Voice of the Land
More National Recognition for Art of the Land!
The June issue of the on-line magazine Total Landscape Care will feature Art of the Land’s “Hillside Terrace”, an award winning project in the Denver area’s Applewood neighborhood.
Art of the Land’s founder and principal Nancy Eastman teamed with colleague Paul Briggs
Hillside Terrace Project Wins More News Coverage for Art of the Land
Read all about it! The Lakewood Sentinel gave extensive coverage to Art of the Land in a March 15 article by Clarke Reader. The article, titled “Company Turns Renovations into Art Projects”, can be read in full at this link to an on-line PDF that you can also download to print.
Art of the Land Receives Excellence in Landscape Award for 2011
“Hillside Terrace”, in the Applewood neighborhood of the west part of Metropolitan Denver, received the award in Wall Construction from the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado.
Art of the Land Goes Up on the Roof. The Green Roof!
One major trend gaining more traction every year in the United States is the Green Roof. And, Art of the Land can design the right solution for your building. For hundreds of years, Green Roofs have grown throughout Europe and other parts of the world for very practical reasons. More recently, the design, architectural value and environmental benefits
Landscaping the Historic Home
To coincide with National Historic Preservation Month, on May 19th, Art of the Land Principal and Founder, Nancy Eastman spoke to guests of the Loveland, Colorado Historic Preservation Commission. Audience members were primarily owners of older and historic homes in the area, interested in designing an appropriate landscape, selecting the right style and plants, and maintaining a restored landscape. Following is a summary of that presentation.
For further information, and for assistance in your own historic landscape planning, contact Art of the Land.
Of course, through history, landscape design styles have evolved both to please the eye, and, earlier, to feed the family. From parks to cottage gardens, styles moved from Old World to New, and, eventually further West to Colorado. Here, there really was no single “style” of garden. A mix of styles and uses ran parallel to the mix of people migrating here and dealing with our particular climate…
Grow Fence-free Screening with the Right Plants
Grow fence-free screening with the right plants. You can define the view you want. By Vicky Uhland Special Thanks to The Denver Post Posted: 06/20/2008 12:30:00 AM MDT Grapevines trained up a bamboo trellis provide an organic screen against traffic on the street nearby. (Dana Coffield, The Denver Post ) Anyone who lives next door [...]
Environmental Artist, Nancy Eastman at the Botanic Gardens
A House is a House for Me: Art, Land & Science Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Inspired by “Art of Nature,” join Colorado Art Ranch, environmental artists and naturalists in this workshop to explore animal habitats and art.
Turfgrass is the Largest Irrigated Crop in the U.S.
A NASA scientist used satellite mapping techniques and statistical analysis to calculate the area of lawns, golf courses, and other turf-covered landscapes in the U.S. The study’s author, Cristina Milesi, estimates that 32 million acres—three times more than corn—are irrigated in this country. In our region over 50% of household water use during the growing [...]
Healthy Landscapes Depend on Nature’s Balance
The best way to have a healthy landscape is to mimic the way nature takes care of its own. In nature plants and animals all have their own place—providing food for something else. Insect outbreaks are a normal part of the natural cycle of nature. Another insect species or bird will feast on the pests [...]
Typical Landscapes Lack Biological Diversity
A typical landscape eliminates the large diversity of plants and animals that once inhabited a place and replaces it with a limited variety of introduced plants. Most native insects and other animals indigenous to the land are unable to feed on these alien plants. Those insects die out when they can’t feed, while birds and [...]
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