create a textural backdrop to the garden.

The £10,000 offering is called the Bacchus Garden. Blousy blooms will fill the curvaceous wineglass-inspired space providing a sense of abundance, while overflowing tiered pools will represent a continuous flow of wine. The garden provides a secluded area for relaxing and entertaining guests while enjoying being outdoors and connecting with nature.

Stuart Charles Towner has designed a Mediterranean garden based on the imagery of a Greek island for a £13,000 budget. Halo features a steel blue ‘halo’ structure which references a Greek Orthodox church dome.

And top of the budget range is Alexandra Froggatt’s Garden of Solitude which has relaxation and contemplation at its core. It features a sheltered seating area and reflective pool and waterfall given extra privacy by the use of sculpture, raised borders and trees. Soft, ambient lighting will stream through recycled glass panels on the wall painted in white and pastel colours.

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Middlebrook Gardens named a water conservation award winner

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Middlebrook Gardens and its founder Alrie Middlebrook were given a Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award for Greenscape Management in a March 24 ceremony.

The award was one of eight given this year by the 13-member Silicon Valley Water Conservation Coalition, which has been recognizing water conservation efforts with awards since 2009.

Middlebrook Gardens, now located at 76 Race St. in the Rose Garden area, was established by Middlebrook in 1976 with a specialization in interior garden design, installation and maintenance.

In 1995, Middlebrook expanded her focus to include outdoor design with an emphasis on native plants, water conservation and the elimination of pesticides.

Since then the company has designed and built more than 500 gardens for residential and commercial clients as well as schools.

Additionally, Middlebrook has used her site to host the California Native Garden Foundation and the Environmental Laboratory for Sustainability and Ecological Education.

Each year CNGF works with some 75 interns and awards garden grants to California schools.

ELSEE oversees a college internship program and continues to work on developing model garden programs at public and private schools throughout the state.

Other award winners and their categories were: City of Palo Alto Utilities for Water Utility; NASA-Ames Research Center for Government Agency; Google for Business; Canopy for Organization; EarthCapades for Education; Laura Allen for Water Champion and Kathy Machado for Lifetime Achievement.

Coalition members are: Acterra, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, City of Foster City, City of Palo Alto Utilities, Green Town Los Altos, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Sustainable San Mateo County, Sustainable Silicon Valley and Tuolumne River Trust.

For additional information visit waterawards.org.

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Moulton College joins forces with medical centre to design holistic garden

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Moulton College is joining forces with a new medical centre to provide its horticultural degree students with an opportunity to get some real-life experience by entering a competition to design a holistic garden.

The college delivers the degree course covering horticulture and garden design and has worked with Linford Wood Medical Centre to create guidelines and points for students to consider.

Linford Wood Medical Centre opened in Milton Keynes at the end of last year, and provides a range of diagnostic and outpatient procedures as well as an integrated oncology unit providing non-surgical cancer treatments including advanced, image guided radiotherapy. The garden is adjacent to the chemotherapy unit which will be opened later this year.

Senior horticultural lecturer at Moulton College, Adrian Stockdale, said: “We are thrilled to get involved and enable our students to work with a real brief rather than just hypothetical ones. They have the reality of budget limits and timelines to adhere to, as well as the need to really think about how the garden is going to be used.

“The garden can be seen from various areas within the centre – including many windows looking out to it from the chemotherapy unit. These viewpoints need to be considered. Our students will also take into account the needs of all patients visiting the centre – but particularly its cancer patients. This makes it a challenging and very interesting project. It has certainly got the students thinking outside of the box.”

Linford Wood Medical Centre manager, Stuart Southgate, added: “In the centre we’ve created an environment which offers high tech and advanced treatments, but in a calm environment. Patients want to have convenient access to treatment in a comfortable environment that doesn’t constantly remind them they are ill, but inspires a feeling of wellness.

“We want to extend this holistic approach beyond the building too, and are delighted to enlist the help of Moulton College to come up with a plan for the garden.”

Linford Wood’s oncology patients have access to its Living Well suite which is run by Penny Brohn Cancer Care, a charity which uses a combination of physical, emotional and spiritual support to help people to ‘live well’ with cancer.

Stuart added: “Penny Brohn’s national centre in Bristol has fantastic organic, sensory gardens which the students could seek inspiration from.”

Some of the students attended a site visit where they took measurements, pictures and gained an understanding of the centre’s ethos and its patients’ needs.

Robert Stratford, a first year student, said: “This is an exciting and interesting project. It is nice to bring health ideas into a garden design, which opens up all kinds of opportunities.”

Georgina Kirkpatrick who is in her second year, added: “Personally, I see this garden as being an extension from the chemotherapy unit – and will do my best to bring the warmth, space and curvaceous interior into the garden space. It’ll be interesting to investigate plants that will offer the right colour and possibly even calming qualities.”

The judging panel will include representatives from Linford Wood Medical Centre, Cancer Partners UK which runs the centre, Penny Brohn Cancer Care and Thomas Redding Garden Services. The winning student will receive VIP tickets to attend the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in July.

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Designing Outdoor Spaces To Fit Specific Patient Populations

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It’s been 30 years since the publication of Roger Ulrich’s seminal article “View Through the Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery,” which kick-started the incorporation of access to nature as an essential component of the healing environment. Much has happened in these three decades. Gardens are now less likely to be seen as cosmetic extras and eliminated through value-engineering.

Award-winning projects in Healthcare Design magazine and elsewhere frequently feature “healing gardens” and/or views to nature. The Chicago Botanic Garden offers a certification course on healthcare garden design, and the American Society of Landscape Architects’ annual conference includes sessions on healthcare design research and practice, as well as field trips to local exemplary sites. And a growing number of researchers are studying the effects of contact with nature on human health and well-being.

Useful and practical guidelines, many based on empirical research and best practices from the industry as a whole, can help designers make educated decisions with their healthcare clients. So much is now known about the needs of patients, staff, and visitors in outdoor healthcare spaces that it’s incumbent upon decision makers to focus attention on who, exactly, is likely to use that space.

While landscape designers must follow general design guidelines for all healthcare garden users, specific populations often need specific design considerations. Below, we outline design practices that are important for all populations, as well as those that address the needs of three specific patient types: the frail elderly, people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and people with mental and behavioral health disorders.

Acute care hospitals
In acute care hospitals, the patient population is incredibly varied, including people who may also be treated at more specialized facilities. Thus, design must accommodate a wide range of users, with the needs of the most vulnerable patients coming first. Patients using the garden could include a person awaiting minor surgery; someone recovering from a hip replacement who is urged to walk and seeks smooth pathways with frequent places to stop and rest; a person who has received outpatient chemotherapy and needs to recuperate—in the shade—before driving home; or a sick child being wheeled through a garden as respite from frightening medical procedures.

Overarching considerations for gardens in all healthcare facilities include safety, security, and privacy, visual and physical accessibility to and within the garden, physical and emotional comfort, and proper maintenance. It should go without saying that gardens must feel like gardens, with a high ratio of greenery to hardscape and a great variety of vegetation appealing to all the senses. Other important design elements include plenty of choices as to where to walk, sit, or look at a view; places to sit with a family group, and places to be alone; ample shade for those who need to stay out of the sun; and walking paths of varying lengths. All of these requirements also apply to visitors and staff using the garden, the latter often being the largest group present. Unless the designer takes into account these pragmatic needs, and avoids the temptation to push the envelope with flashy design statements, the garden may fail to meet the needs of those it could help most.

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After 35 years, Garden Design gets new owner

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After 35 years in business, landscape architect Joanne Kostecky has retired. Her business, Joanne Kostecky Garden Design in Wescosville, has been taken over by a new owner, Frederick Learey.

Learey said he worked with Garden Design about 10 years ago, but then went to work in the Philadelphia market.

He said he’s happy to be back in the Lehigh Valley and hopes to grow on the reputation the business has developed over the years.

“When people think of Joanne Kostecky Garden Design, they tend to think of a certain style,” said Learey, noting her love of natural, ornamental-grassy landscapes. “For customers who want that, I can certainly give them that, but I’m a more classical designer. I like a very formal garden.”

Learey said he also does more work with the construction elements of landscape design, designing decks, pools and outdoor kitchens.

“You see a lot of that in the Philadelphia area, and I think there’s a growing market for that here in the Lehigh Valley,” he said.

Learey said the business will continue to use the name Garden Design Inc., but he will associate his name, as well as Kostecky’s name, with the title.

Garden Design Inc. is at 4906 Hamilton Blvd. in Wescosville. For more information, visit www.gardendesigninc.com.

The former Hawthorne has been resurrected as The Bayou Southern Kitchen and Bar in Bethlehem. The building had sat vacant since an arson in 2009.

It was owned by City Line Construction, a fire and water repair company that planned to repair and reopen it. Ultimately, though, a group of Lehigh Valley-area restaurant veterans bought the property to run it as a southern-style restaurant and bar.

Cristian Duarte was a server and bar manager and Morris Taylor served as general manager for Starter’s restaurant group and had long talked about opening their own bar with craft beer, unique cocktails and a southern flare to the food.

But when they met Tyler Baxter, a former chef at Bethlehem’s Tapas and The Cosmopolitan in Allentown, who had previously worked in New Orleans, their idea quickly jelled into a New Orleans-centric concept – and the idea for The Bayou was born.

At 702 Hawthorne Road, the restaurant offers southern specialties such as Brisket po’boy, which Durante described as the southern version of a Philly Cheese Steak. Southern favorites collard greens and blackened catfish are on the menu, as are New Orleans-style versions of pub favorites such as hot wings and fresh-cut fries.

Durante, whose expertise lies more in the bar end of the business, said they have installed 24 beer taps, 22 of which will pour craft beers. He and Taylor have re-created traditional New Orleans cocktails, such as the hurricane, as well as their own cocktails which rely heavily on southern staples such as bourbon, whiskey and moonshine.

For more information, go to www.dat-bayou.com.

A grand opening has been scheduled for April 4 for the new Bartonsville Health Center in Monroe County. The center will offer services including women’s breast health, obstetrics and gynecology and urogynecology advanced wound care, endocrinology, pulmonology, imaging primary care and vascular surgery.

The health center will be run by Pocono Medical Center, part of the Pocono Health System, based in East Stroudsburg.

The center is at 600 Commerce Blvd. in Bartonsville.

For more information, visit www.poconomedicalcenter.org.

Personal trainer Wendy Strohl and her long-time client, Neela Bera, opened a new fitness studio in Bethlehem that is geared toward long-term lifestyle changes with fitness and better nutrition.

Inner Strength Fitness Studio is at 2485 Willow Park Road in Bethlehem.

“I was a person who was overweight most of my life,” Strohl said.

In her nine years as a fitness instructor, she’s learned how to use exercise and nutrition together to maintain healthy weight and fitness levels, she said.

“There is no magic pill,” Strohl said. “You have to work at it every day.”

Strohl said she teaches fitness classes for adults and children and also does personal training and nutrition consultation.

The grand opening was March 29.

For more information, call 610-419-6133.

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Designer Ian Barker shines at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden …

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”There are lots of leftover spaces that people have forgotten – it happens all over the world. For example the conversion of the High Line in New York from an abandoned railway line above the city into an aerial greenway. In a leftover space there’s a container and some rubble so I’ve designed the garden around that theory,” Barker says.

An aficionado of the perennial movement, ultra fashionable overseas at flower shows such as Chelsea, and ”making its way down south”, Barker says he chose many of the perennials for the romantic way they embrace autumn through their colours, whether flowers or foliage. Carpets of Coreopsis ”Rum Punch” is a prime example, starting off the season almost pale yellow and mellowing to deep burgundy in autumn.

Achilleas or yarrow have been used to maximum effect, their flat flowerheads a country addition to the meadow-like garden. Sedum ”Autumn Joy”, a classic perennial, also makes a strong appearance, chocolate-coloured Cosmos enhances the soft yet rich palette and Berberis ”Ruby Carousel” lives up to its name in the autumn garden. Creating a new green pocket doesn’t necessarily have to be about completely transforming a space but working with what is already there, reintroducing what existed in the past and combining this with new and pioneering design elements, he says.

”Hopefully this design will influence the future of urban landscape planning to create a healthier and more sustainable city.”

The show finishes on Sunday.