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The Outdoor Shower
By Ethan Fierro
Designer/builder Ethan Fierro’s inspirational book The Outdoor Shower offers dozens of creative ideas for any type of outdoor shower experience. Starting with the basics, he provides readers with ideal resources for plumbing, fixtures, and building materials and also provides information on how to choose a contractor.
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Fresh Impressions April 2008
GREEN FLOORING An early innovator of environmentally sustainable building products, the flooring industry continues to lead the way. By considering sustainability of the raw materials, the manufacturing process, and the potential for recyclability, green flooring providers seek to minimize their overall impact on the environment. Here, we feature a small selection of the many options. 1.This barrelhouse heart pine flooring is just one of JG Architectural Supply’s reclaimed wood flooring products
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Telescopes Of Vermont
In the 1920s, Russell W. Porter, known as America’s “father of amateur astronomy,” designed the garden telescope. Less than twenty known original telescopes were made, and are displayed at the Springfield Telescope Makers Museum in Springfield, Vermont.
Instantly captivated by the beauty and engineering of the original Porter Garden Telescope over three decades ago, Fred Schleipman, [...] -
Ponds In Paradise Gallery
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Cotswold Meets Contemporary Gallery
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The Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage
Now in its 71st year, the Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage (MHGP) will feature more than 60 historic locations throughout Maryland.
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Hardy Geraniums
The first hardy geranium I purchased lasted only five months. Then again, I bought Samobor on an impulse: the maroon petals were peeled back like shooting stars, the green leaves had large bands of dark purple, and the foot-high plant swayed gently in the breeze. I was also quick to plant it in a sunny [...]
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Ponds In Paradise
Ponds surrounded by gardens linked with naturalistic waterfalls built into a sloping backyard.
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Botanical Isles
Floating Islands and Wetlands bring terrestrial landscapes to aquatic climes and help clean the water as well. By Kevin Varrone • Photography by Robert Noonan Floating Islands can be designed to obscure the pot (right) or focus on specimen plants (left). RIGHT: A Floating Island center planted with Canna ‘African Sunset” and Golden Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’) seems to dance across the pond surface at Maryland Aquatic Nurseries. Earth Science classes have long taught that
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Face To Face With J. Landon Reeve
By Jennifer K. Dansicker Landon Reeve started Chapel Valley Landscape Company in Woodbine, Maryland in 1968. Today, Chapel Valley is the 16th largest landscape contractor in the country. This year they are celebrating their 40th anniversary as one of the most successful and recognized exterior design/build/manage landscape firms serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The oldest of four children, Landon has come a long way from his days on a farm in Monkton, Maryland passing out postcar
