Podcast appearances and mentions of Jan Johnsen

In this episode, Linda talks with horticulture and landscape design expert Jan Johnsen about her book Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creative Beautiful Outdoor Spaces and how to bring beauty and creativity into your garden.

Before Down the Garden Path became a podcast, it was a weekly radio show on RealityRadio101.com! In part two of this "vintage" episode from October 2016, Joanne Shaw continues her discussion with highly regarded landscape designer, author and teacher, Jan Johnsen. They explore many of the ancient traditions from all over the world that Jan writes about in her book, Heaven is a Garden - Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection, and how  they can be applied to modern landscape design. Listen and enjoy! Find Down the Garden Path on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @downthegardenpathpodcast. You can also email your questions and comments to downthegardenpathpodcast@hotmail.com, or connect with Joanne via her website: down2earth.ca Down the Garden Path Podcast On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible. In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube and Patreon.

Before Down the Garden Path became a podcast, it was a weekly radio show on RealityRadio101.com! In part one of this "vintage" episode from October 2016, Joanne Shaw discusses landscape design with Jan Johnsen. A highly regarded landscape designer, author and teacher, Jan has a passion for plants and beautiful gardens. In her book, Heaven is a Garden - Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection, she draws on ancient traditions and modern trends to reveal the deep connection between the natural world and our emotions. Listen and enjoy! Find Down the Garden Path on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @downthegardenpathpodcast. You can also email your questions and comments to downthegardenpathpodcast@hotmail.com, or connect with Joanne via her website: down2earth.ca   Down the Garden Path Podcast On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.  In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon.  You can now catch the podcast on YouTube and Patreon.

In this replay episode of Growing in the Green Industry, we welcome Jan Johnsen, Principal with Johnsen Landscapes & Pools. In this episode Jan talks about defining your market niche and how important referrals are. They talk about building strong relationships as well as touching on the labor shortages that so many are facing in the green industry. This episode is hosted by Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape, Luke Melegrano with Mariani Landscape and Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench. Listen here or on your favorite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/nalp-young-professionals.

After nine seasons and over 340 episodes, Down the Garden Path Podcast is ending its live broadcast on Reality Radio 101. In this episode, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing look back at Down the Garden Path through the years and recount some of their favourite episodes, topics, guests, and moments since the show first aired on Monday, November 17th, 2014. What are Joanne and Matthew's future plans for Down the Garden Path Podcast? Tune in to find out! Here are some of the questions and topics covered in this episode: How did Down the Garden Path start nine years ago? Where can listeners tune into past radio show episodes? Why did Joanne and Matt enter the world of podcasting? Why did they decide to leave internet radio? What's next for Down the Garden Path Podcast? What are some of Joanne's favourite topics? Straw Bale Gardening with Joel Karsten Hellstrip Gardening with Evelyn Hadden What are some of Matt's favourite topics? Author's month – great books on several great topics. Who are some of Joanne's favourite guests? Repeat guests Jan Johnsen, Julia Dimakos (Gardening Girl), Lisa Steinkopf (The Houseplant Guru) Stephanie Rose (Gardentherapy.ca) Dawn Golloher (Gardens Plus) Who are some of Matt's favourite guests? Julia Dimakos (Tea Gardening for Beginners): Their first official, and only other, ‘co-host.' Katie Dubow (Garden Trends Reports). What are some of Joanne's favourite episodes? Plant-specific shows where they do deep dives Month-in-the-garden episodes What are some of Matt's favourite episodes? Launch Party: They announced that they'd published their book based on their month-in-the-garden series. Ask Us Anything and month-in-the-garden series: Matt loved getting questions from listeners, hearing where they're from, and what's exciting in their gardens. Other favourites included: From Joanne: The beginning of the radio show with Gary. Recording in the studio From Matt: Finding out about their birthdays. Matt's first episode. The first episode of Down the Garden Path. Where can listeners tune into Down the Garden Path Podcast after the last episode airs on June 26th, 2023? Can listeners still send in gardening questions? Yes! Let's continue the discussion on Facebook! Resources mentioned during the show Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden Down the Garden Path Podcast Each week on Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. A horticulturist and landscape designer, Matthew Dressing owns Natural Affinity Garden Design, a landscape design and garden maintenance firm servicing Toronto and the Eastern GTA. Together, they do their best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible. In their new book, Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and Matthew distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. It's now available on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube and Patreon.

In this episode of Growing in the Green Industry, we welcome Jan Johnsen, Principal with Johnsen Landscapes & Pools. In this episode Jan talks about defining your market niche and how important referrals are. They talk about building strong relationships as well as touching on the labor shortages that so many are facing in the green industry. This episode is hosted by Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape, Luke Melegrano with Mariani Landscape and Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench. Listen here or on your favorite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/nalp-young-professionals.

Botanical Garden teacher and award winning landscaper and author Jan Johnsen gives us a glimpse into the secret life of nature and how it can heal us.

Jan Johnsen is a principal of the award-winning Johnsen Landscapes & Pools in New York, and an admired garden designer and author. She was the 2019 recipient of the prestigious ‘Award of Distinction' from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. Her firm's website is www.johnsenlandscapes.com Trained in landscape architecture and professional horticulture, Jan has worked in Japan, Hawaii, and Kenya, among other places. She is an inspiring and popular speaker and loves to show how you can “co-create with nature” in your backyard. She taught at Columbia University for many years and still teaches at the New York Botanical Garden where she was named “Instructor of the Year”. Jan wrote ‘All About Trees' and has followed that up with several other books. Her 2021 book, Floratopia – 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio or Balcony, (Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton) joins Gardentopia, Heaven is a Garden and The Spirit of Stone. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support

In this week's episode of Down the Garden Path, Matt and Joanne welcome landscape designer and author Jan Johnsen to learn more about her book Floratopia - 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio, or Balcony. Her latest book is packed with colourful photos exploring the many flower varieties for spaces of all sizes and addresses common gardening questions, with great tips for gardeners of all skill levels. Jan Johnsen began her professional life in Japan in a landscape architecture office. She has been a principal in the landscape design firm Johnsen Landscapes and Pools, based in Westchester NY, for more than 30 years. Her natural design approach is evident in the landscapes that she shares in her books: Heaven is a Garden, The Spirit of Stone, and Gardentopia. And of course, the book we're going to talk about today: Floratopia. Don't miss Joanne and Matt's conversation with landscape designer and author Jan Johnsen. Some of the questions and topics covered: What inspired your latest book ‘Floratopia'? The format change is different from your earlier books. Why is that? Tell us about your other books. Your book is filled with so many wonderful tips, one of them being the benefit of not cutting plant material back. Does every design you do involve a pool? The use of annuals in the landscape and the value they add to the garden Dutch landscape designer Piet Ouldof's garden design tips Claude Monet designed the gardens he painted. What are some of your favourite perennials to use in containers? The power of umbel-shaped flowers. When you do a design, do you spec annuals for a landscape? Deer-resistant, not deer-proof, flower gardens and plants: what can we plant? Jan is startig a new online course touring her gardens and sharing her knowledge in the spring of 2022. Where to find Jan Johnsen online: www.janjohnsen.com Facebook: The Spirit of Stone and Heaven Is A Garden Twitter: @janjohnsen23 Pinterest: Jan Johnsen YouTube: Jan Johnsen Instagram: @johnsendesign Each week on Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. And Matthew Dressing is a horticulturist and landscape designer. He owns Natural Affinity Garden Design, a landscape design and garden maintenance firm servicing Toronto and the Eastern GTA. Together, Joanne and Matthew do their best to bring you interesting, relevant and helpful topics. Their goal is to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.

Mary Insprucker helps find a path to serenity by way of a garden from admired and award-winning garden designer, author, and former Columbia University professor, Jan Johnsen. This week's Non-Profit Spotlight: Foundation of Hope.

Today we celebrate one of the most prolific garden writers of the 1800s. We'll also learn about a Hollywood legend who ate roses... We hear an adorable poem about the crocus. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that helps us make our own little piece of heaven here on earth in the form of a garden. And then we’ll wrap things up with the living legacy - a garden - that honors the memory of a trailblazing first lady.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News Here are the Top 10 things to do for your garden this spring | The Olympian | Marianne Binetti   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.

Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is landscape designer, author, and speaker Jan Johnsen. In addition to running her own landscape design firm, she is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden.   The post Podcast: Flower Gardening with Jan Johnsen appeared first on Gardenerd.

Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is landscape designer, author, and speaker Jan Johnsen. In addition to running her own landscape design firm, she is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden.   The post Podcast: Flower Gardening with Jan Johnsen appeared first on Gardenerd.

Award winning landscape designer Jan Johnsen has been creating magical landscapes for years. She has taken her vast knowledge/eye for design and has written an educational book entitled ‘Floratopia’. I talk to Jan about which flowers are fail-proof in containers, how to use texture/color and her years of designing all around the world. Check out her new book as well as others she has written -- ‘Floratopia’, ‘Gardentopia’, ‘The Spirit of Stone’, and ‘Heaven is a Garden’. She can be found on social media at the following places:   Website: Johnsenlandscapes.com Instagram: @johnsendesign Facebook:  serenityinthegardenblog Facebook: heavenisagarden Jan’s newest book, ‘Floratopia’, can be found here.  To find Marlene on social media or ask questions for future shows, submit them at: Facebook Instagram YouTube email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

There is something to be said for colorful flowers in a landscape. A punch of color, being a focal point, attracting bees, butterflies and other wildlife. Flowers can be incorporated in every garden, big and small and the provide a homeowner with seasonal beauty in their yard. If you are a new homeowner just starting out or need some inspiration for ideas to plant, our guest on this episode literally wrote the book on it.Award-winning author and landscape designer, Jan Johnsen joins me to talk about her new book, Floratopia - 110 Flower Garden Ideas for Your Yard, Patio or Balcony. She shares some great tips and insight from the book that is designed for everyone, whether you have a large space or small space, it's a great way to add flowers and color to your life.CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTJan Johnsen - Twitter, Facebook and InstagramCONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitterand our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

Heaven is a Garden, Gardentopia, Spirit of Stone, and now Floratopia...Jan Johnsen speaks to all gardeners who are willing to immerse themselves in this wonderful world of horticulture. Her hands write what her heart feels, with each word, on each page, ...she draws the reader into her world. If you need inspiration for your garden, this is the book for you. Brimming with ideas and options, after reading this book, the reader will know that sometimes a simple pot will do. Whether you are a new gardener or a seasoned soul, this book is as delightful as its author. Jan has done it again with Floratopia. Need an adventure...visit Mohonk Resort Alice Walker's quote - "Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul" I ask that you continue to follow me... Https://www.cottageinthecourt.com...Instagram and Twitter: @cottageincourt...Facebook: CottageInTheCourt, and sometimes on Medium: Cottage In The Court If you would like to stay in the know, please subscribe to Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts, or Pandora Podcasts. In the meantime...garden like you mean it! Teri, Cottage In The Court #gardencomm

We all deal with stress of some form or another on a daily basis. More so now, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of us are isolated in our homes, unable to do things like going to the gym, go out eat, or socializing  with family and friends.While this virus has interrupted our daily routines, working in the garden and landscape is one activity that many are turning to. And with good reason. Being outdoors, in the sun and working in the soil has positive physical effects in the brain. Working in the yard can also be a great source of physical activity which is becoming much harder to do with social distancing.On this episode, award-winning author, blogger and landscape designer, Jan Johnsen, shares her knowledge about the effects of gardening during stressful times. Her blog, Serenity in the Garden, offers tips, inspirational garden posts and other garden design related topics.CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTJan Johnsen - Twitter, Facebook and InstagramCONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitter and our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics. 

We all enjoy a beautiful outdoor space. Whether it's a public space, our own garden or a backyard oasis to entertain guests. There is a lot to appreciate about a well-designed garden or landscape. And regardless if you are a landscape professional or the do it yourself gardener, it's not always easy to put together a beautiful garden space that is an inviting and relaxing sanctuary from our busy lives. Joining us on this #plantchat episode is Jan Johnsen, author of Gardentopia - Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces. Jan and her husband, have operated a landscape-design build business for more than 30 years. She's studied landscape architecture at University of Hawaii and worked in Kenya, Japan, Hawaii, New Orleans, Vermont and New York. And authored several other garden books including; Heaven is a Garden - Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection and The Spirit of Stone - Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden. Her blog, Serenity in the Garden, offers tips, inspirational garden posts and other garden design related topics. CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST Jan Johnsen - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram CONNECT WITH US Enjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitter and our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

Here's a gardener's bedtime ritual for this time of year: Take sandpaper or a nail file and nick those nasturtium seeds before you soak them overnight; then sow them outside. They grow well in poor soil. The leaves and flowers are edible and are great in salads.   Brevities   #OTD It's the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - born in 1859.   Ten years ago, in 2009, aviolin made from a dying sycamore tree in Conan Doyle's garden was played to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. The violin was a nod to Conan Doyle's creation, Sherlock Holmes, who played the violin while solving cases. If you search for "Conan Doyle Garden" on twitter, you'll see a fantastic photographic portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sitting at a table in his garden with his Irish terrier Paddy sitting beside him on a bench. Doyle and his wife, Jean, purchased a quaint, thatched cottage they called Bignell House. Running along the boundary of the garden was a trout stream and it also had a wicket gate leading directly to the forest. There was a miniature golf course and a croquet lawn. Jean added a number of garden gnomes and statuary to the garden. The Doyles were spiritualists. They believed in garden fairies, pixies, and elves. During the First World War, when two girls took created fake photographs of fairies, Doyle fell for the pictures. They inspired him to write The Coming of the Fairies a book making the case for the existence of fairies. The garden influenced Doyle's writing. He wrote about monkshood and other poisonous plants. When he has his character John Watson write a list of Sherlock Holmes limitations; Watson mentions he knew nothing of practical gardening however, he did note that Sherlock was, "Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally." In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, Sherlock Holmes solves the case thanks to footprints in the garden. In Doyle's Through the Magic Door,he wrote about the value of understanding botany: "A very little botany will enable you to recognize every flower you are likely to meet in your walks abroad, and to give you a tiny thrill of interest when you chance upon one which is beyond your ken. In an interview with Doyle published in The Strand Magazine in march 1919, he shares his understanding of an odd message that had come to him during a séance. It said, "Food comes before etymology." He said, "On the day before that on which I attended this seance, I had told my two little boys, aged nine and seven (these are children of Sir Arthur's second marriage) that they must go to work and kill all the caterpillars and other predatory insects in our garden. They were not inclined to do it, for they are very tender-hearted little fellows, but I explained to them that these insects were just as much a menace to our food supply as the German submarines then were. They understood the necessity then, and started at once. So now you can see the significance of the message that I received : 'Food comes before entomology,' " Aside from his belief in the supernatural, Doyle greatly enjoyed being in his garden. He did most of his writing in the garden. He once remarked, "What a lovely thing a rose is!" And, Doyle once gave a speech heartily supporting the Early Rising Billor Daylight SavingBillwhich was published in the Daily Mailon April 21, 1909, where he stated:  "Of every 100 people in the country ninety-nine would benefit by its passing. The only real objection is that it would set all the sundials wrong. (Laughter.) The need of this age is that people should get more in touch with nature; that they should have a little more fun in their lives; and I think that a measure which sends a man home one hour earlier to his wife and children, gives him a chance to cultivate his garden... would be of great benefit to the country."       #OTD It was on this day in 1978 that the botanist Florence Meier Chase died. Meier studied the relationship between sunlight and algae at the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL), a part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).  Meier, and her fellow botanists, used rooms in the tower and basement of the Smithsonian Castle for their research. "In the early days, scientists traveled between floors of the tower by climbing up and down a ladder through a trapdoor, often carrying trays of specimens or scientific equipment. In 1929, a very small elevator was installed in the tower to make the trip safer and easier."   In 1937, on Valentine's Day, Meier was giving people a tour around the Smithsonian Castle. She was demonstrating the how she and her group used the ladders and trapdoors to get around. As tour wrapped up, Meier let the group take take elevator down as there wasn't enough room for her.  As the elevator door closed, Meier waved goodbye, stepped backwards, forgot that the trap door was left open, and fell through to the floor below, breaking her back. While she was recovering at Garfield Memorial Hospital, her doctor was Dr. William Wiley Chase, the head of the surgery department. They married in 1939.       Unearthed Words  Today in 1885, Victor Hugo died; the author of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame as well as Les Miserables.  A gardener, Hugo had many wonderful garden-inspired quotes: "Life is the flower for which love is the honey."  "Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it." “A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” "How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said."   Today's book recommendation: Gardentopia by Jan Johnsen If you are looking to refresh your garden, or simply looking for Inspiration, Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces,is the perfect choice. Jan's a fabulous designer and a popular speaker. She was featured on The Still Growing Gardening Podcast in Episode 588 and Jan is such a delight. She's a pragmatist, highly intuitive, and she's known for her positive and collaborative approach to “co-creating with nature." In her book, solutions are divided into five categories: Garden Design and Artful Accents" , Walls, Patios, Walks and Steps, Theme Gardens, Color in the Garden and Plants and Planting. There's plenty to inspire gardeners - the cover is spectacular, the advice is fantastic - this should be on your wish list and on your go-to gardener gift list for 2019 and beyond.     Today's Garden Chore Incorporate more living mulch - ground covers - into your garden.    Take a second to chat with any experienced gardener, and they will tell you that they value ground covers more with each passing year. Dependable and hardworking, these plants solve many landscape problems.   Vita Sackville West was one of the first people to use the term "living mulch". She said,  "But, I added, in my reply to my correspondent, why restrict your rosebeds to a mere edging? Why not allow plants to encroach all over the beds? It will do the roses no harm; in fact, it will supply a living mulchto keep the ground moist and the roses cool at the root."       Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   In researching Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I learned that the Spring before he died, Conan Doyle was bedridden. However, one morning, unattended, he got up and managed to go out to the garden. His family found him lying on the ground with one hand clutching his heart and the other holding a single white snowdrop. He languished until July 7, 1930, when he passed away with his family at his bedside. His last words were to his wife. He whispered, "You are wonderful."  Newspaper accounts shared that, on a beautiful summer day, he was buried in the garden where he had been so much at home - beside his garden hut, which was erected for him as a writing room. Over 200 people attended the funeral. So many wreaths were sent from all over the world that they were spread over the large paddock west of the home; covering an acre of land with blooms. When Conan Doyle's coffin had been placed in the grave, "Lady Doyle kissed a rose and threw it in." Lady Jean Conan Doyle continued to live at Windlesham until her death on 27th June 1940, she was buried next to Sir Arthur.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

 Gardentopia – Jan Johnsen’s new go to landscape book for Homeowners. A few years ago Ann and I were fortunate to interview Jan Johnsen about a fascinating book she had written about gardens. Jan is back with a new book … Continue reading →

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Jan Johnsen is a landscape designer particularly interested in the effect of gardens upon our wellbeing. Trained in landscape architecture and professional horticulture, Johnsen is the author of “Heaven is a Garden and ‘The Spirit of Stone’ (St Lynn’s Press, 2017).  In this episode of Down the Garden Path we discuss The Spirit of Stone. In this wonderful book, Jan shares all the creative ways natural stone can be used to add dimension to a landscape. During this show, we learn about some of the history of stone in other cultures like the Chinese Scholar Stones, Japanese Viewing Stones and Split Rock's relevance to the Native Americans. We talk about many different stone applications for our gardens and how well they are illustrated in the book for Landscape Designers and avid gardeners alike. We also have a great time during the interview and laugh along with our listeners as they write in questions and comments for Jan. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as we did. 

I hope you enjoy my interview with Landscape Architect and Author Jan Johnsen. Jan Johnsen is a highly regarded landscape designer, author and teacher with a passion for plants and beautiful gardens. In her book, “Heaven is a Garden - Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection’, she draws on ancient traditions and modern trends to reveal the deep connection between the natural world and our emotions. An advocate of the transformational power of Nature upon our well-being, she is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and writes the popular blog, “Serenity in the Garden.” She is a co-principal of the design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, New York.  

On today’s show, I welcome award-winning designer Jan Johnsen to the show to discuss her book - The Spirit of Stone - in which she presents a beautifully photographed, inspiring guide to 101 Practical & Creative Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden: from practical steps, paths, and garden walls, to naturalistic dry streams, inspired rock gardens,… Author information Jennifer Ebeling Producer & Host at Still Growing... Gardening Podcast Jennifer Ebeling is a proud Minnesotan and U of MN alumni. Gooooooo Gophers! Each week, Jennifer produces and hosts Still Growing - a gardening podcast dedicated to helping you and your garden grow. The show is an in-depth interview format. Guests featured on the show share a passion for gardening and include authors, bloggers, professional gardeners, etc. Listeners and guests of the show can join the Still Growing community on Facebook. It's a place to ask questions, share garden stories, interact with great guests featured on the show, and continue to grow and learn. Jennifer and her husband Philip have four children, a big golden lab named Sonny, and live in lovely Maple Grove, Minnesota. P.S. When she's not teaching her four kids a new card game - or teaching them how to drive a car - Jennifer loves inspiring individuals and groups to maximize and personalize their home & garden. Facebook The post SG588: How to Creatively Use Stone in the Landscape with Jan Johnsen appeared first on 6ftmama. Related posts: SG569: The Foodscape Revolution – Increasing the Beauty and Bounty of Your Landscape with Brie Arthur SG513 Emily Tepe: Author of the Edible Landscape (Part 2) SG512 Emily Tepe: Author of The Edible Landscape

This week on Cultivating Place, we’re joined by Jan Johnsen – a gardener, landscape designer and author of the books "Heaven is a Garden" and "The Spirit of Stone,” both published by St. Lynn’s Press. As a speaker for botanical garden show audiences, Jan loves to share her insights on the beneficial effects of informed garden design. Her unique approach — incorporating ancient practices with contemporary ideas — is entertaining, inspiring and informative. Join us!

This is a Valentine's Day themed show with relationship expert Dr Megan Stubbs and 'The Spirit of Stone' author Jan Johnsen.

Why do some gardens make us feel so wonderful, relaxed and refreshed? Using ideas based on ancient and modern practices, this book shows how you can uplift yourself and others in a serene setting designed for “unplugging” and relaxing. Whether you are intending to create a lovely garden or just thinking about a future outdoor haven, Heaven is a Garden by Jan Johnsen will help you see your backyard in a whole new light and reawaken an awareness of the wonders of Nature. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host and Master Gardener, June Stoyer, talks to garden expert, Jan Johnsen about her new book, Heaven Is A Garden. Stay tuned. Do you like FREE stuff? Tune in to The Organic View Radio Show, Monday through Friday at 6pm Eastern and visit our contest section at www.theorganicview.com/contests to win one of our monthly prizes! Today's show is sponsored by Eden Foods the most trusted name in certified organic clean food! When you shop online at EdenFoods.com enter the coupon code “ORGVIEW” to receive 20% OFF any regularly priced items (excluding cases). For other promotional offers, please visit TheOrganicView.com's website.

Nature has a unique way to calm our senses and restore inner peace. Creating this special place in your home environment is the key reason why so many people love to garden. While very elaborate gardens can take years to build, there is a lot that can be done, even with limited space. Whether you are creating a lovely garden or just want to think about a future outdoor haven, Heaven Is A Garden by Jan Johnsen is a great resource to help you view your yard in a whole new light as you reawaken an awareness of the wonders of nature. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host and Master Gardener, June Stoyer, talks to garden expert, Jan Johnsen about her new book, Heaven Is A Garden. Stay tuned.  Tune in to The Organic View Radio Show, Monday through Friday @6pm Eastern and visit our contest section at www.theorganicview.com/contests to win one of our monthly prizes! Today's show is sponsored by Austria's Finest Naturally Authentic Pumpkin Seeds and Pumpkin Seed Oil from the Steiermark available at OrganicUniverse.com. Listeners of TheOrganicView can receive $1 off their purchase by using the coupon code "orgview".  For more offers, please visit our website at www.theorganicview.com      

Why do some gardens make us feel so wonderful, relaxed and refreshed? Using ideas based on ancient and modern practices, today’s guest on We Dig Plants, landscape designer Jan Johnsen, explains how you can uplift yourself and others in a serene setting designed for “unplugging” and relaxing. Whether you are intending to create a lovely garden or just thinking about a future outdoor haven, her new book “Heaven is a Garden” helps you see your backyard in a whole new light and reawaken an awareness of the wonders of nature. Drawing on her 40 years in the profession, she relays what it was like as a woman coming up in the business throughout the years and also shares why a gate facing East is considered auspicious and suggests which trees you can use to impart a special atmosphere. Tune in for a great show! “Finally, I believe that people are starting to say, the design of our outdoor space is just as important if not more important as our indoor space.” [40:25] –Jan Johnsen on We Dig Plants  

A Replay: Jan Johnsen thinks gardens should be made as tranquil places. Find out how.

Jan Johnsen thinks gardens should be made as tranquil places. Find out how.

Jan Johnsen discusses the serenity in the garden.She covers: -The surprising role that shapes, water, place, trees, and color play in transforming our state of mind outdoors -The three primary features that are needed for a serenely inspired landscape -Why north is the direction for contemplative viewing gardens -How well-placed stones can add a sense of calm to a setting Jan Johnsen is a professional landscape designer and is a principal, along with her husband, of the established design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. For the last several years, Johnsen has written the popular garden blog, "Serenity in the Garden." She is also a contributing editor for Garden Design Magazine.Ever since she lived in Japan as a college student, Johnsen has been an advocate of the transformative power of nature upon our wellbeing. Her initial experiences of walking through ancient Japanese gardens made her aware of the power that serene outdoor spaces have to calm and refresh us. She went on to study landscape architecture at the University of Hawaii and was further influenced there. Her travels took her back home to New York State, where she worked under a Versailles-trained French gardener at Mohonk Mountain House, learning the secrets of French horticulture and its rigorous all-natural standards.A speaker for botanical garden and garden show audiences, Johnsen loves to share her insights in the beneficial effects of informed garden design with others. Her unique approach, incorporating ancient practices with contemporary makes for fascinating presentations. She combines the "why" with the "how-to" in an engaging manner. And as always, she adds a large dose of stunning "eye candy" to make everyone realize that heaven is indeed a garden. For more information, visit www.johnsenlandscapes.com.

Jan Johnsen discusses the serenity in the garden. She covers: -The surprising role that shapes, water, place, trees, and color play in transforming our state of mind outdoors -The three primary features that are needed for a serenely inspired landscape -Why north is the direction for contemplative viewing gardens -How well-placed stones can add a sense of calm to a setting Jan Johnsen is a professional landscape designer and is a principal, along with her husband, of the established design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. For the last several years, Johnsen has written the popular garden blog, "Serenity in the Garden." She is also a contributing editor for Garden Design Magazine. Ever since she lived in Japan as a college student, Johnsen has been an advocate of the transformative power of nature upon our wellbeing. Her initial experiences of walking through ancient Japanese gardens made her aware of the power that serene outdoor spaces have to calm and refresh us. She went on to study landscape architecture at the University of Hawaii and was further influenced there. Her travels took her back home to New York State, where she worked under a Versailles-trained French gardener at Mohonk Mountain House, learning the secrets of French horticulture and its rigorous all-natural standards. A speaker for botanical garden and garden show audiences, Johnsen loves to share her insights in the beneficial effects of informed garden design with others. Her unique approach, incorporating ancient practices with contemporary makes for fascinating presentations. She combines the "why" with the "how-to" in an engaging manner. And as always, she adds a large dose of stunning "eye candy" to make everyone realize that heaven is indeed a garden. For more information, visit www.johnsenlandscapes.com.

Jan Johnsen discusses the serenity in the garden.She covers: -The surprising role that shapes, water, place, trees, and color play in transforming our state of mind outdoors -The three primary features that are needed for a serenely inspired landscape -Why north is the direction for contemplative viewing gardens -How well-placed stones can add a sense of calm to a setting Jan Johnsen is a professional landscape designer and is a principal, along with her husband, of the established design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. For the last several years, Johnsen has written the popular garden blog, "Serenity in the Garden." She is also a contributing editor for Garden Design Magazine.Ever since she lived in Japan as a college student, Johnsen has been an advocate of the transformative power of nature upon our wellbeing. Her initial experiences of walking through ancient Japanese gardens made her aware of the power that serene outdoor spaces have to calm and refresh us. She went on to study landscape architecture at the University of Hawaii and was further influenced there. Her travels took her back home to New York State, where she worked under a Versailles-trained French gardener at Mohonk Mountain House, learning the secrets of French horticulture and its rigorous all-natural standards.A speaker for botanical garden and garden show audiences, Johnsen loves to share her insights in the beneficial effects of informed garden design with others. Her unique approach, incorporating ancient practices with contemporary makes for fascinating presentations. She combines the "why" with the "how-to" in an engaging manner. And as always, she adds a large dose of stunning "eye candy" to make everyone realize that heaven is indeed a garden. For more information, visit www.johnsenlandscapes.com.

Jan Johnsen discusses the serenity in the garden. She covers: -The surprising role that shapes, water, place, trees, and color play in transforming our state of mind outdoors -The three primary features that are needed for a serenely inspired landscape -Why north is the direction for contemplative viewing gardens -How well-placed stones can add a sense of calm to a setting Jan Johnsen is a professional landscape designer and is a principal, along with her husband, of the established design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. For the last several years, Johnsen has written the popular garden blog, "Serenity in the Garden." She is also a contributing editor for Garden Design Magazine. Ever since she lived in Japan as a college student, Johnsen has been an advocate of the transformative power of nature upon our wellbeing. Her initial experiences of walking through ancient Japanese gardens made her aware of the power that serene outdoor spaces have to calm and refresh us. She went on to study landscape architecture at the University of Hawaii and was further influenced there. Her travels took her back home to New York State, where she worked under a Versailles-trained French gardener at Mohonk Mountain House, learning the secrets of French horticulture and its rigorous all-natural standards. A speaker for botanical garden and garden show audiences, Johnsen loves to share her insights in the beneficial effects of informed garden design with others. Her unique approach, incorporating ancient practices with contemporary makes for fascinating presentations. She combines the "why" with the "how-to" in an engaging manner. And as always, she adds a large dose of stunning "eye candy" to make everyone realize that heaven is indeed a garden. For more information, visit www.johnsenlandscapes.com.