So, I’m embroidering and crocheting the garden of the big furniture-related crochet house project, when I really ought to be doing proper useful stuff. The fire is lit already because it’s been one of those grey, drizzly mornings that makes you think, “Really? Do I have to get up and adult today? Again?”
I decided to build a rockery around the pond. First, I made some rocks in subtly variegated grey yarn, by single-crocheting (that’s double crochet in UK parlance) with strategic increases and decreases.
And then I sewed them on to the crochet garden.
Next, I added in some soil around them. I’ve run out of that lovely rich brown that I used for the background, so I had to resort to a lighter brown. I hooked and hooked hither and thither around the rocks, deliberately creating an uneven texture. The paler colour won’t show up so much once it’s all covered in plants.
Ah, speaking of plants, I took inspiration from a gardening book. Here is some helianthemum (in case that wasn’t blindingly obvious):-
My centrathus ruber was less convincing, though, wouldn’t you say?
I’m not quite sure yet what this plant will be:-
But the area around the pond is really beginning to take shape, now.
I’m basing the rockery on this book:-
…Now if only the real outdoor garden was as easy to create as the crochet garden, I’d be happy indeed…


Freshening up your backyard is always a good idea, especially with the warmer months ahead when you will want to spend more time outside. And since avoiding close contact with people you don’t live with is still advised, it’s even more important to find creative ways to spend quality time with your family.
And what’s better to accomplish this than creating a calming refuge that provides you with a peaceful respite from everyday stresses and a place to have fun with your loved ones?
If you are looking to style your outdoor space for maximum relaxation and entertainment, read on! This article will cover six ways to create a more relaxing backyard for your family!
Create a cozy seating area
If you truly wish to enjoy your outdoor space, comfortable outdoor seating is essential! By sprucing up your outdoor seating arrangement, you’ll want to spend more time outside, chatting with your family and close friends, eating dinner, or enjoying family board games.
Consider getting a deep seating set, lounge chairs, loungers, or chaise lounges so you and your favorite people can properly relax and enjoy time together. An outdoor hammock is a nice addition too!
And you can enjoy different parts of your space throughout the day by setting up a breakfast nook with a bistro set. It’s a great way to start your day, especially if your square footage is limited!
Bring your favorite music and movies outside
The outdoor entertainment system is a great addition to your outdoor space. You can easily spice up your family’s life and take in some fresh air while staying safe at home. When choosing a TV for the outdoors, make sure it’s designed to withstand environmental elements.
A weatherproof outdoor TV with 4K resolution and an anti-glare screen will provide a clear and vivid picture, even in direct sunlight.
And don’t forget to install an evenly distributed speaker system if you want to listen to music throughout your backyard or patio. It will provide more even volume, broader coverage, and a better overall experience.
Once you set up your outdoor entertainment system, fun family times can begin!
Put some thought into landscaping
Set the tone for the ideal outdoor atmosphere by carefully selecting the right plants. Imagine stepping outside every day to a yard that reminds you of your trip to Bali, Maui, or Morocco?
There’s nothing like being surrounded by picturesque flowers, leafy greens, small ponds, cobblestone pathways, and green labyrinths, especially during today’s hectic and stressful times. A landscape architect can help you turn your garden into a relaxing retreat.
Adding a water feature adds charm, tranquility, and beauty to your backyard will reinvigorate it like nothing else. The sight and sound of water have a calming and restorative effect, so consider water features like a koi pond, a fountain, or a birdbath.
Design an inviting patio
With the right planning and pieces, you can make your private oasis in the backyard and design a space where you want to spend time with your loved ones. Furnish this area with handsome pieces and vibrant fabrics.
Add a trellis for a more secluded feel and surround it with potted plants and flowers. Include floral bouquets from your garden too.
The outdoor patio bar is another amazing idea, as you can spend warm summer evenings chilling out with your family and enjoying refreshing beverages.
Install a fire pit
Add warmth to your yard instantly with a fire pit, a fireplace, or a chiminea. They are perfect for romantic evenings and cuddling with your partner while looking at the flames. Adding fire will also allow your family to lounge around for longer on summer nights!
And you will definitely enjoy sitting around, drinking wine, chit-chatting, making s’mores, and cozying up in front of a warm fire. It’s a surefire way to liven up your evening.
Tall hedges will help you make your fire pit lounge area more intimate. And this privacy will add to the feeling of seclusion and relaxation.
Illuminate your backyard
String some lights over your seating area and other parts of the yard that experience activity when the sun goes down. It will make them shine! Candles and lanterns will also help light the space in the evening. Illuminated jars are a nice addition too.
For a lovely and subtle background touch, you can drape string lights across some plants, a privacy fence, or a wall. And if you want to create an enchanting and romantic place to sit in the evenings, twist several strings of lights around trees in your backyard.
Can you imagine a better way to spend a warm summer evening than watching your favorite movie outside with your family surrounded by magnificent lighting?


Get to Know Michelle Aris…
Over the past 13 years, Michelle has helped hundreds of families create their own dream yards with her beautiful designs. She enjoys creating living art with what she calls “painting with plants”. It is her desire to create a legacy of love for the environment.
Michelle is a passionate public speaker often giving talks to large crowds about aeroponic gardening and plant design. After completing the plant bed restoration design in 2016 for the Calgary Golf and Country Club, one of Canada’s most exclusive golf courses, Michelle was asked to speak at the AGSA conference in Canmore Alberta.
When Michelle is not designing she likes to mentor and teaches plant bed design through her many workshops. Michelle is a wife and mom of four and yet always finds time to give back by volunteering in her community.
In June 1998 Michelle Graduated Valedictorian of her high school and went on to graduate from Mount Royal University with honors and a diploma in Community Rehabilitation in 2001. During this time, Michelle struggled with a reading disability, worked two jobs and raised her daughter as a single mother.
Since then Michelle has gone on to accomplish, passing the Woody Plant Identification course and the University of Calgary Landscape Design course. Currently, Michelle is working on obtaining her Landscape Industry Certified Landscape Designer designation in the hopes of becoming one of the first certified female landscape designers in Canada with a learning disability.
Michelle has worked and studied alongside her mother-in-law, Wendy Aris, founder of Aris Landscape Design, for eight years. Michelle shares her passion for her craft and how Aris Landscape Design has been a very successful business for over 13 years. She attributes much of the success of Aris Landscape Design to the diversity in the clients they serve.
Business: Aris Landscape Design


This is the world of science, and technology, every day the technicians develop, and discover new terminology for the ease of man. Plastic is the most useable product all over the world due to its durability. It decomposes after thousands of years, and some of the products have their half-lives. In this article, we will discuss poly pipe fitting and its use in irrigation processes.
The poly pipe refers to the use of plastic pipes that are manufactured by the number of the poly group that may include poly-ethylene, poly-butylene, and many more. The poly pipe fittings are held for plumbing, drainage, and water supply in the agricultural fields. The poly piping irrigation systems are concerned with the environmental factors, salinity, pH of the soil, water pressure, and other elevation changes. The technician prefers both polyvinyl chloride pipes and polyethylene pipe fittings as they have little difference in their properties.
Polyethylene Pipe Fittings:
The polyethylene pipe fittings are more convenient for poly piping irrigation systems as they resist breaks and cracks. These poly pipe fittings are available in comparatively high length. The polyethylene pipe fittings are available in 100 to 300 feet length, these are available in the form of coils. It is more suitable for poly piping irrigation systems. The polyethylene pipe fittings are used in commercial structures and other landscapes. These advanced poly pipe fitting refer to as the HDPE, (high-density polyethylene). These polyethylene pipe fittings are also manoeuver by welding.
Poly Piping Irrigation Systems:
The poly pipe fitting is more renowned in horticultural, and agricultural fields. The composition of the poly pipe fitting tolerates the harsh UV rays of the sun. The poly piping irrigation system cut down the expenses of the earth in the following ways.
- The poly piping irrigation systems preserve the land for dam construction. These are more convenient for working at the low level.
- The poly piping irrigation systems reduce the expense of labour for intensive care to look after any leakage, or breakage of the pipes.
- The poly pipe fittings preserve the water from rapid evaporation.
- In polyethylene pipe fittings, the water faces less friction and covers distant places without boost up the pressure.
Irrigation Riser Pipe:
The irrigation riser pipe, as its name suggests, is located at the higher level of the ground. The irrigation riser pipe is referred to as a connection of several pipes with the source that the water in further several directions. The irrigation riser pipe aid the water sprinkle, valves, backflow stoppers, air vents, and other preventers. In several cases, the dripper system manipulated the irrigation riser pipe to emit the level of the water. The minimal height of the irrigation riser pipe should be 18 inches above the ground.


While tree removal is the choice of last resort, it is sometimes most necessary. Sick trees, trees that uproot sidewalks, cause cracks in the foundation, disrupt sewer lines, have sustained severe storm damage or trees that are simply too close to important structures are all examples of trees that are ripe for removal.
WE CAN REMOVE YOUR TREE SAFELY
Our landscape division has many years of experience in all phases of landscaping and our customer focused approach makes the landscape experience just that, an experience. We want our customers to be there from the moment we get to the job until the end of the job so that they can have as much input as desired.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE ALL TYPES AND SIZES OF TREES
We understand that your property is a big investment and we want our customers to know that we are there for them to help them accomplish the dreams that they may have for there property. From new construction landscaping to existing landscapes that need a facelift, our professional staff helps you.
Key Benefits of the Service
Can save you a great deal of aggravation, stress and money. A weak or diseased tree can easily fall over during a windy day. Protect your house and your power lines, be worry free. Give us a call.
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From The Yorkshire Post (online) 15 March 2006
by Lizzie Murphy
MEASURES to protect the historic Leeds and Liverpool canal have been drawn up by Bradford Council.
The revised Conservation Area Assessment has been drawn up following talks with British Waterways, an extensive public consultation process and the agreement of the Keighley, Shipley and Bradford area planning
The stretch of the canal, from Apperley Bridge in the east to Silsden in the west, is an existing conservation area that passes through a number of towns and villages including Shipley, Saltaire, Bingley and Silsden.
Some amendments to the existing conservation area being proposed include changes to the boundaries at Silsden, Bingley, Hirst Wood, Shipley and Thackley where land or buildings have been included, which contribute to the historic or architectural interest of the area.
Trees affecting the setting of the conservation area will also be protected under the new assessment with tree preservation orders.
The council's executive members will consider the revised plans for the 12-mile stretch of the waterway at its meeting on March 21.
Coun Anne Hawkesworth, the executive member for the environment, said: "The canal landscape is an ever changing environment with major landmarks, including the Five Rise Locks at Bingley. It is of vital importance to the district in terms of leisure, nature, transport, heritage and education.
"This conservation area assessment means the council can control development around the canal in a way that protects its unique and historic character."
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal conservation area is the last of 59 assessments of existing areas to be carried out by the council.
In February the council's Conservation Area Assessment programme was awarded the Royal Town Planning Award 2005 for the Built Heritage category.
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MAIN VILLA CIVIL WORKS
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FULL INTERIOR FITOUT
POOL, WATER FEATURES AND OUTDOOR SPA WORKS
LANDSCAPE, HARDSCAPES AND SOFTSCAPES
COMPLETE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FURNITURE PACKAGES
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Taking the Time to Get to Know Our Clients
Award-winning design and a successful project can only come from extensive due-diligence.
Understanding the requirements and lifestyle of our clients is a vital part of our work in turn truly designing a space that represents and compliments their personas. Reflecting their daily life in all aspects of a singular design project: from architecture, interior design, landscape design and furniture design all the way to the execution of the project.
Once we get to know our client all design elements culminate into a complete fluid personalized project.


Day 1: Arrive on Lake Como: The beautiful gardens of Villa Balbianello
Transfer from Como city to Lenno by boat (1hr 30min - included), where you are is based for 4 days. Visit of the beautiful gardens of Villa Balbianello, in Lenno. The magnificent place was once home to a Milanese Industrialist and passionate adventurer (entrance ticket not included). Depending on your arrival time you may wish to take a stroll or enjoy a swim in Lenno.
Day 2: Explore the hills of the Azalea Riviera and visit magnificent Villa Carlotta
Walk Lenno / Villa Carlotta - 3hr walk
From Lenno, your walk will take you through the hills of the Azalea Riviera providing stunning panoramas of the lake and surrounding mountains. Along the way you can witness the fantastic contrasts between olive groves and immaculate gardens of the glamourous villas, medieval villages and stunning Renaissance Churches. Your walk finishes in Tremezzo, at the famous Villa Carlotta (entrance ticket not included). Famous for its beautiful garden, a terraced garden with Italian lemon and carved boxwood, an English garden with voluptuous perspectives, and a rich interior decorated with neoclassical works.


Our design process begins with a free on site consultation. During that time your designer will listen to your ideas, discuss your objectives, evaluate the site conditions, and provide suggestions on how to meet your needs. After this consultation we can create a scaled design and proposal using our professional knowledge and design skills to implement your ideas into a landscape plan. Once the proposal has been modified to meet your needs and budget, we can schedule the installation for our earliest available time.
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PONDS & WATER FEATURES
To ensure your satisfaction, we use only top quality materials and plants that are hand selected by your designer.


About the project
We’ve worked with Trent on a few projects over the years most recently the redesign of her website.
Trent wanted a design that was clean and minimal, but still had a lot of visual interest through vibrant photography from her landscape design projects.
The green monochrome palette we developed has a lot of intensity contrast that makes the text really pop. The neutral and dark background is a good backdrop for the images and makes them the central focus of the design.


of the word. And this was officially documented by the admission of this 36-kilometer long riverside between Melk and Krems as a "cultural world heritage" by Unesco. Natural elements like the elegantly snaking Danube, bottom lands, rugged rocks, dramatically steep slopes and charming hillsides complement one another in thrilling harmony. And the works created by man,
from the vineyards rising high along stony terraces to the picturesque communes harboring architecturally intriguing estates, mansions and churches and, finally, the abbeys of Göttweig, Dürnstein and Melk as historically outstanding monuments of cultural interest.


Water Features for your Inground Pool
Make magic with moving water! With water effects you can add to the peace and tranquility of your poolside experience a number of ways? More economically than ever before. Plus, water effects allow your pool to sparkle with its own personality.
There are so many way to create your custom water feature from Deck Jets to Laminars, Waterfalls to Dry Ponds or just build that dream design that you have always been thinking of. Poolscapes can create it for you with Craftsmanship that will last for years.


Bormio, located in the heart of the Lombardy Alps, Alta Valtellina, offering unique in the world scenario: historical sites, fabulous skiing slopes and thermal waters. On the territory they are present in more than a golf course 18 holes and kilometric summer walks surrounded by nature. All these elements make “La Magnifica Terra” one of the best location for mountain lovers.
Located in a wide valley surrounded by forest covered mountains, Lake Como offers a breathtaking, varied landscape. Along its shores the scenery alternates between fields, woodland and imposing cliffs, offering visitors a fairytale landscape for an unforgettable holiday.


Plectranthus Scutellarioides (Coleus)
Plectranthus Scutellarioides, commonly known as Coleus is a gorgeous type of ornamental plant with multi-hued foliage grown usually for their leaves rather than blooms. The plant thrives when given an excellent light source, and the colours will be more vibrant as well. Coleus can be pruned regularly to keep the plant compact and neat as the growth rate is quite fast in ideal conditions. It is also advisable to remove any flower buds when they appear as the plant often die after flowering/ after the flowers set seed.
Dimensions | Nursery pot is 14cm wide (top diameter) and approximately 40-50cm high (including plant’s height)
Light | Bright light
Water | Water deeply and thoroughly (till water seeps out of drainage hole) when the top inch of the potting mix is dry
Care Level | Practically unkillable
Pet Friendly | No


For those who are unfamiliar with the term, landscaping is the act of changing the features of a specific area of land. This generally includes planting different sorts of flora and fauna, making changes with the terrain shape and elevation of an area, adding a body of water like a pond, and other decorations to beautify the space. In order to become a professional landscaper, one must have both knowledge of horticulture and design.
This kind of art has been around as early as the ancient Mayan time period, where people often manipulated the land around them for practical, as well as beautifying purposes. Presently, this term encompasses everything from the initial conception, planning, and construction of these breathtaking scenery. To learn more about it and the different kinds that exist, below are the various kinds of landscaping Huntsville AL.
Perhaps one of the most interesting categories is called aquascaping, and this entails the craft of decorating the space inside bodies of water. The most commonly known are aquariums, but sometimes its scope can also stretch out to ponds and man made lakes located in gardens. The goal when it comes to aquascaping, is being able to create an aesthetically pleasing underwater scenery, while still being able to meet the technical aspects required in maintaining the life of aquatic plants and animals.
Even though gardens need large amounts of water to sustain, a new kind of garden has risen in popularity due to the fact that it does not need supplementary water from irrigation to thrive. This type of gardening is called xeriscaping, and it is most utilized in places that are prone to drought. The key here is installing plants that do not require much water, such as cacti, milfoils, nepetas, and geraniums.
Another type is called arboriculture, and this type of landscaping focuses mainly on the study and cultivation of all kinds of trees and shrubs. Gardens and open spaces have been created by arborists in collaboration with designers, for the sole purpose of studying how plants grow. These are also created to ascertain the kinds of methods to implement, in order to further cultivate it.
A popular trend in this field nowadays, is called ecoscaping. This type mixes together the different disciplines of architecture, environmental science, and spatial planning. Professionals who practice this, often find any type of empty space that is no longer being used, and transform it into small spaces of greenery. As a result, ecological balance is achieved.
In relation to ecoscaping, there is another genre that focuses on the environment, and that is sustainable landscaping. Perhaps one of the most all encompassing genres of the industry, it focuses mainly on creating sustainable and smart design, without compromising the environment. Due to its large number of practitioners, it has become a movement that is considered the response of humans when faced with environmental issues.
Naturescaping is another genre that has been around for a long time now. What sets it apart from other forms of landscape is the fact that it is designed for another purpose. This purpose is to create a stylish yet practical environment that allows humans, plants, and animals to coexist in one space.
These are just some of the different genres of landscaping. All in all, there are at least 14 types, but these are the most established and well known. No matter what genre and purpose, it is agreed that all of them are important and has its own special uniqueness in their own ways.


Indoor decoration with topiary trees.
Your outdoors will look marvelous and full of splendor if you decorate well with artificial topiary trees. Imagine having a garden thatís so scenic and majestic. Each morning you wake up and you look at it, it blows all lifeís problems away. One sight of it makes you feel proud about your grand work, and when your friends come over, they tell you just how wonderful your garden looks. All of us would love to have a garden that is that perfect and it is possible for us to have one. But we must go about it a certain way. This page will help you make any artificial topiary tree blend with your outdoors.
The first thing you must do is know what you want. Know exactly what you want to accomplish. What area of your outdoors do you want to enliven? Which area do you want to make look more like yourself, your personality, your style, and your mood? Pick the exact area of your outdoors that you want to place the artificial topiary tree in. Notice the shapes in the garden. What about the other trees and plants? Do they blend well? Do you see a pattern? Is there a style? If not, and if you want to create your own style, note that you may have to do more work than just picking and buying an artificial tree. You may have to do a lot of land work first to prepare the environment.
Next, determine the shapes in the garden or outdoors. Is there a natural pattern in the trees and plants? Is there an overall shape being emphasized? What shape is it? How can you make it better or more beautiful? If you have to design your garden from scratch, take a piece of paper, sit back and look at your garden. Look at it with the eyes of creativity. What exactly do you want to make of this area? What mood do you want to convey? Sit back and start drawing shapes on your paper. Donít get discouraged when you donít get the best ideas. Keep doing it and youíll soon come up with an idea for your outdoors that will please and that you know will work just fine for you.
Now, here is something that probably most topiary designers donít consider when designing their outdoors or designing a garden. Look at the position of your home. Look at the other major structures around your outdoors. Do you know that they impact the way people look at your garden. For example, if your topiaries and your magnificent design work is next to the area where you dump your leaves in the Fall, your design work will be related to that and will also appear messy. Try to design your outdoors so there is no sharp contrast in perceived beauty. Let the messy stay with the messy, and the beautiful with the beautiful. This little tip could mean a lot once your hard design work is complete.


With regards to do it yourself, outside home lights are frequently overlooked. The best choice for contributing to your outside lights are to stipulate your plan, begin in moderation and give a little along the way to determine what impact it’s.
Just like in the home, lighting located in the best areas could be helpful inside your lighting plan. It’s significant to possess a safe home, as well as your outside home lighting ought to be installed knowing that. Similarly, areas like the side of your property might have poor lighting, which makes it unsafe for your family install newer and more effective lighting there. By beginning small , making little changes, one at a time, while you uncover safety or comfort needs, you could have some good outside lighting with little extra expense.
Outside landscaping lights can provide new existence for your yard, enabling you to utilize it in exciting and new ways. The main difference between second-rate outside lighting and great outside lights are sometimes as simple as adding a couple of new light sources around the house. Lanterns will always be a popular lighting option whether inside or outdoors. Because of their unique size and shape, the lanterns look great in outside decor.
The easiest method to better the outside lighting of your house would be to install lights that may highlight your trees, statues or garden perimeters. Walkways and gardens also look wonderful using these exterior lightings. Solar lighting is also a fantastic option since you can move them around or replace them whenever you have to improve your garden style or wish to provide a new appearance for your outside area. Use low current lights to reduce your utility bill.
You are able to choose to help make your outdoors more appealing with garden lights or underwater lights or perhaps your walkways arranged using the lamps owed towards the old Victorian eras. You could use low current outside lighting that is readily functional in a variety of styles, like the street lamp look or even the flat top look.


- 🌹 UPGRADE FLOWER SOLAR LIGHT - Adopt the latest researched design style, The 2 pack of solar flower lights with 7 head vivid rose flowers is exquisitely designed to imitate real rose flowers. But most importantly these flowers will blend in during the day and when night falls, outdoor yard decorations lights will provide your yard with the illumination it needs to show its beauty. creating a romantic atmosphere for your garden.
- 🌹 DURABLE SOLAR PANE - The solar rose pathway lights equipped the flower with a high efficiency monocrystalline panel that can fully charge the battery within only 4-6 hours of sunlight. After that, you can expect your solar rose flower to stay lit for up to 10 hours at night. Use high-quality lamp beads, high lumen value, and good heat dissipation performance, which greatly improves the service life.
- 🌹 OUTDOOR SOLAR LIGHTS - Beautifully designed solar rose lights molded with fabric material that is lightweight and more durable. this light with IP65 water and weatherproof rating that can protect the lights from several weather conditions such as water jets, excessive heat, and frost. Adding a touch of beauty and elegance to your yard.
- 🌹 EASY TO INSTALL - No wiring or external electricity is required for use. the height is about 27.6 inches (70cm), the switch is at the bottom, easy to operate. The surface of the stainless steel rod is polished, and the ground insert made of ABS material greatly improves the stability. The flowers for the cemetery outdoor will auto light up at dusk and light off at dawn.
- 🌹 WIDELY USED - Perfect as path lights and in-ground lights Suitable for the Garden, Trees, Flowers, Flowerbed, Fence, Walkway. Give your yard a well decorated view. Every garden deserve to be decorated with some elegant decorations and lights, and solar flower lights are the best way to complement do this. Pink, white, blue, yellow, four colors can be selected.
14 Rose Flowers 200 Lumens Solar Garden Lights Waterproof Outdoor Lights.
- "Amazing flexible design that improves quality and appearance to real flowers. The light that comes off of the flowers makes the garden glow at night!
- You will love the look, the quality, and the ease of these solar lights. These roses are so beautiful during the day, but at night they really are even more beautiful. The whole flower appears to be lit up.
- The 2 Pack beautiful artificial flower garden stake lights are easily installed and don’t require any wiring. Automatically lights up in the dark to illuminate your garden and pathway.
- Used to decorate the garden, patio, lawn, pathway, flowerbed, Walkway, etc. Illuminate at night and keep your yard fresh during the day.
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- If you want to make your garden colorful, these unique solar lights will bring you the solar garden light decoration solution.
- These solar lights for garden beds come to promote the desired ambiance of any occasion, which makes them a perfect present for your friends or family!


▲ The Farglory Award winning designer Han-Yu Lai
The winner of 2021 Golden Pin Concept Design Award Special Annual Award has been announced! To encourage talented designers to exercise their creativity, the GPCDA collaborated with Farglory Foundation to establish the 2021 Special Annual Award – Farglory Award to celebrate works of innovative concepts in the general architecture field. The winner was announced at the award ceremony of Golden Pin Design Award last Saturday (December 4th) – Taiwanese designer Han-Yu Lai’s Stormwater Membrane System was granted this honor with a cash prize of NT$ 200 thousand!
Since its effort to move towards the international stage in 2015, the Golden Pin Concept Design Award has gathered works of innovative design concepts from all over the world, becoming a competition for young designers or teams to showcase their skills and an important platform for spotting creative talents. This year, the Golden Pin Concept Design Award collaborated with Farglory Foundation for the first time to establish the Annual Special Award – Fargloy Award, which is aimed at works applicable to the general architecture field and encourages designers to propose innovative solutions for our living environment from a variety of aspects, including interior design, landscape planning, space/living solutions, smart home, and sustainable city. During the final selection, the judging panel, consisting of experts from both the Golden Pin Concept Design Award and Farglory Group, employed the dimensions of originality, marketability, feasibility, social/environmental impact, and performance of presentation to select outstanding works that exhibit both vision and development potential.
▲ Farglory Award offers encouragement to talents in fields related to architecture and space design.
The winner of this year’s Award was Taiwanese designer Han-Yu Lai’s Stormwater Membrane System, which proposed an architecturally integrated water-cycle system as a solution to urban rainwater disposal and runoff pollution. In such a system, the water collection facilities on building facades are utilized to increase the amount of collected rainwater. The water is then purified by filtration and drainage systems and stored for domestic use or for watering plants, thereby improving the efficiency of water usage and mitigating the issue of runoff pollution caused by inadequate drainage in the city. Stormwater Membrane System not only passed the secondary selection and won the Golden Pin Concept Design Award, but its innovative ideas allowed it to stand out from the other works during the final selection, as a result winning this year’s Farglory Award.
Japanese master designer Taku Sato, one of the judges for the final selection, expressed that an important issue for the 21st-century world is to improve the efficiency of water usage. As an experienced exhibiter of topics related to water resources, he was impressed by the innovative idea of Stormwater Membrane System and is looking forward to the designer’s concrete solutions for urban water usage after the research in various aspects is further enhanced. Another judge Liza Chong, CEO of The Index Project based in Denmark, also praised this work’s aspiration to transform rainwater into usable water resources and held a positive attitude towards its applicability.
Besides authorization to use the mark of the Golden Pin Concept Design Award Annual Special Award, the winner of the Faglory Award will also receive a cash prize of NT$ 200 thousand. Jacky Yang, CEO of Farglory Foundation, expressed that “Net zero and climate risk have always been a long-term concern of Farglory Foundation. We hope that architecture can become the driving force of urban sustainability, so we would like to discover such environmentally friendly conceptual design work in this competition.” Accordingly, the aim of the Farglory Award is to offer encouragement to Taiwanese talents in fields related to architecture and space design and to provide support for new designers to realize their creativity. Yang also noted that in light of “sponge city” being a highly discussed idea in the architecture field around the globe in recent years, Lai’s —the designer of Stormwater Membrane System, extension of the concept into a bold, brilliant idea for urban water reuse was both original and worth complementing, and also in line with the foundation’s spirit of promoting environmental sustainability.
▲ Farglory Foundation CEO Yang Shunqin
▲ Farglory Foundation CEO Yang Shunqin
A total of 4,965 entries from 25 countries/regions competed for the 2021 Golden Pin Concept Design Award. After intense competition, Ento.edu, Inflatable Stretcher, and The mark of Emi stood out from among the other entries to win the highest honor – Best Design Award, while Stormwater Membrane System was granted the Farglory Award. The Golden Pin Concept Design Award will continue to discover outstanding innovative concept design and is scheduled to be open for application in March 2022. Please stay tuned to updates on our official website and social media to seize the great opportunity for your work to be seen!


Choosing the right solar fixture can be overwhelming at first. With multiple fixture types, varying light output, and different features, you can be left wondering what fixture is best for your next project.
Here is a short guide to help direct you towards the lighting solution that is best for YOU!
When trenching and wiring for power is not an option, off-grid solar lighting fixtures can provide surprisingly bright light for places in desperate need. That’s why these standard solar options would be great for adding additional lighting, creating new light features, or simply saving on power consumption costs.
These are the biggest and brightest fixtures—simply mount at the desired height and cover large areas with light. Parking lots, parks, campus walkways—whatever your situation, area lights can be mounted at various heights and angles. Area lights are optimized to illuminate larger areas. The benefit of solar area lights comes in the off-grid, no wiring design. If you have a parking lot that needs additional lighting but do not have the funds to supply power, solar area lights are the best option for you.
Step Lights & Wall Packs
Step lights are designed for small spaces, fences, and stairways for safety and added security. Since it can be difficult and expensive to rebuild high-traffic stairways, solar step lights allow you to easy and quickly install bright and affordable lighting. Wall Packs are great for smaller, completely off-grid applications such as doorways and emergency exits to add security lighting and safety. Remember, always keep mounting location and sun direction in mind. Mounting a wall pack on a north-facing wall in the Northern Hemisphere will not provide enough solar charging.
Flood Lights & Display Lights
Flood lights and display lights are perfect solutions for lighting your company sign or highlighting architectural features. Both fixture types are designed to cast light on the desired object or specific area. Solar flood lights are specifically designed to sit near the ground to provide up-lighting. These fixtures allow you to install additional or new lighting without breaking ground to help preserve landscaping and pavement. Similarly, display light fixtures are great for small displays, signs, and billboards. Depending on how you need your fixtures mounted, display lights are thinner than flood lights allowing for overhead mounting.
Post Top & Bollard Fixtures
If you are looking for a more decorative fixture style while still providing “brighter than expected” lighting, consider installing Post Top or Bollard Fixtures. Parks, city streets, marinas, and other high-traffic locations are typical post top installations. Because of their unique aesthetic design, solar post tops allow you to add light and visual value to any area. Like post top fixtures, bollard fixtures are installed outside commercial buildings, government locations, piers, and other walkways. Bollard fixtures are designed to be small and easy to install. Solar bollard fixtures allow you to light difficult to trench locations with ease!
Choosing a solar fixture does not have to be overwhelming. If you have any questions or need help finding what type of fixture would work best for your next project, Contact us, and we’ll be happy to help!


Here is where you will find all kinds of useful information that may help you in your design and planning process.
Online Catalog: All the information found in our printed catalog along with over 5800 images of the plants we sell. There is also a search page so you can find that plant with yellow flowers in April that your garden has aways lacked. Andrew spends lots of time on this in the winter, so please use it and make his efforts justified.
Plants: We have assembled some lists of salt tolerant, shade tolerant, deer resistant, and native plants to name a few for your reference. There are also weight estimations for rootball sizes, groundcover spacing tables, and lots more.
Hardgoods: Mainly, we are plant people, but there are some tools that no landscaper should be without. Also offered, is a line of soil amendments which we highly recommend, especially when dealing with the poor soil conditions found throughout New England.


About CCTN 一 CCTN Architectural Design is founded in 2003
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Equal emphasis on technological innovation and theoretical research
CCTN Architectural Design is founded in 2003 and led by Mr. Cheng Taining, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Engineering Design Master. Based on architectural design, it also provides urban planning, landscape design and interior services.CCTN has a Class-A Qualification in construction industry.
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Robertson’s Lawns & Landscaping came to Harvest Web Design in Melbourne to design their new website because of our vast experience and eye for creating beautiful websites. They wanted to use a lot of large images of their many landscaping installations to show off the impressive landscape designs they can create. We believe their new website design resembles the amazing work they do.
If you are starting a new business in Brevard you need to contact Harvest Web Design in Melbourne to get your online presence off the ground. Please call us at 321-506-9197 or send us an email. We love working with new Brevard businesses and helping them with website design and online marketing.


BRING BACK LIFE TO YOUR OLD CONCRETE
Add colour to your plain grey concrete. Enhance the appeal of your home using spray-on concrete resurfacing coatings, transform tired and dull grey concrete surfaces into stylish and impressive area's, at a fraction of the cost of replacing your old tired concrete. If you are up for the challenge and a completely new look, perhaps a colour change is in order.
Resurfacing your existing concrete is an effective way to create striking driveways, patio's, pool surrounds (excellent anti-slip features), pathways and stylish outdoor entertainment area's, totally change its look and feel.
Create a elegant entry way or a dramatic feature piece, your home may never look the same.
Many colours and design options are available to compliment your design and existing home.


We are instrumental in supplying the top-of-the-line Circular Garden Lighting Pole that is widely acclaimed among our customers owing to its superior design and quality. This lighting pole has got ruggedized construction and resilience. It is specially designed for outdoor installation. Having the capability of withstanding impacts, heat, and tough conditions, this lighting pole is sure to last for an extended period of time. Circular Garden Lighting Pole can be purchased from us at a budget-friendly price.


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A yard is a wonderful thing, a place for you and your family to get out and enjoy the outside, fresh air, and each other. What you do with your yard is largely up to you. Towns may have ordinances about fence heights and borderlines, but when it comes to planning the sky is the limit.
It is always nice to plan a focal point in the yard, something that draws the eye to a point of beauty. Whether you use a statue, lamppost or even a rock, planning a garden around it will give the viewer something pleasing to look at.
A garden, even a small one, is a great way to dress up and beautify your lawn. Planting perennials (flowers that come up every year) will reduce some of the work that comes with the care of a garden.
Be sure to find out what plants grow well in your area. Certain plants do well in hot places, where others do well in cool. Access a growing map on the Internet or in any gardening book to find which plants will work for you.
Consider planting vegetables among your flowers. Fresh vegetables are delicious and very healthy. Planting a few lettuce plants or tomatoes in among the flowers will not draw away from the flower’s beauty, but will give you some wonderful healthy treats to add to the dinner table.
If your yard is small, you may consider planting in pots that are portable. The plus side of using pots is that when the season is over you can bring the plants in the house.
Get out and enjoy your yard.


Bang-Kra-Jao is an environmental development project which aimed to increase greenery area around Bangkok that PTT initiated to humbly offer to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
Our responsibilty is to design and develop a website with goals to educate the general public with transportation and routes information associated with the project.
The key here is to incorporate an environmental and greenery theme into designing the website and its impact on the feelings of website visitors.
PTT Public Company Limited
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ROBERT McARTHUR STUDIOS is a firm that is masterfully engaged in intrinsic, custom design. Robert combines his creative expertise and distinctive talent with the needs and desires of each and every client. His insight, experience, and vision results in the creation of distinctive architectural environments, timeless inspired interiors, and harmonious landscapes. Through style, design, and functionality Robert has the ability to create perfect balance and connection with his countless satisfied clients of 30 years.


COURSE 5 th SEPTEMBER inside the SERE CONFERENCE – UA University
Introduction to Soil and Water Bioengineering for ecological restoration
Coordinator(s): Sangalli P. (EFIB); Arizpe D. (AEIP/CIEF/Vaersa), Pirrera G. (AIPIN), Rosemarie Stangl (BOKU-IBLB)
Main coordinator E-mail: [email protected]
Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWB) is a discipline that combines technology with biology, making use of native plants and plant communities as construction material and erosion control in degraded environments. It pursues technological, ecological, economic and landscape regeneration goals.
The fields of application are numerous, including the restoration of the natural environment of extractive activities (mining, quarrying), infrastructure (motorways, railways), riverbeds, dunes and coastal areas, and of lost ecosystem in urban and peri-urban areas. Although these techniques have a huge potential combined with other techniques of ecological restoration, there is still a deficit in knowledge and training of technicians and professionals, both in projects and in the implementation.
The proposal that we present is to organize a practical course in soil bioengineering coinciding with the celebration of the 13 th SER Europe Conference of Ecological Restoration.
This proposal has been prepared by the Spanish Association of Landscape Engineering (AEIP), the Italian Association of Naturalistic Engineering (AIPIN) and has the support of the European Federation of Soil Bioengineering.
Teachers: members of AEIP , AIPIN and EFIB
• Daniel Arizpe: Agriculture Engineer Centre of Applied Forest Research (CIEF) /AEIP board of member
• Gianluigi Pirrera: Civil Engineer Vice President AIPIN /EFIB Board of members
• Paola Sangalli – Landscape architect and Biologist and President of the European Federation of Soil and Water Bioengineering- AEIP . Course coordinator
• Rosemarie Stangl: head of the Soil and Water Bioengineering Institut BOKU /EFIB General Manager
Costi e registrazione al corso nel pdf allegato.


Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq has, in collaboration with The Government of Greenland, prepared a comprehensive master plan for the Tuujuk and Block, P areas in the city of Nuuk. A masterplan NUNARSUUP QEQQANi / / Nuup QEQQANi / Middle of the world / / Middle of Nuuk has been developed after advice from Dahl & Uhre architects (Tromsø) and TNTnuuk A / S.
Regional Associates + 42 architects (London), MDH Architects (Oslo), Fantastic Norway (Oslo), , Asplan Viak landscape (Oslo) M: ARC and Arkitekti (Nuuk) have each contributed to the project's development.
The plan is being developed in ongoing dialogue with residents and stakeholders and originates from a desire and willingness to provide Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, with new development opportunities for the city and its citizens. The plan seeks to ask and answer the right questions, which will be required to achieve this vision.
Regional Associates in collaboration with 42 / Architects a design for a mixed use scheme in the area known as Tuukuk. The scheme, illustrated above, comprises of the following main elements:
-35 apartments, ranging from two to four room configurations.
-Retail spaces along the southern edge of the site.
-Community spaces including workshops, studios and greenhouses.
-A productive landscape of private and communal allotments in between the houses.
The development is designed to have minimal environmental impact, using the 'Passivhaus' standard to achieve a zero-energy development. The design is optimised for maximum solar gain while minimizing the effects of cold northerly winds. This has resulted in the faceted sculpting of the building volumes, a large triple-glazed south elevation and a solid and highly insulated north elevation. The sharp and layered aesthetic is taking inspiration from the harsh surrounding landscape, while the white and highly reflective ceramic facade subtly reflects and accentuates the seasonal variation in light and colour. Internally, the flats are arranged around a central atrium which holds the vertical circulation as well as large planter boxes for communal use.
Project Director: Ross Langdon (Regional Associates) + Johan Berglund (42 Architects)
With Assitance from:Ben Milbourne + 42 Architects


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This cottage lacked any character and so it was our job to introduce some personality. On this occasion we felt the best solution would be achieved by taking the property back to a shell and re-designing the space. We introducing beams, altered the window sizes, added new doors and moved walls. We also gave the house kerb appeal by altering the front and designing a new porch. Finally, the back garden was landscaped to provide a complete finish.
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Mangal Projects Pvt. Ltd. supplies HDPE drip irrigation pipes for serving drip irrigation system. This pipe is used in large quantities for irrigation purpose. The light in weight pipes showcase excellent flow characteristics. These HDPE irrigation pipes are durable and resistant against earthquake, chemical and weather. These pipes have long service life.


The capacity to possess a lovely garden is a very popular goal for many individuals all across the globe. If you think about it a wonderful pleasing to you yard is truly something that practically any individual can do. Exactly what it will certainly take is a good deal of patience and a dedication to developing a garden that is up to just what you need it to be. This collection of fantastic gardening pointers comes from years of experience and also some successes along with lots of gardening failings. There is no need to distribute gardening tips that have not been tested and also tested initial hand. Please understand that this garden enthusiast in perpetual training has actually spent the time in the dust as well as weeds long enough to really feel excellent about providing these gardening suggestions for beginners.
Having patience is most absolutely a merit especially in the world of gardening. The ideal method to start a gardening experience is to start ever before so tiny as well as build each year. See to it that you farm as well as allow for proper water drainage, as these steps will advertise a wonderful starter garden for several years ahead. Unless you are growing a cactus yard, the water issue will be right up there in relevance with the quantity of sun that reaches the plants. An additional excellent gardening idea for novices is to acquire a soil screening set. This ought to be gotten and made use of effectively long before the initial carrots or watermelons or maybe even roses are put right into the soil. The level of acidity of the soil should be recognized, as this will go hand in hand with the proper fertilization chemicals.
With those starter pointers for starting gardens as well as gardeners, you will be well on your way to a happy as well as rewarding yard for years to find. If you desire a rewarding leisure activity, gardening is a good choice. You can appreciate the advantages of fresh air and producing something stunning, however when your garden remains in flower and your plants get on the table, you will have the complete satisfaction of improving your landscape and also way of life, also. Follow these brandon foster tulsa pointers for novices for the very best results in your brand-new garden. You could plop a plant right into the dirt as well as it possibly will expand as long as you water it, yet if you place a little bit much more effort and planning right into your garden, you will be compensated with resilient flowers, plants, and veggies. Below are some fast gardening pointers for newbie’s. Make a decision where in your landscape you would love to grow your new garden. You need to identify just what sort of sunshine this area receives, since certain plants are suited to color, partial sunlight, or full sun. The illumination your new yard receives daily will certainly determine just what type of plants you will have the ability to expand there.


Cumberland, MD – The Cumberland Economic Development Corporation is pleased to announce that it has tentatively reached an agreement with Destination By Design Planning, LLC to develop an illustrative master plan for the Maryland Avenue Corridor Study Area, which is depicted on the attached plat. The illustrative master plan will suggest various concepts for further development of the study area over the course of the next 15-20 years and the improvement of connectivity between Canal Place, the Baltimore Street corridor, the Maryland Avenue Project area presently being developed by Cumberland Gateway Real Estate, LLC, and the larger Maryland Avenue Corridor Study Area. The master plan will also feature key urban design principles, including, proposed building orientation where suitable, infill development, and appropriately located parking, green infrastructure, and civic areas. Development of the plan will include, without limitation, (1) an examination of all applicable economic and community development studies prepared to date; (2) GIS mapping of existing infrastructure, environmental constraints, key properties, and physical opportunities and limitations; (3) coordination with City, County, and State officials; and (4) coordination with Cumberland Gateway Real Estate, LLC, and other stakeholders. Completion of the master plan is expected to occur on or around July 1, 2019.
Paul J. Kelly, Jr., Executive Director of the CEDC explains “Revitalization of the entire Maryland Avenue corridor is dependent upon a very thorough, complex and coordinated plan. The CEDC is diligently working with a host of public and private stakeholders to develop that plan in a smart, calculated and efficient manner. Just last week, the CEDC hosted a meeting between SHA, County officials, City officials, representatives of Cumberland Gateway Real Estate, LLC, the Cumberland Housing Group, and other interested parties. The purpose of the meeting was to promote a common vision and to identify both short and long term engineering needs for the entire Maryland Avenue Corridor Study Area. Design work is well under way with regard to the Maryland Avenue Project Area between Emily Street and Williams Street, and we want those plans to consider and complement a long range plan for the balance of the Maryland Avenue Study Area from Williams Street to Lamont Street. This week, the CEDC was fortunate insofar as it was able to hire Destination By Design, a highly qualified full service urban design firm. Destination By Design will further build upon the City’s strategic economic development plan by helping all of us critically analyze the corridor and create various concepts for its continued smart growth.”


Arbors with integrated seats give a charming setup for your yard. Pick an arbor with a bent bench that twists around the framework, producing a relaxing space. With time, climbing up creeping plants as well as flowering blossoms can cover the arbor, improving the standard visual as well as offering color.
Vintage-inspired mosaic tables, frequently including elaborate ceramic tile layouts, instill your yard with imaginative style. These tables attract ideas from Moorish as well as mediterranean impacts, including a touch of quaint beauty. Mosaic tables are excellent for showcasing potted plants or organizing little celebrations.
Wrought iron yard furnishings has actually long been connected with classic sophistication and also toughness. Traditional functioned iron collections, including elegant contours as well rising table outdoor furniture as luxuriant styles, include a touch of class to your yard. Go with a functioned iron table bordered by matching chairs, developing a welcoming area for outside eating or early morning coffee.
In this short article, we’ll discover the globe of conventional yard furnishings as well as just how it can produce an atmosphere of traditional yard beauty that welcomes leisure and also reflection.
Include classic yard sculptures as well as sculptures to include an air of refinement to your yard. Elegant numbers, mythical animals, as well as elaborate water fountains admire the art as well as society of lost periods. These sculptures function as prime focus as well as improve the standard atmosphere of your exterior area.
Producing timeless yard appeal with conventional yard furnishings changes your exterior room right into a place of style and also harmony. Each thoroughly picked item narrates of ageless appeal and also workmanship, welcoming you to decrease and also appreciate the straightforward satisfaction of life. Whether it’s a functioned iron collection, a rustic wood bench, or a rock yard accent, the typical furnishings in your yard comes to be a canvas for developing remarkable minutes and also catching the significance of classic attraction.
A properly designed yard supplies a peaceful getaway, a serene place that perfectly combines nature and also style. Conventional yard furnishings improves this experience by instilling the area with ageless appeal as well as a feeling of background. In this post, we’ll discover the globe of standard yard furnishings as well as exactly how it can produce a setting of timeless yard appeal that welcomes leisure and also consideration.
Cast light weight aluminum restaurant collections use the beauty of functioned iron with the included advantage of being immune as well as light-weight to the aspects. These collections typically include complex patterns as well as fragile outlining evocative standard European coffee shops. A diner established put right into an edge of your yard develops an intimate area for silent discussions as well as five-o’clock tea.
Rustic wood benches are a staple of typical yard style. Include classic yard statuaries and also sculptures to include an air of class to your yard. Producing traditional yard beauty via typical yard furnishings changes your outside area right into a sanctuary of beauty as well as peace. Whether it’s a functioned iron collection, a rustic wood bench, or a rock yard accent, the typical furnishings in your yard ends up being a canvas for developing extraordinary minutes and also recording the significance of ageless attraction.
Rustic wood benches are a staple of standard yard style. Their simpleness as well as all-natural charm develop a simple appeal that flawlessly matches the outside environments. Area wood benches along paths or underneath curving creeping plants, offering seating for peaceful representation and also leisurely walks.
Rock yard accents, such as rock benches or pedestal tables, stimulate a feeling of background and also durability. These items effortlessly mix with the building aspects of your yard, developing an environment that carries you to a various period. Select rock furnishings with detailed makings or inscribed information to boost the aesthetic allure.


Over the years, Wayne Villavaso Landscape Architecture, Inc. (WVLA) has been involved in many South Florida projects. Projects in progress or recently completed include the Marina Palms, Dezer Office Tower, West Palm Beach Water Treatment Plant, Wellington’s Tennis Facility & Community Center, South Florida Fair Exposition Hall Expansion, Norton Museum of Art, Armory Art Center Youth Facility, Marriott CityPlace, The Moorings (Lantana Landing), Fire Stations #’s 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8 for the City of West Palm Beach, Colony Preserve, Hamlet on Olde Oyster Bay, Mizner Lakes (Lakes @ Palm Beach), Marina Grande, Phipps Park, Howard Park and the Port of Palm Beach Gateway just to name a few. Streetscapes include State Road A1A on Singer Island, Rosemary Avenue, Australian Ave., Belvedere Road East of I-95, North Flagler Drive, Northwood Road and Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. WVLA has also applied successfully for many State & County Grants for various municipalities.
In designing these projects, WVLA coordinates closely with the Client and/or the Agency’s Planning & Engineering Staff to meet the project criteria. WVLA has developed specific expertise in mixed use, multi-family, governmental and commercial design, and maintains an excellent working relationship with our Clients and Governmental Agencies.
WVLA’s President, Mr. Wayne Villavaso brings more than 42 years of South Florida professional experience to each project. He has been a Florida Registered Landscape Architect and Land Planner since 1981, and worked as a Design/Build Landscape Contractor for 7 years. He is a Registered Landscape Architect in Florida. Mr. Villavaso received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and is a Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Wane Villavaso Landscape Architecture, Inc. is CCNA certified with Palm Beach County and the City of West Palm Beach is certified as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) with the City of West Palm Beach. Our firm is pre-qualified and certified as a Small Business as a Consultant with the Florida Department of Transportation.
Mr. Villavaso has worked with owners, developers, designers, and contractors to design and/or install projects throughout Florida and the United States. His sustainable design and on-site construction experience as well as his knowledge of landscape & hardscape material use, availability and costs has served his clients well including the project’s present and future needs.
Mr. Villavaso takes great pride in working closely with his Clients to design for their unique needs within specified budget, while maintaining quality and superior workmanship in the finished project. WVLA focuses on preparing plans that meet the objectives of our client’s present & future needs, on schedule and in a very responsive manner.


There are many reasons to reclaim a gravel pit. Issues arise with un-reclaimed gravel pits such as land erosion and interruption of neighbouring water sources, threats to public safety such as steep vertical pits and slopes, and unauthorized activities in the areas such as illegal dumping or off-road vehicle traffic. A reclaimed gravel pit can be used for agricultural and forestry uses, parks and recreational areas, building sites, as well as fish and wildlife habitat.
Kode Contracting Ltd follows the Ministry of Energy and Mines standards for the reclamation of gravel pits and mining areas. Our services include but are not limited to: sloping, grading and contouring, grubbing, pit planning, stockpiling and backfilling as well as drainage and erosion control.


A brand new constructed pool in rural NSW has a very modern look with Squirrel over well-prepared rendered surface. The result is a naturally fit feature of the house that blends well with nature.
A pool in a Tamworth Motel decided to go with Squirrel. The result is a great blue - grey outcome. Note how the colour changes with the depth of water.


Creative designing skills & adroitness of our master craftsmen is the hallmark of our company, our clients can avail these 9 Cast Iron Bench in various sizes, patterns and designs. The offered benches can be placed at gardens, parks, lawns, roads and many more places. These benches are available in attractive as well as modern look therefore highly appreciated by the clients. By following set industry norms, our diligent professionals make use of quality assured iron and upgraded techniques to manufacture these benches. We offer these 9 Cast Iron Bench at minimal prices to our clients.


For nearly two months, River Street Planning & Development has been privileged to organize and lead an all-volunteer team of colleagues to assist the Town of Prattsville recover from Tropical Storms Irene and Lee. Our work involves all aspects of community planning, design, economic assessment, implementation planning and advocacy. The Prattsville community has high hopes. Over 120 people attended a community vision planning event over the weekend of November 4-6th.
The colleagues working with us include:
- Synthesis Architects, Schenectady, NY
- Place Alliance, Orlando, Florida
- TAP, Inc., Troy, NY
- OMNI Housing Development, LLC, Albany, NY
- Alta Planning and Design, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Behan Planning & Design, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Elan Planning and Design, Saratoga Springs, NY
- The Chazen Companies, Glens Falls and Poughkeepsie, NY
- CLA Site, Landscape Architecture, Planning and Engineering, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Christina Snyder, North Blenheim, NY
- Community Planning and Environmental Associates, Berne, NY
- SUNY Albany Masters Program in Urban and Regional Planning
If you would like to help Prattsville or one of the other devastated communities please contact Margaret Irwin at firstname.lastname@example.org.


Source: Government of Queensland
Momentum is building on the delivery of The Spit master plan as the Palaszczuk Government works to ensure this Gold Coast jewel is transformed into an iconic public space for locals and visitors.
Minister for State Development Cameron Dick said the public realm guidelines released today will underpin revitalisation projects and commercial developments across The Spit.
“The guidelines set out design characteristics that will inform the materials and finishes used for new public infrastructure along The Spit,” Mr Dick said.
“With projects resulting from the master plan having the potential to transform the area and generate up to 1800 jobs, having guidelines that give developers and project managers a framework to work within will give the area a cohesive look and feel, with a high standard of finish.”
Mr Dick said the guidelines will form a technical supporting document to the master plan and, in due course, the council’s planning scheme.
“Good urban design requires good guidance, and The Spit master plan together with the new public realm guidelines will establish a comprehensive framework for the long-term revitalisation of this iconic part of the Gold Coast,” he said.
Queensland Government Architect Malcolm Middleton said The Spit is an important city-making legacy project, not just for the Gold Coast but for the whole of Australia.
“I commend the collaborative approach led by the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, supported by the City of Gold Coast, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority and the Department of Housing and Public Works,” Mr Middleton said.
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) will work with the Queensland Government to make the guidelines available online for public comment from 27 March to 17 April.
GCWA CEO Hal Morris said the authority is looking forward to sharing these guidelines with the community and hearing their feedback.
“The community made a big contribution to the master planning process and we’ll continue to consult them as implementation rolls out to ensure it reflects what people told us they want to see happen at The Spit,” Mr Morris said.
To view The Spit Public Realm Guidelines please visit the Gold Coast Waterways Authority website.
Media contact: Ben Doyle 0400 775 561


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Parks Master Plan Update
The City of Hampton’s Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services Department is ready to update its master plan! This plan will be used to guide decisions for renovation, redevelopment, and future development of the City’s park infrastructure and recreational facilities.
Buckroe Beach Boardwalk Survey
“The city is in the process of preparing a design for the renovation of the Buckroe Beach Boardwalk. A number of renovation options are being considered – and we want your feedback. Please go online to view the proposed options and take the Buckroe Beach Boardwalk Survey. Proposals include everything from beach amenities and plantings to seawall improvements and the extension of the boardwalk from Point Comfort Avenue to the James T. Wilson fishing pier. Help us plan for the future of the boardwalk.” ~ City of Hampton, Oct. 30, 2019
Hampton to invest $6 million toward improvements at Buckroe Beach boardwalk
“We have to make an investment in it,” Vice Mayor Jimmy Gray said. “We have homes on the waterfront. We are trying to attract to development. This is about improving one of the best assets we have.”
The Daily Press, Sept. 11, 2019, Read full article here.


Costa do Sauípe is located 63km from Salvador, Bahia, in a well-preserved nature reserve amidst a landscape dominated by coconut trees. It extends over 6km of untamed white sand beaches, lakes and rivers embraced by Atlantic Forest. A paradise with year round sun and temperatures varying between 24C and 33C.
It was designed through an extremely in-depth study on environmental impact with the goal of favoring the region and providing a complete experience of leisure, entertrainment and rest for its guests, with the maximum of quality and comfort.
An ideal setting for travelers looking for complete infrastructure, leisure and exuberant nature.


Feel close to nature within10 miles of stunning woodland and gorge paths which follow the course of the river Avon from Hamilton to Larkhall.
These beautiful Oaks form part of the Oaks meadow on the west bank of the river Avon. They have been dendrochronologically dated back to the mid 15th century, making them approximately 600 years old.
These cattle are descendants from the original herd which have roamed the ancient meadow and parkland for hundreds of years. They are not native to this country and it is thought that they were brought over from Europe by the Romans.
Standing at the north west corner of the park the monument was erected in memory of William 11th Duke of Hamilton who died in 1863. The bronze bust of the Duke, which stood at the centre of the monument, is now on open display for visitors.
There remains a mystery as to the exact date of construction but indications imply that there was royal residence of some sort between 1139 and 1234.What once was the stronghold of the Hamilton family, the castle remains are sited on the west bank of the Avon gorge.
Commissioned by William 11th Duke of Hamilton the Bridge stands 80ft high and spans across the Avon gorge allowing access to the ancient oaks and Cadzow castle.
Gardens surrounding the hunting lodge contain an original design Parterre garden, traditional bowling green, and herbaceous border which were created by the Dukes gardener John Hossack in 1740. The plants within this 18th century garden were not only grown for their beauty and fragrance but also for their medicinal and culinary virtues.


Led courtyard lamp is a kind of lighting lighting with scenery and decoration in most of the city lighting at present. With the mature and extensive application of LED chip technology in China, more and more LED courtyard lights use parks, residential quarters, villas, private clubs and other fields, and the light source of the LED courtyard lamp is stable. The advantages of heat and long service life will replace the original energy-saving lamp landscape lamps in the future urban lighting. The courtyard LED lamp using LED as the light source has the characteristics of ornamental and illuminating, and is more energy efficient, longer life and easier to maintain than traditional light source. Compared with other conventional lamps and lanterns, LED outdoor courtyard lamp products have simple appearance and fashion, which can reflect the concept of design lighting characteristics. Through the use of LED light source to control products and intelligent digital controller to realize color lighting effect, it has strong environmental infection.
Led courtyard lights use configuration is to design different shapes and styles of lamps according to the use of different occasions, led courtyard lamp shade generally use acrylic, less glass. It is easy to maintain and replace acrylic parts and other features. The products are processed by zinc spraying and stainless steel polishing.


The City is updating the community plan in order to help shape the future of Clairemont for the next 20 years.
The Clairemont Community Plan Update will serve as the long-range vision for land use, mobility, urban design, public facilities and services, natural resources, historic and cultural resources and economic development. This plan update envisions the development of active, pedestrian-oriented areas to support opportunities for homes, jobs, and mixed-use development near transit. The plan update also focuses on retail and employment centers, residential areas, parks and public spaces, and bus rapid and light rail stations. The Community Plan Update envisions a mobility network that serves vehicles and encourages walking, bicycling and transit use. It acknowledges the natural network of canyons and open spaces as an integral part of the community.
This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan.
Create Homes for all of Us
Focuses opportunities for housing within mixed-use and residential areas.
Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood
Protects canyons and open space as sensitive habitat.
Identifies opportunities for public spaces and pocket parks, trails, and joint-use facilities.
Provides guidance for the future identification and preservation of historical resources and districts that embody architectural and cultural history.
Advance Mobility & Infrastructure
Identifies mobility infrastructure opportunities that improve connectivity for people walking, rolling, biking and using transit.
Promotes opportunities for urban greening and streets trees to address stormwater runoff and climate change.
Protects canyons, open space and sensitive habitats.
Foster Regional Prosperity
Promotes the Rose Canyon/Creek Industrial Corridor as an emerging employment center connected to regional transit.
October 12, 2023
City Planning staff continues to work on a discussion draft of a revised draft Clairemont Community Plan, incorporating input from the wider community and Planning Commission. The City Planning Department will share the revised draft community plan for feedback before it is updated and presented to the City Council for consideration. Check back here for more updates.
March 15, 2023
The revised Draft Clairemont Community Plan Update will incorporate input received from the Community Plan Update Subcommittee and the Planning Commission. Release of the revised draft is anticipated after the completion of the Planning Department’s Blueprint SD initiative later this year, which will help to support the work needed for the environmental analysis for the Clairemont Community Plan Update. The Planning Department will share the revised draft community plan with the Community Planning Group to provide for additional community review and input prior to releasing the draft environmental document.
September 1, 2021
Planning Commission Workshop #3
On September 23rd, 2021, the Planning Commission will be having an informational workshop on the Draft Clairemont Community Plan. The workshop is being held to obtain input from the Planning Commission on the Draft Clairemont Community Plan Update land use map, policies, design concepts, as well as to discuss community comments and issues. Please click HERE for the Planning Commission agenda, meeting materials, and how to provide public comment.
July 12, 2021
Clairemont CPG: Draft Plan Review Continues on July 20th
The next meeting of the Clairemont Community Planning Group (CCPG) is scheduled for Tuesday, July 20th, 2021, to review the final elements: Conservation, Noise, and Historic Preservation Elements of the Draft Community Plan. Public Review of the Draft will close on August 17th. See meeting agenda HERE.
June 14, 2021
Clairemont CPG: Draft Plan Review Continues on June 15th
The Clairemont Community Planning Group (CCPG) will have it's 2nd meeting on the Draft Plan on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - providing input on the Urban Design Element, Public Facilities, Services & Safety Element, and Recreation Element. See meeting agenda HERE.
May 19, 2021
Clairemont CPG begins Draft Plan Review
The Clairemont Community Planning Group (CCPG) completed the first of 3 meetings to review the Draft Clairemont Community Plan - providing input on the Introduction, Land Use and Economic Prosperity Element, and Mobility Element. See presentation HERE.
The CCPG will be providing input on the Urban Design Element, Public Facilities, Services & Safety Element, and Recreation Element at their next meeting on Wednesday, June 15, 2021. Check the Documents Page for the agenda and any other meeting details.
Find out more about Clairemont Community Plan Update.
Find out more about Clairemont Community Plan Update.
Learn about key project milestones and the schedule for completing the 3-year project.
Let us know if you have questions, comments, or suggestions.
Opportunities to provide comments and share ideas will be announced here.
May 5, 2021
NOW AVAILABLE - DRAFT Clairemont Community Plan
The Draft Clairemont Community Plan is now available for review on the Documents page of the project website or by clicking HERE.
Please share and discuss your comments on the draft plan at the next Clairemont Community Planning Group meeting or send them to Marlon I. Pangilinan, Senior Planner at firstname.lastname@example.org. The public comment period will end on July 21, 2021.


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Stencil pattern concrete is created by adding colours, patterns and texture to the concrete at the time it is being poured. This enables us to create permanent, decorative, durable and non-slip surfaces.
The finished job has the attractive look of brick, stone or tile with a contrasting grout line. Once your concrete has been laid and leveled, the stencil pattern is applied to the surface of the concrete.
The primary surface colour of stencil patterned concrete is achieved by working an oxide colour hardener into the concrete surface. This provides a deep color, as well as strengthening the surface to allow more resistance to chipping and scratching than normal concrete.
Emphasizing the border in your design by using contrasting patterns and colours allows you to add another dimension to your project and customize your look and style.
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Mesa Rim Climbing Center Renovates
Mesa Rim Climbing Center is renovating one of their climbing gyms located at 10110 Mesa Rim Road. The renovations include partial demolition of the existing second floor with office and existing offices below. The area will be improved for new climbing walls. Lighting and HVAC will be reworked around the new climbing walls.
Chalice Unitarian Church Update
The Chalice Unitarian Church is nearing completion. The building is almost complete, and exterior work is finishing up. Asphalt operations are underway with flatwork as well. Next week, the landscaping will begin.
This Escondido project will include a 2,659 square foot wood framed multi-purpose building, site grading, and parking lot expansion, new water service and stormwater detention basins, and hardscape and landscaping.


Street Seats 2017 is a Public Seating Space that Evolves
May 1, 2017
This year’s Street Seats — Parsons School of Design at The New School’s annual student-design pop-up seating space presented in collaboration with the NYC Department of Transportation — is changing and evolving over time.
That’s because it’s made with myriad planters and movable seating. When it’s taken apart seven months from now, it will have taken many forms — a living design-build project in addition to a space for the public to relax and enjoy.
Designed and built by students of Parsons’ BFA Architectural Design, Integrated Design, and Product Design programs, and overseen by Parsons faculty members Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, this year’s Street Seats was constructed using bamboo, a sustainable material; drought-resistant plants, which reduce maintenance needs; and Voltaic Systems Arduino-donated solar panels and LED lights, which connect to a microcomputer that turns the lights on at night and lets their batteries recharge during the day. It is located just around the corner from the entrance to the University Center on 13th Street and Fifth Avenue.
The project is the creation of BFA Architectural Design students Reem S. Abi Samra, Javier Contreras, Yeshayahu Gansburg, Finn Harries, Albert Liu, Naiky Paradis, Mahalakshmi Sivakumar, and Pranati Kotriwala; BFA Product Design students Russell Conway, Seung Chae Kang, and Michael Phillips; and Alyson Thompson; and BFA Integrated Design students Katelin Collier and Charlotte Hoefer. Research assistant were Jeana Chesnik, MFA Design and Technology and Gabrijela Korac, MFA Lighting Design.
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Garden lighting is the perfect way to help you to enjoy your outdoor space to its full potential. Extending the light from inside your home into the garden is the best way to create ambience and create an ‘inside-outside’ look and feel. Giving you an inviting additional room as well as creating an outdoor oasis to enjoy. Decking areas and patios can be transformed into cosy alfresco dining and living spaces, while lawns, trees and flower beds become outdoor sculptures with the right amount of well-positioned light. Adding layers of light around the garden is key, so try to use fittings at different heights and levels for the ultimate cosy garden.
Get Started with Ground Lights
If you’re worried about how to install lighting in the garden, spike lights are a great place to start. Simply push the spike into the ground and move them around as and when you wish, or as your garden grows. They also have a rotational head so that you can direct the light to highlight planted borders or illuminate lawns.
Spike lights are also a great choice to place underneath trees to skim light up the tree trunk. In the summer this will create a beautiful feature with the foliage in full light, but it will also work in the winter with the bare branches catching the highlights of the spike light creating dramatic natural sculptures.
Festival Fun with Festoon Lights
Decorative but understated. Glamorous but cool. You can’t really go anywhere today without seeing these sparkly string lights. And there’s reason for it. The light they create puts a smile on everyone’s face. Perhaps because they take us back to our favourite market, festival or alfresco restaurant. Whatever the reason, they look fantastic anywhere and everywhere. The chunky retro bulbs are undeniably charming suspended from the industrial style cable. So, get them draped under your covered patio, along the garden fence, around trees, wherever you like.
Add Layers of Light with Outdoor Wall Lights
Wall lights are great because they can be used up high beside doors and around patio areas, or low down to frame lawns. Creating layers of light to draw the eye around the whole space. They create a welcoming entrance to your home and come in a variety of designs and colours to bring a sense of the interior character of your home outside. For added security, wall lights with a PIR motion sensor are a great choice. They automatically operate the lights to deter intruders and help you to open your front door at night.
Lanterns can add a charming nostalgic feel, while chrome and anthracite finishes with minimalist designs add a contemporary look. Our outdoor up and down Lights are perfect for creating dramatic accent lighting in your garden. Ideal for adding soft light to hard textures by positioning on brick walls, garden fences and outdoor entrances to create a wash of light up and down the space.
Tall, Bright & Handsome Bollard Lights
Post and bollard lights are not just for carparks. They’re perfect for illuminating entrances, pathways, patios, and around your home. From contemporary cylinder designs to traditional lanterns, our bollard lights are designed to complement the character of your home and enhance your outdoor lighting scheme. You can create decorative focal features by positioning multiple lights along a pathway, or decking area to frame the space with soft light.
The wide beam angle is designed to flood the ground with bright light to provide safe visibility. Choose from a variety of colour temperatures and finishes from stainless steel to anthracite that are beautiful and easy to clean. Each bollard is water resistant and dust tight, ensuring that they will withstand the elements and function brilliantly outdoors. Available with a PIR motion sensor to function as security lighting to deter intruders and protect your property.
Leave Nothing in the Dark with LED Flood Lights
What’s so great about our flood lights is that they’re functional, powerful and have all the benefits of LED. To help deter intruders approaching your property, sensor flood lights are a great option. There are two kinds of sensors to operate your flood lights. PIR motion sensors automatically switch your flood lights on when motion is detected up to 5-8m and with a 180° detection angle. Photocell/Dusk til dawn sensors switch the flood light on at dusk and stays illuminated throughout the night until dawn.
Many of our floodlights have the option of both sensors so you can choose which you prefer. But they’re not only good for adding security, they’re also great for illuminating your driveway to help you park at night and open your garage doors. You can mount them onto walls outside the garage, or the garage roof to project the light further. You can even attach your flood light to a portable aluminium spike to plant your flood light into the lawn. Or team with a stainless-steel arm to extend the reach of the light. RGB colour changing floodlights are fantastic for outdoor events, and to add unique mood lighting to your garden or exterior space.


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Choice of beautifully-appointed 1, 2 and 3-bedroom contemporary apartments, each with secure undercover parking.
A stunning masterplan created by acclaimed architects, Fender Katsalidis, with landscaping and urban design by Oculus. Perfectly positioned to capitalise on the transformation of Woden’s town centre and major planned infrastructure projects.
Residents-only amenity spread across four cascading terraces including indoor lap pool, fitness studio, rooftop lounge, resident’s club lounge, dining room and private cinema.
Ground-floor plaza with public gardens, urban greens, cafés, dining, retail and boutique commercial suites. 10 minute drive – and just two sets of traffic lights – to Canberra City Centre. Only a two minute walk to the proposed Stage 2 City to Woden Light Rail.


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These photos were taken with more of a creative flare depicting the mood of the trails and pathways as well as the natural design. When hiking through these area’s one experiences a sense of wonder that will tantalize the imagination.


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All our projects begin with a design consultation with a prospective customer, to determine their wants and needs. Then our Design Team determines what is necessary to achieve the customer's goals. The Design Team then produces the necessary artwork for approval by the customer. Once the customer is happy with the design, the Engineering Team goes to work in close coordination with the Construction and Installation Teams, doing all that is necessary to produce the lighting environment desired by the customer. Frequently the customer's goals are reached with innovative use of readily available lighting and fixtures, but sometimes, due to the custom nature of design, it is necessary to fabricate a one-off design. CRBest Creative Lighting has developed innovative utilization of products that are unique in the field of landscape lighting, helping to create a relaxing, pleasant environment.
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I think I’ve found where I want to live one day. These beautiful, minimalist studios are the work of Saunders Architects and can be found on the small Canadian island of Newfoundland. I could ramble on about the picturesque landscape and pretend that I knew a lot about architecture but sometimes it’s best to let the pictures do the work.
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Ideas On How You Can Tidy Up Around The YardYour home is your world, and much like the world around us, looks are important. You may take your time to care for your house, but what about your yard? If you're ready to improve your landscaping, but don't know where to start, this article will guide you through your project.
Try using native plants when you are landscaping. When you decide to landscape your garden be sure to use flowers, shrubs and trees that are native to your area. Native plants are most likely to thrive in your area because they have adapted to the local rainfall amounts and temperatures.
Fill your yard with native plants. Native plants are require less effort on your part because they're accustomed to your soil and environment. http://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/17-garden-gates-153627 means that they are low-maintenance. If you want information about local plants, visit any home improvement center or nursery for advice.
Do not plant too much of the same plant in your garden unless it is one that can withstand all type of weather conditions. If you place the same kind of plants throughout your garden and they die during an off season you will be left with a bare yard.
To help pay for your project, you should divide it into different stages. You will only have to pay for one stage at a time. If landscaping is a hobby for you, taking your time is important since creating the landscape is often more fun than maintaining it on a regular basis.
Before you get out the shovel and wheelbarrow, make a careful plan for your landscaping project. You really need to think about what your goals are before you begin. What will you be using this outdoor space for when it is completed? Is it for sitting quietly and reading a book or for entertaining guests? Knowing your goals before starting will help you to achieve your desired outcome.
If you are embarking on a DIY landscaping project, make sure to take into account how much it will cost to do and maintain. Plan out your entire project, writing down a list containing everything you are going to need. Based on the materials you need, find a store that sells good quality items at reasonable prices. Shop around and try to find the best deals. Look for ways you can get top-notch materials at a lower cost.
When purchasing plants for your yard, be sure you pick ones that are local to your area. This way, you know that your climate is not too harsh on the plants. Also, make sure you know what kind of care is involved for the plants that you choose to purchase.
When simply click the up coming internet site select plants, pay attention to their texture and branching patterns. Color is not everything. Choose plants with different shapes and textures to create an interesting design that you will never get tired of looking at. You should also keep in mind that a plant will have different branching structures throughout its growth.
Make sure you do real research on the plants you are considering for your landscaping. Look into what requirements each plant has for optimal growth. Furthermore, be sure to understand the amount of attention each type of plant needs, and match plants to fit your lifestyle. A great place to start this research is your local garden center.
Consider the costs of maintaining your newly landscaped yard before you begin the project. Fertilizers and pesticides are very expensive when using a good deal through a year. If you want a pool consider how much the chemicals will cost you a year, plus possible maintenance costs. These are some of the things that are often forgotten of and add up quickly.
A good landscaping project need not be limited to plants and flowers. For a low-maintenance, earthy look, consider incorporating rocks, water or wooden structures into your lawn, and garden designs. These elements are ideal for parts of the country with low annual rainfall. Many projects of this nature are simple, and can be completed without the help of a professional.
When it's time to pick out your materials, don't use cost as the sole determining factor in your choices. A couple of elements you want to consider are return policies and reputation for good customer service. Weight your options out before purchasing anything. Sometimes, spending a few extra bucks can actually save you money over time.
It should now be clear that just like any other subject, the more you learn about landscaping, the easier that you can apply all of the information you learn. Use what you learned here and apply outside information, then you should have a good amount of knowledge of how to landscape your home.


14 November, 2006
The project to restore the Cotswold Canals was featured on BBC’s flagship rural affairs programme, Countryfile on Sunday (19 November 2006).
The Countryfile team were in Stroud exploring environmental issues for the forthcoming edition of the programme. As part of this, Roger Hanbury, Chairman of the Cotswold Canals Partnership and Chief Executive of The Waterways Trust, was interviewed for the segment on the Cotswold Canals by presenter, John Craven.
Roger said: “The restoration of the Cotswold Canals will bring huge benefits for the southern Cotswolds and especially for the Stroud valleys. As well as providing a better managed environment which will allow wildlife to thrive, the restoration will help to regenerate Stroud as a waterside town, attracting inward investment, tourists and developing new leisure and recreation opportunities.
“Waterside locations are attractive to both residents and visitors, meaning more people will want to live, work and relax in the area.
As we have seen from other waterway regeneration projects, an initial investment of public funds attracts significantly more in private investment bringing with it new employment and training opportunities.”
The restoration of the Cotswold Canals is a major first step in reconnecting England’s two greatest rivers; the Thames and the Severn. The restoration of the canals will provide opportunities for all by acting as a catalyst for continuing social, economic and environmental regeneration whilst safe-guarding their future for everyone to enjoy.
Benefits of the restoration include encouraging greater community cohesion, enhancement of the landscape and creation of wildlife habitats, attracting inward investment as well as providing a wide corridor for leisure and tourism.
The restoration of the Cotswold Canals is led by the Cotswold Canals Partnership.
The first phase of the project has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and South West Regional Development Agency. It is also supported by nearly 30,000 members of the public who signed a petition in favour of the restoration plans.