Heroes of Horticulture
Since I mentioned Treehugger yesterday, I thought it was fitting to let you know about how you can hug a tree. The Cultural Landscape Foundation and Garden Design are calling for nominations for Landslide 2007 . In a nutshell, you may nominate your favorite significant tree (I suppose "significant" implies that a Charlie Brown evergreen is not really what they are looking for, but the tree from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn might work, if it exists and if you know where it is), orchard, park planting or other horticultural feature that has survived against all odds, miraculously demonstrating its ability to stand steadfast in the face of natural and cultural challenges. The winners will be named "Heroes of Horticulture."
Nominate your Hero of Horticulture here . The deadline is April 15, 2007. The winning plant or landscape will receive some serious landscape architectural glory. Also, please note that TCLF is "the only not-for-profit foundation in America dedicated to increasing public awareness of the important legacy of cultural landscapes and to helping save them for the future."
JUST AN ASIDE: I really like Garden Design. They feature some great projects and the photography is beautiful. In November’s issue I wanted to blow up and frame their photographs of various barks. Does the new affiliation with ASLA mean that there is no more Landscape Architecture magazine? The ugly layout of L.A. used to annoy me when I had a subscription.
