http://www.urbangardeninghelp.com/
http://www.avant-gardening.com/design.html
http://www.cityfarmer.info/
http://www.backyardgardener.com/
http://www.myurbangardendecoguide.com/
http://www.gardeningpatch.com/
Baltimore Major Garden efforts:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_change_the_world/text/0,,HGTV_30676_65483,00.html
http://www.livingclassrooms.org/edu_bugs.html
http://www.mastergardener.umd.edu/Success%20Stories%20with%20Impacts/Community%20Gardens%20of%20Baltimore%20City.cfm
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_gardens_secret_gardens/article/0,,hgtv_3594_1384261,00.html
My sister's evaulation:
if you like lilies, you can plant toad lilies (also known as trillium) in deep shade and you can plant day lilies in part shade.
if you are going for a more culinarily useful garden, you could plant monarda (bee balm). monarda is one of my favorites because it is pretty and you can use the leaves and flowers for tea. it is really prolific though so plant it in it's pot with the bottom cut out. it is part of the mint family. mine spread very rapidly last year and I put more in this year to cover a space in my back garden. It is wonderful stuff.
and you could put in some corsican mint to fill in your wall a little bit. it likes it moist so plant it up top on the shaded area and it should eventually go downward over your wall a little bit. you can even tuck it into your wall in some places to get it to look more filled in. Since it is a perennial in zone 7, in the cooler climates it doesn't spread too fast and make itself a nuisance like other mints. itshould come back for you every year because I think you are zone 7. corsican mint is THE BEST mint. it is really awesome tasting.
alpine strawberries would also be a good pick. you can get seeds off reneesgarden.com. regular strawberries need full sun unfortunately. if you get these plants, keep in mind the height and how you plant.
you want to layer your plants in such a small garden. you would plant your lilies in the back, monarda either interspersed with it or in front of it depending on the variety you get, then your strawberries and corsican mint.
I like to plant in drifts too personally. using 3 plants close to one another for a natural look, as opposed to a staged looking garden.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Preservation Maryland Sponsorship
Preservation Maryland Lecture
in memory of Michael F. Trostel to be held on Wednesday, March 19th at 6pm
Preservation Maryland is pleased to continue its partnership with AIABaltimore in sponsoring this year’s Preservation Maryland Lecture in memory of Michael F. Trostel, FAIA. Geoff Manaugh is this year’s Trostel lecturer. The lecture will be held on March 19th and will kick off the 2008 AIABaltimore Spring Lecture Series.
Geoff Manaugh is the creator of the award-winning BLDBLOG, an editor of Archinect: the Online Resource for Architects and a senior editor at Dwell magazine. Mr. Manaugh holds a B.A. in cultural studies and a M.A. in Art and Architectural History. He will present theories on infrastructure and urban landscapes in relation to preservationist ideals in his lecture.
The lecture will take place at Falvey Hall at Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 W. Mount Royal Avenue and will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow. Series tickets are $35/AIA and BAF members; $45/public; $15 individually in advance or at the door as space permits.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to http://www.aiabalt.com/.
Since 2003 Preservation Maryland has been the major sponsor of the Michael F. Trostel Memorial Lecture as part of the AIABaltimore Spring Lecture Series as a way to foster the connection between the design profession and historic preservation.
Michael F. Trostel, FAIA, served on the board of directors of Preservation Maryland from 1970-1980. In 1989, Mr. Trostel was inducted into the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his contribution to the field of preservation in architecture. He worked on many significant projects in Maryland including the Robert Long House, Davidge Hall, Waverly, and Wye House.
Preservation Maryland is the state's oldest historic preservation organization. Founded in 1931, as the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, Preservation Maryland is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and advocacy.
http://www.aiabalt.com/0_committees/0_LectureSeries/LectureSeries.htm
http://www.preservemd.org/html/calendar.html
Preservation Maryland is the major sponsor of this lecture, meaning that the lecture is partially funded by Preservation Maryland.
in memory of Michael F. Trostel to be held on Wednesday, March 19th at 6pm
Preservation Maryland is pleased to continue its partnership with AIABaltimore in sponsoring this year’s Preservation Maryland Lecture in memory of Michael F. Trostel, FAIA. Geoff Manaugh is this year’s Trostel lecturer. The lecture will be held on March 19th and will kick off the 2008 AIABaltimore Spring Lecture Series.
Geoff Manaugh is the creator of the award-winning BLDBLOG, an editor of Archinect: the Online Resource for Architects and a senior editor at Dwell magazine. Mr. Manaugh holds a B.A. in cultural studies and a M.A. in Art and Architectural History. He will present theories on infrastructure and urban landscapes in relation to preservationist ideals in his lecture.
The lecture will take place at Falvey Hall at Brown Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 W. Mount Royal Avenue and will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow. Series tickets are $35/AIA and BAF members; $45/public; $15 individually in advance or at the door as space permits.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to http://www.aiabalt.com/.
Since 2003 Preservation Maryland has been the major sponsor of the Michael F. Trostel Memorial Lecture as part of the AIABaltimore Spring Lecture Series as a way to foster the connection between the design profession and historic preservation.
Michael F. Trostel, FAIA, served on the board of directors of Preservation Maryland from 1970-1980. In 1989, Mr. Trostel was inducted into the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his contribution to the field of preservation in architecture. He worked on many significant projects in Maryland including the Robert Long House, Davidge Hall, Waverly, and Wye House.
Preservation Maryland is the state's oldest historic preservation organization. Founded in 1931, as the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, Preservation Maryland is dedicated to preserving Maryland’s historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and advocacy.
http://www.aiabalt.com/0_committees/0_LectureSeries/LectureSeries.htm
http://www.preservemd.org/html/calendar.html
Preservation Maryland is the major sponsor of this lecture, meaning that the lecture is partially funded by Preservation Maryland.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Geoff Manaugh Lecture
The AIABaltimore Spring Lecture Series kick-off this year, on March 19, will begin with the Preservation Maryland Lecture in honor of Michael F. Trostel, FAIA. Geoff Manaugh is the senior editor of Dwell magazine, editor of Archinect: The online resource for Architects, and the creator of award-winning BLDG BLOG to be released as a book in 2009, and what I predict to be a lecturer extraordinaire.
Be sure to check out BLDG BLOG (building blog) hourly, daily, weekly to catch a glimpse of what is to come: http://www.bldgblog.blogspot.com/
Geoff Manaugh is an essayist, Senior Editor at Dwell magazine, contributing editor to Archinect: The online resource for Architects, and the creator of BLDGBLOG (“building blog”), a 2006 Yahoo! Top 25 Pick of the Year and a Time Magazine Style & Design 100 blog for 2007. Manaugh has been called “the world's greatest living practitioner of ‘architecture fiction’” by Bruce Sterling, and one of the 50 “most influential architects, designers, and thinkers” by Icon magazine. His work has appeared in Domus, Metropolis, Space & Culture, Contemporary, things magazine, and The Next American City, among others, and The BLDGBLOG Book is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in Spring 2009.
To call Manaugh a historic preservationist is a bit of a stretch since his award winning blog, BLDGBLOG, is devoted to ‘architectural conjecture, urban speculation and landscape futures’. It can be argued, however, that as the basis of his transformative architectural theories, his writings are laden with history, archeology, conservation, and preservation. While not ‘preservationist’ in the traditional sense of the word, Geoff’s antithetical futuristic visions never fail to remind us of the demand for preservation and sustainability of our planet, architecture, and human livelihood.
Clearly fascinated with science and technology, Manaugh was recently named by Wired as “an architectural futurist.” Accordingly, his writing often borders on science fiction, exhibiting a futurist opinion. He applies this to present day thinking as though it were commonplace, forcing the reader to re-think preconceived notions of every day forms. His frequent references and inspirations from J.G. Ballard’s mid-period novels assist him in evocatively illustrating utopian/dystopian visions through inventive verbiage and stunning photography. Theoretically superimposing the human desire for the new and unexplored, BLDGBLOG itself is an innovation in cyberspace literature.
It is the ongoing suspense of the blog medium that allows Manaugh to post multiple times per week on subjects that fluctuate between the aerial, subterranean, outer space, and suburbia. Within this vast array of settings, he inserts overlaying suggestions of literature, music, cinematography, and psychology. He objectively analyzes ancient artifacts, and then describes how the idea or structure may apply to unrealized design. When you start to think he has gone too far, his next post will hone in on the most human of architectural ideals. Divergent, eclectic and challenging, BLDGBLOG inspires emerging trends in sustainable urbanism with its sensitivity to the extremities of the universe.
Manaugh has spoken at events hosted by the Center for Land Use Interpretation, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, London's Bartlett School of Architecture, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, among others; and he has been a featured guest on London’s Resonance FM and on L.A.’s KCRW.
Be sure to check out BLDG BLOG (building blog) hourly, daily, weekly to catch a glimpse of what is to come: http://www.bldgblog.blogspot.com/
Geoff Manaugh is an essayist, Senior Editor at Dwell magazine, contributing editor to Archinect: The online resource for Architects, and the creator of BLDGBLOG (“building blog”), a 2006 Yahoo! Top 25 Pick of the Year and a Time Magazine Style & Design 100 blog for 2007. Manaugh has been called “the world's greatest living practitioner of ‘architecture fiction’” by Bruce Sterling, and one of the 50 “most influential architects, designers, and thinkers” by Icon magazine. His work has appeared in Domus, Metropolis, Space & Culture, Contemporary, things magazine, and The Next American City, among others, and The BLDGBLOG Book is forthcoming from Chronicle Books in Spring 2009.
To call Manaugh a historic preservationist is a bit of a stretch since his award winning blog, BLDGBLOG, is devoted to ‘architectural conjecture, urban speculation and landscape futures’. It can be argued, however, that as the basis of his transformative architectural theories, his writings are laden with history, archeology, conservation, and preservation. While not ‘preservationist’ in the traditional sense of the word, Geoff’s antithetical futuristic visions never fail to remind us of the demand for preservation and sustainability of our planet, architecture, and human livelihood.
Clearly fascinated with science and technology, Manaugh was recently named by Wired as “an architectural futurist.” Accordingly, his writing often borders on science fiction, exhibiting a futurist opinion. He applies this to present day thinking as though it were commonplace, forcing the reader to re-think preconceived notions of every day forms. His frequent references and inspirations from J.G. Ballard’s mid-period novels assist him in evocatively illustrating utopian/dystopian visions through inventive verbiage and stunning photography. Theoretically superimposing the human desire for the new and unexplored, BLDGBLOG itself is an innovation in cyberspace literature.
It is the ongoing suspense of the blog medium that allows Manaugh to post multiple times per week on subjects that fluctuate between the aerial, subterranean, outer space, and suburbia. Within this vast array of settings, he inserts overlaying suggestions of literature, music, cinematography, and psychology. He objectively analyzes ancient artifacts, and then describes how the idea or structure may apply to unrealized design. When you start to think he has gone too far, his next post will hone in on the most human of architectural ideals. Divergent, eclectic and challenging, BLDGBLOG inspires emerging trends in sustainable urbanism with its sensitivity to the extremities of the universe.
Manaugh has spoken at events hosted by the Center for Land Use Interpretation, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, London's Bartlett School of Architecture, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, among others; and he has been a featured guest on London’s Resonance FM and on L.A.’s KCRW.
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