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Design How-To Places Tips

Designing Hidden Hollow at Heritage Museums and Gardens

by Julie Moir MesservyOne of the most exciting parts of designing a landscape is getting…

JMMDSJune 2, 2010

Design Places

Shore Country Day School: Giving the Garden Room to Grow

by Julie Moir MesservyThere's nothing quite like the feeling of finishing a design project. While…

JMMDSMay 11, 2010

Design How-To Plants Tips

Green with Envy: Lusting After Nature’s Designs

by Erica BowmanThis morning when making a deposit at the compost pile I discovered a…

JMMDSMay 4, 2010

How-To Places Tips

Getting Kids Back in the Garden: Way to Grow!

by Julie Moir Messervy It's not always easy to get kids out into the garden,…

JMMDSApril 21, 2010

Design How-To People Plants Tips

Rooftop Gardening: Onward and Upward

by Val KhislavskyEver wonder how to create a green roof in the city? I was…

JMMDSMarch 30, 2010

People

Meet a Designer: Dr. Nigel Dunnett, Sheffield, UK

by Susie Mattke-RobinsonGuest Blogger Susie Mattke-Robinson (MLA UMich, 2008) gives us a peek into the…

JMMDSMarch 2, 2010

Design How-To Products Tips

Small Yard / Big Ideas: Bringing it Home

by Jana Bryan Wunderle, Landscape Architect, JMMDS We've taken the back yard design from last…

JMMDSFebruary 23, 2010

Design How-To Products

Small Yard / Big Ideas

by Julie Moir MesservyA young couple's small space and budget gives JMMDS a fun design…

JMMDSFebruary 16, 2010

Design Tips

A Glossary of Garden Houses

by Julie Moir MesservyAfter spring arrives and the cabin fever passes, you'll long for a…

JMMDSFebruary 2, 2010

Design How-To Tips

Landscape Design 101: The Garden in Winter

by Julie Moir Messervy Ironically enough, it’s the dead of winter when making changes to…

JMMDSDecember 29, 2009

How-To Plants

Beautiful Brassicas: Fall Landscape Favorites

by Katharine Gehron Winter is just around the corner here in the Northeast. All the…

JMMDSNovember 24, 2009

Design How-To Tips

Landscape Design 101: Pools of Space

by Julie Moir Messervy Unify the elements of your property using a little trick from…

JMMDSNovember 10, 2009

Design How-To Tips

Landscaping Faux Pas #4: Designing with Concrete: Think Outside the Block

by Val Khislavsky Our Landscaping Faux pas series continues with a hard look at concrete…

JMMDSOctober 20, 2009

Design People Places

Inspired Design: Shore Country Day School, Beverly, MA

by Julie Moir Messervy An early perspective sketch of the Inspiration Garden by JMMDS Landscape…

JMMDSOctober 13, 2009

People Places

A New Community Garden Campus: Celebrating at Franklin Park Conservatory

by Julie Moir Messervy One of the Culinary Gardens. Photo: Julie Messervy. I just got…

JMMDSSeptember 15, 2009

People

Meet a Designer: Alma Hecht, San Francisco, CA

by Mary Landon We first got to know Alma Hecht, APLD, from our Call for…

JMMDSSeptember 8, 2009

Places

Walking the Rose Kennedy Greenway: Landscape Design in the Heart of the City

by Julie Moir Messervy Plantings soften the cityscape in Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. Photos: Julie…

JMMDSSeptember 1, 2009

Upcoming Events

Join Julie for a Vermont Landscape Design Workshop!

THIS Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:30am – 4:30pm Vermont Academy Saxtons River, VT Click to…

JMMDSAugust 18, 2009

Design How-To Tips

Landscaping Faux Pas #3: The Plastic Edge

by Julie Moir Messervy Our Landscaping Faux pas series continues with the perils of plastic…

JMMDSAugust 11, 2009

Design How-To Tips

Setting Stones: Looking to Nature for Landscape Design

Excerpt from: Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love by Julie Moir MesservySetting stones into…

JMMDSJuly 20, 2009

People Press

We Have Liftoff: Landscape Design Enters the Blogosphere

by Val KhislavskyBlogs are also a great way to create dialogue with other design enthusiasts,…

JMMDSJuly 13, 2009

Design How-To

Landscaping Faux Pas # 2: Front Walks that Fall Flat

Thank you to all of our entrants and congratulations to Bobbie Schwartz, the winner of…

JMMDSJuly 6, 2009

Books Places Upcoming Events

The Toronto Music Garden: Musical Inspiration Meets Landscape Design

photo: Adrian Holmes It's hard for me to believe, but this past week the Toronto…

JMMDSJune 15, 2009

Design People

Joyful Process– Landscape Design 101

by Julie Moir Messervy (Text originally published in Fine Gardening magazine.) (photo: Randy O'Rourke, from…

JMMDSJune 5, 2009

Design

Landscaping Faux Pas #1: The Mulching of America

This mulch stands out like a sore thumb, and may contain hazardous elements. (Photo courtesy…

JMMDSMay 22, 2009

Products

Outdoor Fire Pits: Perfect for your Summer Open-Air Room for your Home Outside!

by Val Khislavsky As summer approaches, many of you are looking forward to hosting guests…

JMMDSMay 15, 2009

All Design

Front Yard Makeover – A Home Outside Before and After

A couple of years ago, we were asked to do a series of simple landscape…

JMMDSApril 27, 2009

Upcoming Events Video

Creating Home Outside: Landscape Design Workshop 2009

Join us for the second annual Landscape Design Workshop with author and designer Julie Moir…

JMMDSApril 20, 2009

Video

Promontory – Spatial Landscape Archetype

The second video in an ongoing series about landscape archetypes. View the first video in…

JMMDSFebruary 4, 2009

Places

Here Comes the Bride!

I have been working with the Franklin Park Conservatory (FPC) in Columbius, Ohio, for over…

JMMDSDecember 17, 2008