Russell Camp: Southern Garden Coach » landscape design http://southerngardencoach.com Expert landscape help for the do-it-yourselfer Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Natural selection http://southerngardencoach.com/2009/08/natural-selection/ http://southerngardencoach.com/2009/08/natural-selection/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:36:10 +0000 admin http://southerngardencoach.com/?p=87 It just doesn’t matter. I hate to be so negative or even cynical, but really, I’m not. I’m merely being pragmatic.A variegated form of Yucca filamentosa

I can have the best, most wonderful, and coolest plants on a drawing. The client may love them and want them. In fact, often when a client is a real plant nerd they will suggest something very cool, so I will work it in the drawing. And then it happens.

The reality of supply and demand in the nursery business smacks me in the head like a handful of black, slimy leaves from a seldom-cleaned gutter: I can only get the cool stuff if they have it at the nursery.

So, I have learned not to get my hopes up. I have learned to temper my lust for coolness with what they have on hand at the supply house.

Then sometimes I get a pleasant surprise. Sometimes the nursery will have something even better than I had spec’d in the drawing. You never know.

]]> http://southerngardencoach.com/2009/08/natural-selection/feed/ 0 Avalanche of information http://southerngardencoach.com/2009/07/avalance-of-information/ http://southerngardencoach.com/2009/07/avalance-of-information/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:31:42 +0000 admin http://southerngardencoach.com/?p=30 Delicious Apple
Delicious AppleDelicious AppleThat’s where I can help.  I can wade into the waters for you.  I can separate the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats.  I can help you achieve that gorgeous eye-candy that you see in the media.  It’s not impossible or unreachable.  You can do it with my help.
I hope to post several things on this site.  First you will find how-to articles on a number of practical subjects. Some of them will be posted on Wilsonbrosnursery.com where I have posted several articles, and plan to do more.  Some of the articles will be posted here.  I also plan to post reviews of garden tours or gardening related events in the metro Atlanta area and occaisonally critiques of landscapes, or parts of landscapes, that I encounter on my travels around town.  I will always work to make the content interesting, relevant, applicable, and entertaining. The entertaining part comes easy, it’s in my genes.
Delicious AppleThese days, there is an avalanche of information on most any subject into which you desire to delve.  Much of that information is just fluff: Useless and merely filling up space.  And it’s hard to know when you’re getting a dose of fluff or real, uselful information that applies to you and your situation.  Such as it is with information on landscaping and gardening.  The same media that brings us the mouth-watering eye-candy of gorgeous homes and their landscapes also brings us a flood of information on how to achieve those landscapes.  It’s up to you to wade into the waters of information and sort through what is helpful and what isn’t.
That’s where I can help.  I can wade into the waters for you.  I can separate the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats.  I can help you achieve those gorgeous eye-candy landscapes that you see in the media.  It’s not impossible or unreachable.  You can do it with my help.
I hope to post several things on this site.  First you will find how-to articles on a number of practical subjects. Some of them will be posted on Wilsonbrosnursery.com where I do a fair amount of writing.  Some of the articles will be posted here.  I also plan to post reviews of garden tours or gardening related events in the metro Atlanta area and occaisonally critiques of landscapes, or parts of landscapes, that I encounter on my travels around town.  I will always work to make the content interesting, relevant, applicable, and entertaining. The entertaining part comes easy, it’s in my genes.

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