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@roughwood_softgrass Anne - check them out! My babies! White Martagon lilies on their second year from seed. I really really hope there was no mixup and they truly are white. Five years is a long time to wait to be disappointed… 🤞😊🤞A pandemic with lockdowns was good for my garden. I raised the firepit patio about three inches and connected the areas around it with stone. Had it been a normal year, I bet we would still have been looking at a mud pit.So grateful for the rain! 💦🌿A few scenes from the #hotbed at the # communitygarden and beyond. A few hours spent up there in pouring rain STILL beats house cleaning a thousand times. I’m afraid the house will have to wait yet another week. 😆Did three back-to-back consultations today, and the last one was for a fabulous house on the Columbia, under massive oak trees - one of which had just blown down. The house had the most wonderful copper salmon downspouts. So great! 🤩Never a shot without a garden hose taking center stage, but you know how it is - it’s been a very dry spring. Had a consultation scheduled for this evening, but the client thought it was *next* week, so I got the night off. I don’t mind in the slightest - I needed some downtime in my own yard for a change. Just me, the cats and a beer. Aaahhh…
Tag Archives: storm water
If you can’t plant a tree, plant a rain garden!
As our world is warming, more and more water evaporates. And, as we all learned in physics class, what goes up must sooner or later come down. As Portland is bracing for at least a week of more or less … Continue reading
Active Minds Build Passive Houses!
While still living in Sweden, I heard about these incredibly energy efficient “Passive Houses”. On average, their annual energy consumption is about 90% LESS than a normal, drafty, comparatively poorly built abode. This is, of course, a staggering slap in … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Green Living, On Building, On Design
Tagged carbon dioxide emissions, Cleveland, collective responsibilities, energy efficiency, energy information administration, energy performance, houses around the world, Passive House, rain garden, storm water, thermal bridge, wall construction
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Soften the Environmental Blow With a Green Roof!
Ever since I attended an architectural product luncheon back in 1993, where a Swiss rep was showing his wares – various sizes of the plastic, egg crate-looking modules holding the planting medium used to create planted roofs – and lauding … Continue reading
Posted in Client Education, Cool building materials, Environment, Gardening and Landscaping, Green Living, On Building, On Design
Tagged brown roofs, Building, climate change, economy, Energy, environment, extensive, Green Roof Initiative, green roofs, Green Technology, Heat Island Effect, intensive, Landscape design, storm water
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