The school’s photographer very kindly sent some photos of my garden design (the statuary was added later). The benches are my design, I’m very pleased how they turned out: (click photos for humongous version)

My years in bonsai and Japanese style gardening leaves me feeling like I have something to contribute to the discussion when one is addressing corrective pruning in old deciduous specimen trees. Please let me know what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf8tzPfsDD0

For riotous fall color, it’s hard to beat our own charming little native understory tree, Sassafras albidum: I love this tree and try to conserve it whenever I find it growing naturally in a client’s landscape. photo by Dendroica cerulea

A few ‘after’ photos of the cleanup work we did last week:

After my weekly business networking meeting I headed over for a full day of landscape restoration on the grounds of The National Wildlife Foundation‘s headquarters in Reston, VA. Arriving early, I was met with an army of organizers and support already on site and raring to go. Clearly, a great number of people did an [...]

Recently I was approached by Albert Short, President of Harmony Ponds in Fairfax, VA. Harmony Ponds is one of the premier water feature design/build/maintain firms in the Midatlantic region; Al’s projects include the fountains and other water features for the largest expansion to date of the Virginia Museum in Richmond, as well as the Martin [...]

I sell stuff on eBay. It’s been a nice little revenue stream for me over the years. For quite some time now I’ve been donating 10% of what I earn through my auctions there to one of the finest charities I know of: charity: water charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe [...]