L.A. Times - Home & Garden

Landscape rules on how much lawn is enough differ by city
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Depending on what city you live in (and sometimes what part of your city), the rules vary that govern how much greenery you have . Best to check before ripping out the grass and pouring concrete. KEEPING that thick, verdant blanket of grass watered in these dog days of summer is about as economical and conservation-minded an enterprise as gassing up the family SUV for the weekly commute or a long-distance vacation. It costs a bundle, and pretty soon you have to do it all over again.
Henry E. Huntington's promised land in San Marino
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
For the developer, it was never about the mansion that is now the Huntington Art Gallery. It was about the land. This new column will explore the ghosts of Southern California's residential landscape -- social, political or cultural landmarks that have since been destroyed or altered beyond recognition.
The little guy's first day of kindergarten
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
He eagerly trots off to school while Dad marvels at the well-traveled road to the school steps. SO WE SAY O WE SAY an Ave Maria and send the little guy off to school for the very first time. Kindergarten . . . the bunny lair of lower education.

 

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Beatrix Farrand - A biography of a founder member of the American Society of Landscape Architects
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Carl Linnaeus - A biography of the founder of modern botany

404 Fletcher Steele Landscape Architect - Biographical information on the pioneer modernist designer, from the SUNY Faculty.

Frederick Law Olmsted - Resources concerning the life and works of Frderick Law Olmsted, the greatest of 19th century American landscape architects.
Meta Description: [ A resource page on the life and works of Frderick Law Olmsted, the greatest of 19th century American landscape architects, whose projects included New York's Central Park, the Emerald Necklace of Boston, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and many more parks and landscapes in the United States. ]

Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of landscape architechture - The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. A selected bibliography and links to related sites.
Meta Description: [ The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted is the originator of Landscape Architecture in America. A selected bibliography and links to related sites are offered. ]

History of Horticulture - Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1935, short introduction to her life and work.
Meta Description: [ A brief history of major figures in the history of horticulture developed from an outline that was distributed to students in Ohio State University Professor Freeman S. Howlett's course titled "The History and Literature of Horticulture: From Earliest Times to the Present," taught in 1968. ]

Museum of History Gertrude Jekyll Room - Garden designer and prolific writer on gardens and gardening with short biography.
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404 Penelope Hobhouse Reaps What She Sows - An article about the English garden author and designer, from the Christian Science Monitor.
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Sisley Garden Tours - An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages.
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Thomas Mawson - A brief biography of his life from 1861-1933. His book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture.
Meta Description: [ A brief biography of Thomas Mawson, who started a nursery in Windermere, Cumbria in the 1880's, and later went on to became a landscape architect of high repute. He published 'The Art and craft of Garden Making',which is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture. ]