Timeless Landscape Design

This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden!   Cheers!

This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden!   Cheers!

How do I start my master plan? Mind, body, spirit and your property! Cheers!

Organize your therapy garden, nurturing passive places, and get a healthy house!    Cheers! 

Today we discuss energy and access, as well as lower stress and activating your senses.   Cheers!

Interact in social places at home. Freedom and choice!   Cheers!

What are the 8 tenants of Lifelong Landscape Design? Live with the web of life!   Cheers! 

When should I start my Lifelong Landscape Design? Fit your garden to your lifestyle like a glove!   Cheers!

How can I improve my home environment? My outdoor needs changed over time... How do I create an LLD?   Cheers!

How can lifelong landscape design improve the quality of my life? What is LLD? Cheers!

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:  . Selections of Shrubs...my favorites  . Selections of Ground Covers... my favorites . Selections of Perennials/Ephemerals...my very most favorites!    Cheers!

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:  . 2 x 4 method: "2" the merits of a balance of evergreens & deciduous native plants . 2 x 4 method: "4" trees, shrubs, ground covers & perennials/ephemerals . Selections of Trees: native small flowering Chionanthus (grancy grey beard) & umbrella mags   Cheers!

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:  . Problem-solving criteria . A client brief to restore a waterfall/watershed . Revegetation & Biodiversity for a healthy, vital woodland   Cheers!

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:  . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants   Cheers! 

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:  . There are four main categories . Larval host plants . Seed/Rich nut producing plants . Barry producing plants/nectar-producing plants   Cheers! 

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:    . Solving problems in your garden and cultivating health? Elderberry is the plant for you! . The native Sambucus Americana is a fantastic plant to help mother nature fulfill its duty in your garden by providing nectar for pollinators. . It also provides the humans around it with both Flowers and Berrys, which are very very good for medicinal purposes and to make fun drinks. . It also comes in several colors such as champagne lemony Lace which is my all-time favorite shrub at this very moment. . Experiment with elderflower champagne and with elderberry wine!     Cheers!

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:    . Deciduous benefits for summer shade and winter sun . Flamingo Box Elder Acer negundo 'Flamingo' . Japanese Maples, a marvelous diversity . Full moon Japanese Maple . Research your particular zone..read about your heat/cold tolerance in your community and purchase your plants accordingly!   Cheers! 

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden!   Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.    Topics in this episode:    . Accent trees small, medium and large . Evergreen & deciduous . Purposeful planting- solve a problem! . Cornus kousa’wolfeyes’ . Picea orientalis ‘Skagit or Gaudi’   Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Choosing your greenhouse wisely. . The Master Gardener program is a fabulous way to learn how to grow!    Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . What is soil blocking as a technique? . Why is it sustainable? . Watch out for the power it takes to run a seat that heating unit!   Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . What to do when your seed packs get wet? . Persevere! Keep your fingers crossed…  . And keep on planting proceeds    Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Reading a planting guide in a seed catalog… All the different information can be overwhelming, so think about the three categories of plants you’re using: permanent plants, the three seasons of veggies, and pull-a-bles… Get to learn the personalities of your vegetables Cheers!

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Non-GMO, heritage seeds are the best for your health and for Mother Nature. . The categories of plants to choose… . Permanent plantings or perennial vegetables, three seasons of veggies such as early cold, mid Summer, fall cold, and the portables such as onion garlic potatoes be parsnip and carrot. Cheers!

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil!    . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal… Organic opportunities are endless in today’s markets. Consider adding compost tea or composter early in your planning phase.   . Earthworms! Red wigglers and native worms with leaf litter greatly improve your new beds whether they’re raised or from the ground. Don’t underestimate the power of a simple bed with cardboard as its base… Simple techniques can get you started with your successful new garden bed.      Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in this episode:  . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil!    . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal… Organic opportunities are endless in today’s markets. Consider adding compost tea or composter early in your planning phase.   . Earthworms! Red wigglers and native worms with leaf litter greatly improve your new beds whether they’re raised or from the ground. Don’t underestimate the power of a simple bed with cardboard as its base… Simple techniques can get you started with your successful new garden bed.      Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!   Topics in this episode:    . The adoption process: your new spot or community garden!   . Shade versus sun, damp versus dry… Check out your environment.   . Good design makes it perform year round and look great.   . Build it, square it and get an electric screwdriver if building raised beds!     Cheers! 

Refining your design using art elements and design principles!    . Why art elements and design principles are so useful!   . The art elements: Line, color, form, texture    . The design principles: focalization, repetition, Axial geometry, balance, asymmetry, and more!   Cheers! 

Destinations and border zones… Pathways and linkages!   . Editing and seamlessly sculpting your destination desires    . The terrace border and its design    . The string of pearls concept of the circular connected pathway for service and amusement    Cheers! 

How to design a fountain into your perimeter space!   . Sizes and types of fountains that I like    . The great lawn and its connection to the perimeter seating area    . Other elements to consider in designing the perimeter    Cheers! 

Demystifying perimeter spaces for use and delight!   . Appropriate sizes for perimeters close to the back door for entertaining or relaxing    . Types of paving    . Elements to consider that might be part  of your perimeter… An exercise in editing your wish list    Cheers! 

The hub – the house proper – How to successfully present it!   Topics in this episode:   . Your architectural style, elements for consideration    . Framing the view with the four categories of plant materials    . Assessing the view out words and in words are using photographs for sketching    Cheers! 

Creating a pleasant walk to the front door! Topics in this episode: . The pot ear as entry motif at the driveway  . Types of walkways and stepping stone paths, widths of paths . The front landing, useful sizes for admiring your front door as a guest  Cheers!

Parking areas demystified.   Topics in this episode:    .  How to design your parking to keep cars from being obtrusive    .  Designing parking areas for two cars    .  Proper back-up space around the garage    .  Shade and permeable paving in seldom or actively used parking areas 

Beautification of your front entry! The welcome mat you put out for your guests and the transition you feel when you come to your home after long day of work are flip sides of the same coin. Topics in this episode: . Starting at the drive apron with suggestions of road improvement . That pesky mailbox area and how to improve curb appeal . Driveway surfacing and the two tire track look

Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies.  Topics in this episode: . Recipes for Main dishes . Recipes for soups . Tips for using a dehydrator   Cheers! 

Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies. Topics in this episode: . Storing your sprouts . My favorite green drink recipe . Making salad dressings   Cheers!

Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6)  Why do I SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpenes, and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits. Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies. Topics in this episode: . Choosing trays & Racks  . Choosing soil mix & filling trays . Filling trays & rinsing . Incubating them!   Cheers! 

Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack.  Why do we SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpenes, and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits. Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Topics in this episode: . Choosing trays & Racks  . Choosing soil mix & filling trays . Filling trays & rinsing . Incubate them!   Cheers! 

Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’!   Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series.   Topics in this episode: . Containers for various sizes of seeds . How much seed to use & be sure to label your seeds! . How long to soak . Storing seeds   Cheers! 

Soak. Incubate. Rinse. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies. Topics in this episode: . Containers for various sizes of seeds . How much seed to use & be sure to label your seeds! . How long to soak . Storing seeds VISUALS: Please enjoy the gallery of gardens on our website! http://www.dargan.com Cheers!

  Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health!  ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies. sources of seeds: Rita’s Sprout house is my favorite Sow True Seeds is ready with great mixes and have pretty labels, too!!    Topics in this episode: where to purchase seeds   VISUALS: Please enjoy the gallery of gardens on our website! http://www.dargan.com Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas

Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health!  ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT???  : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation, are anti inflammatory and antiseptic, among other benefits . Our bodies crave the nutrition found in sprouts! Podcast 009 is the introduction to this lecture series. Enjoy learning about sprouts! You don’t need a green thumb to grow sprouts and leafy greens. I’ll go over all the details in the 8 podcasts, plus share recipes and a list of supplies. Sunflower and pea greens, buckwheat, radish, wheat grass, fenugreek, lentil…the list goes ever onward! Getting your supplies together is VIP!  Seed growth (horticulture) :  Trays or  bag grown (sprouts vs leafy greens) Samples of uses:  green drink, salad, wheat grass, sprouted pizza dough,  sprout buffet! The process: The process we’ll discuss is from Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach FL. I’ve been there many times over the past 20 years, and always learn some useful new mean moves for my kitchen or healthy lifestyle!  List of supplies: Seed supplies Rita’s sprout house VS Whole Foods Sow True Seed growing leafy greens supplies sacked potting soil with vermiculite & light earth mix for tray grown leafy greens apartment trays from Hippocrates Health Institute –  ( HHI) double stack for water retention/root growth esp wheat a rack to place them for convenient watering (HHI)  water ( a sink nearby is most helpful) & a mist hand sprayer to keep the babies hydrated! cropping knife and green sack/containers for storage   growing sprouts to be eaten “loose” – not planted pickle jar containers for sprouting (Ball) mesh bags : my favorite is this mesh bag from Hippocrates Health Institute ( HHI) Sproutamo Sunflower seed sprouter ( HHI) – I love mine- quicker due to convection air flow Sprout lids ( grocery or HHI) Green bags to incubate (grocery) PrepWorks colanders for “growing on”- I like progressive’s system  Water can be fom your sink   storage of Seeds dark place, labeled containers – large glass jars- i use these from container store   resource books  Books on Sprouting …(HHI)  link  I interview the fabulous Linda Frees on podcasts #004 & 005 !   VISUALS: Please enjoy the gallery of gardens on our website! http://www.dargan.com Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas

The 4 part Master Plan...our signature landscape design move.  I'm all for reducing stress. A property that is at home in its 4 parts :  The Approach & Arrival Sequence, Hub, Perimeter, Linkages to Destinations is at peace. It functions seamlessly to meet your lifestyle. Timeless Landscape Design is both a process and a philosophy of how you want to live on your property. Properties that are are well-designed are classical and hold their value.  Hugh and I wrote Timeless Landscape Design over a 40 year period...it is a seminal work by two professionals deeply entrenched in their body of work...enough so to have a philosophy. Enjoy this reading! Topics in this episode Part 1: . How to see the forest for the trees. . The Approach & Arrival Sequence, Hub, Perimeter, Linkages to Destinations  . Connect with the Web of Life   

Design your home grounds to please your eye, nourish your soul and make life easier! Ars Longa, Vita Brevis : Art is forever, but life is short. Timeless Landscape Design shares how I think as a professional landscape architect and the techniques we do for our clients. In this podcast series, you can take your garden to school.  We offer the touchstone of design by modelling idas gleaned from international travels to see what makes gardens- and home landscape - "tick". What are the questions you have about it? Art principles and a structured design process guide our practice. You can use these too and reveal the potential of your house thru skillful editing. I'm all for reducing stress. A property is "at peace" that is  at home in its 4 parts :  The Approach & Arrival Sequence, Hub, Perimeter, Linkages to Destinations. It functions seamlessly to meet your lifestyle. Timeless Landscape Design is both a process and a philosophy of how you want to live on your property. Properties that are are well-designed are classical - and hold their value.  Hugh and I wrote Timeless Landscape Design over a 40 year period...it is a seminal work by two professionals deeply entrenched in their body of work...enough so to have a philosophy. Enjoy this reading!   Topics: . Touchstone of Design . Look at the property as a whole . Reveal the potential of your home environment   VISUALS: Our book, Timeless Landscape Design : The Four Part Master Plan is now in paperback for $25+ shipping/& $5 handling. It is available from Dargan Landscape Architects. Please call 828-743-0307 to order.  Lifelong Landscape Design is likewise available thru our office and is $30 + ship/$5 handling. Please call 828-743-0307 to order.    Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas

Essential oils are powerful herbal remedies and essences. Nancy DiMao, Director of Hippocrates Health Institute's Oasis Spa, is an expert on aromatic alchemy, the history of essential oils and their uses.  Essential oils affect your body on the physical, emotional and energetic level. It is not aromatherapy. Interestingly, angels and saints were said to be preceded by a "most sweet scent" the viewer could not explain. The word, messiah, means 'to annoint'. insense is a "per (thru)-fume (smoke).  Nature has given us these plants with healing properties we scarcely understand. Science can distill essential oils in plants and rank them by frequency of vibration. It is very interesting that some of the most powerful herbs and flowers on earth with regard to anti-microbial properties, such as clove, record incredibly high frequency vibrations. They help you raise YOUR vibration to heal or ward off disease. For instance the floral essential oil of ROSE is famous for combating depression, and is also an aphrodesiac. Thus, it makes you feel good all over!   Topics in this episode: .Spirituality and essential oils .Uses of essential oils for healing .My favorite essential oils    

Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees , author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years for periodic health tune-ups. Its been an eye-opening experience to learn so much about health and wellness. I find lessons in how to balance stress in life's tight rope, how to eat more mindfully and the value of life-force foods...sprout. Being someone of a horticulturist, sprouts fit naturally into my life. I travel a lot, so helpful hints on how to maintain a fresh diet while on the road are appreciated. I met Linda Frees, director of The Hippocrates Health Institute's Ambassador Program after returning for the 7-8 time. Her new book was exactly what I needed to share with friends on how to 'Simply Sprout'. It rocks! I share her videos. Enjoy!  This episode - Part 2 .Beautiful dishes to make .Chocolates .How it fits together: Soil-planted microgreens, soaked & refrigerated nuts, sprouted seeds   

Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees, author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years for periodic health tune-ups. Its been an eye-opening experience to learn so much about health and wellness. I find lessons in how to balance stress in life's tightrope, how to eat more mindfully and the value of life-force foods...sprout. Being someone of a horticulturist, sprouts fit naturally into my life. I travel a lot, so helpful hints on how to maintain a fresh diet while on the road are appreciated. I met Linda Frees, director of The Hippocrates Health Institute's Ambassador Program after returning for the 7-8 time. Her new book was exactly what I needed to share with friends on how to 'Simply Sprout'. It rocks! I share her videos. Enjoy!  This episode Part 1 .Baby Plants .The food desert & travel .Enzymes  

From Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. ..Mind.Body.Spirit… Web of Life. Seeing the potential in a property is part client goals, part professional training and part divine inspiration, especially when the earth talks to you! Watching a humble unformed raw piece of ground slowly become a living breathing garden never ceases to put me in awe. Its the spirit of place…that indelible peace and special character that says…I am unforgettable. The British recognized it when they saw gardens on The Grand Tour in Italy and France in the 18th century. You too can transform your home environment with some action steps offered by the models from 55 Church Street in Charleston and a mountain home in Wade Hampton, in Cashiers NC. Both were once serious construction sites devoid of charm. The mind, body and spirit of a property are discussed as well as understanding the web of life. Enjoy part 3 of our introductory series on Tricky Places! This inaugural series ( part 3 of 3) includes a look at : .Creating a Sense of Place .The Interrelated Mind, Body and Spirit of a piece of land . The fascinating and integral Web of LIfe VISUALS: Tricky Places video for you for parts 1-3 .  https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U Just fast forward to the time stamp on the audio! Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas —————————————————– What is Timeless Landscape Design: The Garden Talk Salon?  AKA juicy nuggets of garden design brought to you by a think-tank of horticulturists, floral designers, sculptors, and designers. Who? Hugh and I are licensed landscape architects who migrated in 1997 to Cashiers in the western North Carolina mountains. Hugh Dargan & I purchased Dovecote in 2012 as our landscape architectural offices. For 2 decades, we’d created gardens at Highcote in High Hampton, now featured in our healthcare garden design primer, Lifelong Landscape Design and written the best-selling landscape design book, Timeless Landscape Design : The Four Part Master Plan. LIttle Dovecote needed everything.  Forget it serving as our office HQ; we enjoyed this historic 1929 farmhouse so much that it became our permanent home.  The best part about Dovecote is its context: the quaint, small and historic domestic structure, unused barn, future sculpture meadow and woodland path to the lake.  Where?  Many of our podcasts are live events. Each summer season, we host Friday lectures at Dovecote Gardens, our organic teaching gardens. Contemporary Stonehenge is now in the meadow and features atmospheric stone sculptures by artist, Carl Peverall.  On Friday mornings, 10 am-noon, from Mothers Day to Labor Day, we hold The Garden Talk Salon. The brightest and most informed experts appear and share their stories about plants, design, cooking or nature.   Find Dovecote at 35 Flash Point Drive (aka McKinney Way), Cashiers, NC 28717. What’s in it for you? Your home environment can fit your lifestyle like a glove. My lifelong mission is to “Heal The Earth One Garden at a Time”. Now is the time to take your garden to school. Don’t miss the inaugural episodes of Taming Tricky Places: Timeless Landscape Design. Our first 3 podcasts introduce why a master plan is important, and better yet, how to create one in 4 parts that will make your home environment fit your lifestyle like a glove. This is visual learning at its best.  A bonus awaits of videos with useful action steps. and Live Garden Talk Salons (GTS) videos reduced by magic into smaller bits. So these first three podcasts are hot off the press from Tricky Places, my next garden design book. What else is in store? . Timeless Landscape Design guides everything we do at Dovecote. You’ll take home useful action steps to improve and organize your own home environment. . Lifelong Landscape Design: Environments for Health & Longevity peppers its concepts to keep the podcast pace lively. Action steps are provided to transform your home environment into an oasis of health, healing and inspiration.   . Interviews with my favorite healthy garden gurus await you. They often introduce one of our courses. . Free courses to dip in – or binge thru- as you wish.  Be sure to subscribe and not miss an episode of The Garden Talk Salon! URL: https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U  

Taming Raw Materials: Dovecote, Highcote & the Dargans ! Scattered around our lives are home environments we transformed. The new owners didn't change them. I guess their timeless qualities of balance, proportion and perfect material combinations and shapes perpetually fit the bill! This podcast offers a behind the scenes look at how we made our two most recent homes environments come alive: Dovecote, a charming farmhouse, and Highcote, a large estate with many gardens. The visual plus is that there is a video that complements this podcast, so you can gain take aways to model right away.   This inaugural series ( part 2 of 3) includes a look at : .Taming Dovecote- a charming farmhouse with LOTs of problems. .Creating Highcote's Sense of Place-over 17 years we worked some pretty serious magic! .The Dargans are introduced. VISUALS: Tricky Places video for you for parts 1-3 .  https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U Just fast forward to the time stamp on the audio! Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas ----------------------------------------------------- What is Timeless Landscape Design : The Garden Talk Salon?  AKA juicy nuggets of garden design brought to you by a think-tank of horticulturists, floral designers, sculptors and designers. Who? Hugh and I are licensed landscape architects who migrated in 1997 to Cashiers in the western North Carolina mountains. Hugh Dargan & I purchased Dovecote in 2012 as our landscape architectural offices. For 2 decades, we'd created gardens at Highcote in High Hampton, now featured in our health care garden design primer, Lifelong Landscape Design and written the best-selling landscape design book, Timeless Landscape Design : The Four Part Master Plan. LIttle Dovecote needed everything.  Forget it serving as our office HQ; we enjoyed this historic 1929 farmhouse so much that it became our permanent home.  The best part about Dovecote is its context: the quaint, small and historic domestic structure, unused barn, future sculpture meadow and woodland path to the lake.  Where?  Many of our podcasts are live events. Each summer season, we host Friday lectures at Dovecote Gardens, our organic teaching gardens. Contemporary Stonehenge is now in the meadow and features atmospheric stone sculptures by artist, Carl Peverall.  On Friday mornings, 10 am-noon, from Mothers Day to Labor Day, we hold The Garden Talk Salon. The brightest and most informed experts appear and share their stories about plants, design, cooking or nature.   Find Dovecote at 35 Flash Point Drive (aka McKinney Way), Cashiers, NC 28717. What's in it for you ? Your home environment can fit your lifestyle like a glove. My lifelong mission is to "Heal The Earth One Garden at a Time". Now is the time to take your garden to school. Don't miss the inaugural episodes of Taming Tricky Places: Timeless Landscape Design. Our first 3 podcasts introduce why a master plan is important, and better yet, how to create one in 4 parts that will make your home environment fit your lifestyle like a glove. This is visual learning at its best.  A bonus awaits of videos with useful action steps. and Live Garden Talk Salons (GTS) videos reduced by magic into smaller bits. So these first three podcasts are hot off the press from Tricky Places, my next garden design book. What else is in store ? . Timeless Landscape Design guides everything we do at Dovecote. You'll take home useful action steps to improve and organize your own home environment. . Lifelong Landscape Design: Environments for Health & Longevity peppers its concepts to keep the podcast pace lively. Action steps are provided to transform your home environment into an oasis of health, healing and inspiration.   . Interviews with my favorite healthy garden gurus await you. They often introduce one of our courses. . Free courses to dip in - or binge thru- as you wish.  Be sure to subscribe and not miss an episode of The Garden Talk Salon! URL: https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U  

The Big Picture. Your Tricky Place. The Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters. I’m visual learner and welcome words that light sparks in my mind.  Let’s set a visual tone for you in the spoken words of Timeless Landscape Design: The Garden Talk Salon. I’ll try to add photo galleries, an instructional .pdf or a video. With these resources, you can look, learn and easily model ideas. There is a high value in creating a home utopia. A sustainable landscape that supports your lifestyle and nurtures mother nature. To rest lightly on the land and hold hands with nature is a high calling for an enlightened homeowner. Be proud of your efforts! Persevere to create a clean home environment where you can flourish on all levels of life. Hugh and I encounter many Tricky Places as our work enters its 45th year in 2018. We’ve soothed entanglements between man and nature in high mountain ridges to low coastal edges.  This inaugural episode includes a look at : . The BIG WHY  . Your Wish List.  . Natural Disasters rear their ugly heads with solutions shared to reestablish the spirit of place. Useful for old or new landscapes struggling to become nurturing places, these time-honored recipes certainly hold inspiration for your own garden design improvement projects. VISUALS: Tricky Places video for you for parts 1-3 .  https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U Just fast forward to the time stamp on the audio! Cheers,  Hugh & Mary Palmer Dargan, aslas —————————————————– What is Timeless Landscape Design : The Garden Talk Salon?  AKA juicy nuggets of garden design brought to you by a think-tank of horticulturists, floral designers, sculptors and designers. Who? Hugh and I are licensed landscape architects who migrated in 1997 to Cashiers in the western North Carolina mountains. Hugh Dargan & I purchased Dovecote in 2012 as our landscape architectural offices. For 2 decades, we’d created gardens at Highcote in High Hampton, now featured in our health care garden design primer, Lifelong Landscape Design and written the best-selling landscape design book, Timeless Landscape Design : The Four Part Master Plan. LIttle Dovecote needed everything.  Forget it serving as our office HQ; we enjoyed this historic 1929 farmhouse so much that it became our permanent home.  The best part about Dovecote is its context: the quaint, small and historic domestic structure, unused barn, future sculpture meadow and woodland path to the lake.  Where?  Many of our podcasts are live events. Each summer season, we host Friday lectures at Dovecote Gardens, our organic teaching gardens. Contemporary Stonehenge is now in the meadow and features atmospheric stone sculptures by artist, Carl Peverall.  On Friday mornings, 10 am-noon, from Mothers Day to Labor Day, we hold The Garden Talk Salon. The brightest and most informed experts appear and share their stories about plants, design, cooking or nature.   Find Dovecote at 35 Flash Point Drive (aka McKinney Way), Cashiers, NC 28717. What’s in it for you? Your home environment can fit your lifestyle like a glove. My lifelong mission is to “Heal The Earth One Garden at a Time”. Now is the time to take your garden to school. Don’t miss the inaugural episodes of Taming Tricky Places: Timeless Landscape Design. Our first 3 podcasts introduce why a master plan is important, and better yet, how to create one in 4 parts that will make your home environment fit your lifestyle like a glove. This is visual learning at its best.  A bonus awaits of videos with useful action steps. and Live Garden Talk Salons (GTS) videos reduced by magic into smaller bits. So these first three podcasts are hot off the press from Tricky Places, my next garden design book. What else is in store? . Timeless Landscape Design guides everything we do at Dovecote. You’ll take home useful action steps to improve and organize your own home environment. . Lifelong Landscape Design: Environments for Health & Longevity peppers its concepts to keep the podcast pace lively. Action steps are provided to transform your home environment into an oasis of health, healing and inspiration.   . Interviews with my favorite healthy garden gurus await you. They often introduce one of our courses. . Free courses to dip in – or binge thru- as you wish.  Be sure to subscribe and not miss an episode of The Garden Talk Salon! URL: https://youtu.be/eOBPcDGQN3U