Who is Blue? You?

With winter in hiding this December, I am missing the beautiful blues of icicles, frozen ponds and even cold blue lips! Blue is one of my favorite colors.  Getting true blue in the garden is easy with some lovely ideas like those pictured below from our APLD members.

http://www.apld.org/



What a lovely statement for the garden. What is your favorite color?

Chinese Garden Inspiration

Gardens can be dramatic, as these pictures clearly state. But dramatic in a small space is not easy to achieve. This Chinese garden that was part of the APLD tour in Cleveland was breath taking. I had to jump online to see how difficult it is to get a beautiful structure like this (it's hard, so if you know of a source tell me! )

What do you think? Leave me a comment below!

Stay cool - it is super hot outside here in PA... my poor garden is really feeling the heat this year! And my window box is totally fried! Kathleen at the Garden Media Group

Getting Ready!

"Business Trip" - that is one way to put it.... I will be attending the APLD Conference in Cleveland from June 13-17 -- and I just can't wait! Below are some pictures of a garden designed by Bobbie Schwartz. It is always an inspirational conference, but there is something special about this year. The reception to kick off the conference is being held at the famous House of Blues. The Association of Professional Landscape Designers is a fun and creative group -- and I will be taking tons of pictures, shooting video and tweeting as much as possible. The conference is open to the public and you can register at http://www.apld.org/ for a day or even the whole week. I better make sure my memory card is empty before I go...I tend to take a lot of pictures!

I worked with the home and garden editor at the The Cleveland Plain Dealer to spread the word - the article is here. Will you be attending? Let me know! Kathleen

Donald Pell creates a Gardenscape in the NBC Studio!

Donald Pell from Donald Pell Gardens shows us how we can design our own patio gardens. Discover how you can make one of these smaller scaled gardens in your own yard or find a professional landscape designer to help you. Check out the Association of Professional Landscape Designers website to find a designer near you.



For more garden stories and ideas, check out Garden Media Group's Website!

-Karen

Welcome APLD to the GMG Family

We're thrileed to have The Association of Professional Landscape Designers join our family of green clients. Formed in 1989, this international organization represents and promotes more than 1,200 professional landscape designers through certification, networking, education and advocacy.

Members practice in both design only and design/build companies. They may be sole practitioners or work for a larger company. Project management is offered by most firms. Other members work for nurseries and public and private gardens. Educator members teach at a wide range of educational institutions. They work on large scale residental and commercial projects to small garden "fixes" to bring style and design to any landscape.