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Why Up Level?

I had an interesting  question from a reader: What is to “Up Level” ?

I’ve used it in my headlines this week to share an opportunity. Its when you look at your current state of being (landscape, clothing, education, business) and decide it is time to invest in a upgrade. It is a entrepenurial term that  makes a lot of sense in our mobile, amorphic, busy society.

I’ve been doing this for the past 9 months to hone my PLACE system in order to get my blessing out with my new book. It is a process, not like reinventing, but like putting laser vision on what you really want in your life.

Choosing to up level is a process.  Find a mentor and do the work. I joined a Diamond Mastermind with Lisa Sasevich to clarify not just the book , but to hone how I work with clients and students. It was WORK, and is a process. Growth is hard. Inertia is easy. I’m building the airplane of PLACE with great guidance, but it is my airplane. PLACE is for my unique culture of clients and  students..I call them PlaceMakers. Together we ave a larger mission than just to up level our properties …we can heal ourselves, inspire our community by our actions and heal the earth..one garden at a time.

This makes me feel my life has purpose and meaning….being able to bring all your gifts and talents into one place and sharing in a cogent way with others. In my case, it is to enable them to up level their properties, which has the above spin-off effect of making the world a better place to live, one garden at a time.

Up Level your Life Without Breaking the Bank

Its hard to believe that 8 months I’ve been working on my PLACE system and now it is ready to share. So , first a webinar training 5 part series on P.L.A.C.E  which finished yesteday after 9 weeks. Then the beta event in Cashiers, in late August, which tested the material in front of an audience. Now we are launching the Create your Oasis : Landscape Design for Today’s Lifestyle. There is a string of pearly winding around this material and I hope it will reach many and transform their lives…and the health of the earth, ONE GARDEN AT A TIME.    http://landscapeyourlife.com/oasis/

Did I mention that the BOOK is set to arrive soon…stay tuned!

Landscape Your Life (LYL) beta event a great success!

Late August in western NC is a great place to study garden design surrounded by dahlias, late summer wildflowers and knowledgeable experts! Mary Palmer Dargan, asla instructed the beta event goers with her version of the perfect landscape design learning weekend. 2 full days of lectures, both of which had 4 hours of field study to beautiful, mature mountain gardens and receptions at Chattooga Gardens and the Dixons completed the event. Day 3 was an optional design studio where students brought their projects and received first hand instruction.

We’re getting geared up for the Atlanta Create Your Oasis: Landscape Design for Today’s Lifestyle to be held at the Atlanta History Center October 5-6-7, 2012. Please visit our website for more details. 

POTENTIALS ? Create a Sense of PLACE !

Create a Spirit of PLACE! My PlaceMakers course begins ! Register now to gain access to the forum to start your journey…experience the wonderful Wellspring Gallery images, enjoy inspirational exercises and implement formulas for success.

Potentials, the first PlaceMakers webinar lecture is happenin’ now!  Once you register, we send your personal link to the forum.

Its that simple. Follow the instructions, enjoy the show live, or conveniently view later. Join us and enjoy your bonus ticket to my amazing LYL event and book launch in October, eligibility for the summer EnglishGardenStudy trip, preferred access to the CashiersDesignStudio to receive personal instruction on your garden design… and 90 days of PlaceMakers Forum. Yes, 90 days instead of 60!

This offer is good until July 31. But why wait? Enjoy the Potentials webinar, hot-off-the-press, tomorrow, and play with the PlaceMakers Forum resources long before Layers, the next webinar, premiers on Aug 9.

Welcome to PlaceMakers! Why not invite a friend to join in the fun and come together to future events? The outcome…taking your garden to school will transform your home environment into an utopia. Heal yourself, heal communities and heal the earth...one garden at a time.

Create a Spirit of PLACE : Potentials, Layers, Agenda, Create…Enjoy!

Your friend in GardenDesign, Mary Palmer

PS: Interested? The 5 Secrets to Unleashing the Power Hidden in your Landscape : PLACE ! is a FREE introductory webinar at http://attendthisevent.com/?eventid=31262142 .Click on the slides tab to view show. The PlaceMakers Virtual System button takes you to register for PLACE.

As an extra special bonus, garden design certificate course videos are linked to the PlaceMakers course on topics as varied as History of Landscape Design, Planting Design and Hardscape Construction. This enormous gift is evergreen long after you finish PlaceMakers.

Why?I believe everyone needs access to garden design skill-sets to cope with the changing needs of our home/world environments.

Hydrangea…heaven???

 At our friends, Ruthie and Berryman Edward’s garden walk Annabelle’s steal the show. We designed it two years ago and are delighted with the beautiful hydrangea and hosta display very early this summer….3 weeks early. Annabelle, Bella Anna, Tardiva ( just starting) and Endless summer are all in a cacophony of WHITE and blue. The weird thing is that the internodal stretch on the tardivas has created very elongated  nodes, some 6″ apart..not at all normal. This means the limbs will fall out from the weight of the flower heads. It will be 90 here on Saturday. We’ve had heat early, lots of rain and voila! Corset anyone??