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Jest a Bunch’a of Garden Writers havin’ a little fun…!

Landscape Your Life debuted in Tucson at the Garden Writers International Symposium in Tucson.   Lifelong Landscape Design was unveiled by Poppy, Mary Palmer Dargan’s PlaceMaker SPROUT design student-homeowner, who shared her enthusiam for Professor Dargan’s new book  to a crowd of garden writing connoisseurs at the 64th annual Garden Writer’s International Symposium. Book drawing went to garden lecturer, Marie Mims Butler of the Virginia Zoo in Chesapeake, VA. — in Tucson, AZ.  Pictured are Kevin Gragg and Kimberly Toscano from Oklahoma Gardening TV who shared in the fun!

http://www.landscapeyourlife.com/

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Poppy Debuts at Garden Writers in Tucson, Oct 12 6 pm

Wheee!  You are invited to meet Poppy as she debuts her learning system called PLACE!  Poppy is a new homeowner who enrolled in PLACE to learn how to get the very best form her property. She shares your pain in decision making and what  will fit and how to keep her property value in line with her improvements. Join us at our event  as Poppy unveils her recipes for  “landscape  your life” success!   Join us here at the event!

Finally…discover the secrets to creating your own peaceful sanctuary

Sizzling hot!  My exciting new book, Lifelong Landscape Design, is essential kit for every homeowner’s library. I am delighted to share that Lifelong SOLD OUT before leaving the printer in China…and the good news is that I just received my personal, author’s copies for you.

So, what’s the scoop?

If you are dreaming of a stress-free zone at home, a delightful terrace to entertain friends or a PLACE to thrive, this is the book for you. Award winning, landscape architect, Mary Palmer Dargan, asla, apld (me!) shows you how to relax and revive from your busy day…so you can serve your family, clients and community, and love what you do.

Are you tired of paying the price for going backwards instead of forwards with home improvement? Lifelong Landscape Design outlines therapeutically proven ways to transform your environment into the oasis of your dreams.  These key ingredients will inspire you to unleash the power hidden in your property, and discover your own potential in the process. Using this unique process, you will nail down your needs, envision places and see results.

Seeking solace? Landscape Your Life and live the healthy, happy, inspired life you deserve.

Of course, I’d love to autograph a copy for you. So, please contact us to purchase one at : https://dargan.com/poppyshop

Creative Video Production on a WHIM

On a whim, thinking I was doing something easy, on Sunday afternoon 7 days ago (sept 2), I set up my iphone on a tripod with a clamp to steady it, spouted out 6 tips segments, page opener plus sales page message before a big storm with raindrops came pelting (I was outside in the woods on a deck far above land). The camera was 3 ‘ from me and I was by myself.  Put video clips  into imovie ( Mon,sept 3) added a logo and a tad of music and was “in business”.

With my trusted VA’s help, we created a beautiful (3) training videos page with webinar slot/sales page location at the end of the bar and an imbedded video explaining what it was all about ( sept 5), plus bonus flowchart/transcript material. Shared the complementary training videos as prelude to my webinar ” How to Convert your Property into the Oasis of your Dreams” yesterday (Sat sept 8).

Launched this campaign “5 Tips to Immediately Improve your Property” on thurs,sept 6 at 6 pm ST ( waaay too late) . BUT… had 89 ppl opt- in immediately and got very favorable reviews of the video training. 14 showed up for the webinar on Sat ( less than 2 days after launch).

I guess the webinar would have been enough. Who knows…will leave it “live until Tues at NOON”, then do the live follow-up video. Sadly, I must change sales page and three will be NO MORE opportunity to do the PREWORK as a SPROUT.  Now must head into sharing the event instead!

http://www.landscapeyourlife.com/oasis

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.