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Meet Mary Palmer Dargan in Natchez, MS

Mary Palmer DarganLandscape Your Life!  Come meet America’s Landscape Alchemist, Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA in Natchez on Thursday, April 12th.

Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA, Author, TV personality and landscape architect, will be visiting…

Turning Pages Books & More
520 Franklin Street
Natchez, MS 39120
Thursday, April 12 at 4:00 PM

Join our TweetUp and Book Signing for a chance to WIN a copy of her best-selling book, Timeless Landscape Design.  Just use the hashtag #MeetMP

Come meet Mary Palmer Dargan in person and hear about the behind the scenes process of Lifelong Landscape Design which is to be released August 2012 in NYC!

Do you need to make your outdoor spaces work for your growing family? Are you downsizing and want to have a well-orchestrated set of garden rooms? Ask the expert on Thursday and bring a picture of your property.

Meet Mary Palmer Dargan in Baton Rouge, LA

LandMary Palmer Darganscape Your Life!  Come meet America’s Landscape Alchemist, Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA in Baton Rouge on Thursday, April 12th.

Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA, Author, TV personality and landscape architect, will be visiting…

The Red Onion
15680 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Thursday, April 12 at NOON

Join our TweetUp and Book Signing for a chance to WIN a copy of her best-selling book, Timeless Landscape Design.  Just use the hashtag #MeetMP

Come meet Mary Palmer Dargan in person and hear about the behind the scenes process of Lifelong Landscape Design which is to be released August 2012 in NYC!

Do you need to make your outdoor spaces work for your growing family? Are you downsizing and want to have a well-orchestrated set of garden rooms? Ask the expert on Thursday and bring a picture of your property.

Green Oscars honors Barry Sulkin

Have you heard of the “Green” Oscars? Wild South http://www.wildsouth.org/ just awarded Barry Sulkin the 2011 award for his work as Outstanding Conservationist in 2011 (TN PEER Director, TN) at the Fourth Annual Green Tie Gala and Conservation Awards! The awards recognize “conservation heroes” across the South and honor outstanding conservation work in 2011 to protect wild places.
“The nominees represent six states and exemplify dedication and passion for environmental conservation,” Tracy Davids, Wild South’s Executive Director, said in the press release announcing the finalists. “Conservation groups know that we cannot realize our vision with staff and volunteers alone. Success requires the support of each citizen who believes in the power of a South with healthy, intact ecosystems.”

Barry encouraged me and fellow Uni of Tennessean’s hike every trail in the Smoky Mountains and has been tireless in defending rivers and streams as an environmental/civil engineer for over 35 years. He dated and married the recently late Minda Lazarov ( my college room mate) and they established a land trust for their acreage in Tennessee.

A pretty cool award!

Early Spring at Highcote: frogs trilling, geese mating

I love this photo sent by friend, E Bradham from Charleston. I want to go here!! Our  daffodils from Brent & Beckys bulbs planted from GWA samples received over many years enrich our garden at Highcote in Cashiers, NC with a multitude of cup colors and form. The apricot hyacinth Gypsy Queen is fantastic. Pulmonaria in a tapestry of pinks and purples., Weeping cherry purchased for $25 and now 30′ tall is magnificent with cascades of pale pink flowers. Blindingly dark purple grape hyacinth has never been thicker or better.

Forysythia,* Corylus spicata* in bloom, Stachyurus about 3″ long racimes ready to pop…it is a heartbreakingly early zone 6a-new zone 6b- spring. Tulip poplar with 1″ leaves sheaths…I’m enjoying while waiting for the next shoe to drop  since our spring officially is around May 15, not March 15.