tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47045263048565546222024-03-12T21:43:22.460-07:00Under The TreesArt Line and Design in the Landscapehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212168325869350377noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704526304856554622.post-40312513821960590052015-03-28T14:15:00.001-07:002015-03-28T14:15:23.016-07:00Welcome.<h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Welcome to my newest blog!</span></h2>
This will be my new platform to discuss all sorts of things horticulture and design; art and the landscape, both in nature and man-made. Please be patient as I re acquaint myself with Blogger to post pictures and update the site as time permits. As always, thank you for visiting. Comments are most welcome.<br />
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A little about me:<br />
I grew up in suburban northern NJ, a mere 40 miles from the George Washington Bridge, where, thankfully, there were still open tracks of horse farms, orchards and a few dairy farms amongst the ever encroaching suburban sprawl.<br />
The house where I lived with my sister and mom and dad backed up to a 40 acre well established orchard and vegetable farm. It had changed little over the years, some of the original apple trees almost 40 years old. A beautiful and elegant home sat at the front of the rolling property, and I can still see the beautiful formal gardens, gates and hidden paths that were designed as part of the landscape to compliment the gracious estate of that era. There was a double stairway terrace with a beautiful goldfish pool at its center; a manicured lawn that was flanked by mature towering Hemlock hedges and Rhododendrons. There were Foxglove, a formal rose garden and azalea. A view that led the eye from the terrace. down the lawn, to the orchards framed by an beautiful trellis. <br />
I'm quite certain it was professionally designed, but never did know by whom.<br />
Be that as it may, it was paradise for a girl growing up who loved nature and the outdoors, and years were spent wandering around the fields and trees, gardens and woodlots, ponds and stone barns.<br />
It was this early exposure, I think, that led me to grow to love and study nature, and later, the desire to share that unique beauty with others.<br />
Many years later, I would attend Alfred State College in Alfred NY, across from Alfred University, to study horticulture and landscape construction as a way to bring the science and technical knowledge I felt was needed into the design and landscaping profession.<br />
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I have been designing landscapes since 1996, when I graduated with honors from the Alfred program with a degree in the applied sciences. <br />
I am currently close to obtaining my Bachelors of Fine Art at Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester NY. <br />
Always involved in the fine arts, I taught and built pottery at a studio in Midland Park NJ as a teen, selling my wares at shows in Ridgewood and other outdoor venues until I left NJ in the late 70's. I was privileged to hang out with accomplished artists and forward thinkers, and still am to this day.<br />
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