APLD News - Association of Professional Landscape Designers

Volume 4, Number 3 

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APLD News 

Fall 1992 

Designs by APLDMembers Enhance Decorators' Show Houses 

by Laura D. Ei'icncr 

This ye~r at least 14 APlD members 

designed g~rdens for Decorators' Show 

Ilouses in the Northeast. All were open 

during the month of May -- probably the 

busiest month for most designers' practices 

but also prime time for garden viewing by 

the general public. 

In Massachusetts, 11 APlD members 

collaborated on two gardens for the Greater 

Boston Decorators' Show House sponsored 

by the Junior league. The designers were 

l3:ubara J. Cain of Norwell, Margaret S 

COlUlorsof Duxbury, Nancy B. Currie of 

. "'yland, Kenn Eisenbraun of Hopkinton, 

ra D. Eisener of Saugus, Sylvia Holman 

fee of Needham, Sandra Jonas of 

Westwood, Nina King Lavin of Wellesley, 

Henrietta Light of Watertown, Yvonne Pepe 

of Newton, and Rhonda Smith of Merrimac. 

A 12th Massachusetts member, Dale Dudley 

White of Belmont, assisted in installation 

and maintenance. It was the first time the 

H Kibbe Turner designed this waterfall for 

the A merican Horticultural Society's Show 

House. 

Eleven APW Members collaborated on gardens including this one called a "SecretGarden "for 

tbe Greater Boston Decorators' Show House. 

designers, all of whom have their own 

individual practices, collaborated on a 

project. 

The group decided to work together to 

reduce the expenditures of money and time 

each would have to spend in the creation 

of the display garden, and in daily n13intenance 

from the time of installation to 

removal. For most, it was the first time they 

had participated in a Show House garden, 

so there was a lot to learn as they went 

along. Initial fears of squabbles during the 

design process, as designers accustomed to 

working independently had to compromise 

with other group members on every detail, 

didn't materialize. 

Currie said dle project gave her "the 

opportunity to become better acquainted 

with the other APLD members -- we 

continued on page 4 

Landscape Designers Convene for APlD Summer Meeting 

by Susan M. Bachenheimer Rcsnick 

APlD's Summer Conference, with its 

"Focus on History," was held in August -between 

planting seasons -- in the 

supposed lull created by a frantic spring 

and fall spent in the garden. APlD 

members met in Wooster, OH at Ohio 

State University's Agricultural Technical 

Institute (AT!). 

There were three days chocked full of 

gardens, plants, people and down-home 

fun. And days were full of networking 

widl designers getting to know other 

designers who are part of APLD's 

growing numbers. The setting provided 

an excellent background for fostering 

friendships while gathering information 

and ideas at the same time. 

The designers who arrived from 

across the country, gathered for a series 

of intense yet informally presented talks 

and tours, led by a group of excellent 

speakers and garden directors, curators 

and horticulturists. 

They began with an inspiring slide's eye 

Continued on page 10

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 

Benefits for Members Nationwide 

It w:ts only last fall 

that I wrote about 

needing a computer for 

APlD (Presidents 

Mess:tge September 

1991). Now we need a 

full-time director' 

As APlD develops 

the resources to travel Joel M. Lerner 

around the country for President, APLD 

summer meetings, the 

expectation of the Board of Directors was 

th:tt we would meet members from the 

areas where the meetings were being held. 

In light of these expectations, I'm glad that I 

waited until after our Wooster, OH meeting 

to write this column, because we didn't just 

meet colleagues from Ohio. 

We had the opportunity to renew 

friendships, meet and exchange ideas with 

bndscape Designers from Connecticut, 

Florida, IUinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New 

York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. 

This is precisely the type of networking 

that we need more of. landscape Designers 

have had little opportunity to benefit from a 

nationwide network of designers since there 

Steven T. Aardweg 

Owner 

Aardweg Landscaping 

43 Franklin Avenue 

Rosemont, PA 19010 

(w) (215) 527-4510 

Associate Member 

Tad S.Anderson 

President 

Anderson Design Services, Ltd. 

P.O Box 5264 

Minnetonka, MN 55343 

(w) (612) 473-8387 

Certified Member 

David E. Bailey 

Sweet Earth Landscapes 

15615 W. Clear Lake Road 

Buchanan, MI 49107 

(w) (616) 697-8166 

Associate Membc-'r 

Ruth E. Bowers 

landscape Design 

15 Grant Avenue 

(w) HighJand (908) Park, 247-7546 NJ 08904 


Janet R. Childs 

Landscape Designer 

Owner 

30 Irving Street 

Brookline, MA 02146 


Joan Cox 

Owner 

J & R Enterprises 

2871 lansdowne Drive 

Winston-Salem, NC 27103 

(w) (919) 768-4563 


2APLDNews 

was no organization before APlD to bring 

us together. 

Our current list of membership benefits is 

impressive. Members receive APLD NEWS 

and professional certification. There is a 

very active environmental committee. You 

can be placed on their mailing list by 

writing or calling committee Chair H. Kibbe 

Turner. APLDhas been offering education:tl 

programs since its inception. Recognition of 

Landscape Designers by the popular press 

and our colleagues is at an all-tinle high. 

Members receive compliment:try subscriptions 

to Nursery News and Lal/(iscape 

Architect and Specifier Neu's. A couple of 

the latest member benefits :tre a directory 

and newly implemented book discounts. 

The new directory will list bndscape 

Design schools, members by category, :tnu 

other relevant information. It is to be 

distributed following APLD's next dues 

renewal drive. 

These benefits should offer readers a 

glimpse of why nll1.ningthis org:tniz:ttion is 

out of the realm of purely volunteer efforts. 

With membership growing :tnd APlD bo:tru 

members coming from many different p:trts 

of the country, it is increasingly difficult to 

coordinate my and the association's business 

in an efficient and timely manner. 

Since I'm a landscape Designer and 

president of APlD, I run two businesses -- 

APLD's Newest Members 

Robert R. DiTore 

Owner/Designer 

DiTore Brothers Landscaping 

400 W. Moreland Avenue 

Hatboro, PA 19040 

(w) (215) 675-0353 


James Roderick Gall 

307 S.E. 9th Street 

Gainesville, FA 32601 

(w) 

Student Member 

Julie A. Greco 

600 Bedford Road #14 

Pleasantville, NY 10570 

(w) 


Margaret A. Guitar 

Margaret Guitar Designs 

2302 Shoreline Drive 

Abilene, TX 79604 

(w) (915) 673-0328 

Allied Member 

MaryKaye 

Designer 

746 University Avenue 

Los Altos, CA 94022 

(w) (415) 941-1332 


Michael P. Landis 

Campbell & Ferrara 

6625 Deer Gap Court 

Alexandria, VA 22310 

(w) (703) 354-6724 


Anthony Mercieri 

Mercieri Landscaping 

63 Thayer Road 

Monson, MA 01057 

(w) (413) 525-3522 


Jeffrey S. Minnich 

Vice President 

Campbell & Ferrara Nrsy. Inc. 

3048 S. Buchanan Street, #C-2 

Arlington, VA 22206 

(w) (703) 354-6724 


Adele S. Mitchell 

Adele Mitchell, Inc./Greensleeves 

Gdns. 

315 East 65th Street 

New York, NY 10021 

(w) (212) 794-0390 


Elaine M. Panichello 

Principal 

Stonehedge Garden 

Box 822 

Barnstable, MA 02630 

(w) (508) 362-8616 


Karen W. Peck 

Garden Tapestries 

123 Dansworth Lane 

Oak Ridge, TN 37830 

(w) (615) 481-8332 


mine and APLD. This includes mailings, 

scheduling meetings, taking calls, contacting 

members, recruiting new members, monitoring 

cash flow, image polishing, considering 

legislative issues, resolving legal issues, 

contacting clients, generating design wor\< 

performing landscaping, keeping compo' 

izeu records, and more. 

There is excellent support -- a superb 

office staff, a fabulous board, and APlD 

members nationwide who have unselfishly 

given of their time. 

Recognition of Landscape Designers 

is at an aU time bigb. 

I would like to get to know more of our 

members, see more legislative research, 

receive monthJy correspondence on issues 

relevant to our profession, and develop 

more clout in the industry. What we need in 

order to achieve this is glue to bind all of 

our effOlts together. And glue costs money. 

It was decided at the board meeting in 

Ohio to raise the dues in order to afford this 

ne),,"'(stage in our coming of age -- an 

executive director! Please support your 

org:tnization when you receive your next 

dues notice. It will reflect an increase of $50 

-- under 14 cents a day to achieve m:lI1.Y 

more benefits for APlD members. 

Thank you in advance for continuing 

your support. 

Judy Patricia Peek 

PO. Box 631 

Melrose, FL 32666 

(w) 

Student Membc-'r 

Mary Ann Rattner 

MP Landscaping, Inc. 

91 Schwarz Blvd. 

Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849-1619 

(w) (201) 383-1976 


CarlJ. Renna 

Renna's Landscaping 

507 Sage Street 

Roseto, PA 18013 

(w) (215) 588-1070 


TimothyN. Thoelecke,Jr. 

Garden Concepts, Ine. 

1740 Waukegan Road 

Glenview, IL 60025 

(w) (708) 657-7900 


Robin Williams 

Robin Williams & Associates 

Rowan House, Winterton 

Drive, Speen 

Newbury ENGLRG13 IUD 

(w) (0635) 32910 


Larry Todd Wilson 

1835 Dalamon Street 

Jacksonville, FL 32211 

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Student Member

A Moss Garden that is Totally Made in the Shade 

by Ellen L. Slott he said. carpet -- winds through Benner's woodlands 

When horticulturist David Benner moved Mindful that lime helps grass grow better which are filled with thousands of native 

into his heavily wooded home outside New and that, conversely moss likes an acid soil, flowers and plants; their height of bloom is 

Ape, PA 28 years ago, he had only one Benner sprinkled two bags of aluminum the first three weeks of May. There literally 

all requirement for his two-acre property sulfate over his entire lawn, killing all the is no room for weeds to grow. 

-- no maintenance. "If you want to have a garden 

Incredibly, Benner accom- and you don't want weeds," he 

plished that goal all the while said. "You have to have a garden 

creating a spectacular garden with no place for weeds to grow." 

filled with native plants, ever- Benner's gardens are filled with 

green ground covers, wildflowers small rhododendrons, mountain 

:md s11rubs. laurel, azaleas -- all seeding 

The main focus of his garden themselves. He has some hybrid 

has been moss -- soft, cushiony, azaleas which he says are the only 

velvcty green plants that require ones in the world and "I don't 

no mowing, no pesticides, no even know the parents." 

fcrtilizers. As proud as Benner is of his 

"I've got it made in the shade," moss, he gushes equally when he 

Benncr s:lid on a recent walk talks about the variety of evergreen 

tlu"Ollghhis hilly, secluded ground covers on his property. 

property. "I don't want any They include the rare shortia, 

maintcnance. That's my philoso- creeping phlox, foamflower, dwarf 

phy " Benner's moss-covered path WInds through his back yard in New Hope PA ivies, sarcococca, ferns, partridge 

A gr:HJuatcof Penn State UnIversity, ' berry, vinca, pachysandra and 

Bcnncr servcd as the resident botanist for grass. variegated colchis ivy. 

Bowman's IIill Wildflower Preserve at "Okay, I killed the grass. Now what do 1 

W:lshington Crossing State Park in Bucks do' I raked up the dead grass, packed the 

County, PA for 10 years. In the following 22 soil down and in one year I had moss," 

years he was a professor of ornamental Benner said. 

horticulture at Delaware Valley College in 'The moss keeps getting thicker and as it 

Doylestown, PA. does I ha\·e no weeds," he said. "I never 

don Itwant any maintenallce. 

'Jat's my philosophy. /I 

Although he retired in 1989, he's been 

busier than ever giving spring tours of his 

garden, creating a video teaching how to 

grow :1 moss garden, consulting on shade 

gardens and -- at the moment -- writing a 

book on mosses. 

"I still haven't uone any fishing," he 

mused. 

When Benner anu his wife, Sue, bought 

the house in the shaue, t.hey had no iuea 

they'd enu up witl1 a moss lawn. There was 

some moss behind tl1e trees, and the skimpy 

grass and weeds were terrible. "Two months 

after we moved in I got the ioea for moss," 

have to mow. I can go away in the summer 

and come back and don't have to worry 

about mowing or weeding." 

Since moss has no true root system, it 

obtains its nutrients from the air, eliminating 

the need for fertilizing and watering. 

The first step in developing a moss lawn 

is to acidify the soil with aluminum sulfate, 

ferrous sulfate, sulfur dust or sulfur chips. 

Afterwards one must rake up any remaining 

dead grass and debris, sweep the exposed 

soil with a broom and pack it down. It must 

be kept damp until a green film appears. 

The moss will then take over. 

Transplanting moss requires gently 

pulling up a patch with ones hands and 

patting it down on another location. 

A deep green moss path -- soft as a plush 

Bat Shelter Dedicated in Maryland 

A 6CXl-poundb:ll shelter, future home to 

2,000 bats, was deuicated in late July at 

Summit Ijail Farm Park in Gaithersburg, 

MD, a gift from two environmental companies, 

one owncu by APlD Enviromnental 

Ch:lir II. Kibbe Turner. 

_ TUl11er'scompany, Wildlife Habitats of 

ithersburg, and Coveside Conservation 

ducts of Five Islands, ME work together 

to provide natural habitats for vanishing 

wildl ife in such sites as large corporate 

grounds, parks, govemmental agencies and 

private homes. 

Wildlife Habitats designed and installed a 

wetlands on the banks of a pond in the 

park along with plantings which will keep 

the pond alive with wildlife. Coveside, 

owned by Tom Ewing, built the bat shelter 

to provide a home to one of nature's best 

means of insect control, the bat. 

landscape Architect Gary Butson worked 

with Turner's plant layout and designed 

raised walkways and a viewing platform. 

The city of Gaithersburg, which has a 

reputation for being environmentally aware, 

approved the plan which will provide a 

wildlife habitat, improve water quality and 

create both a passive recreation area as well 

as a natural wetlands classroom. 

There literally is no room for 

weeds to grow. 

He has some unusual plant materials 

including a rare Harlands Boxwood (Buxus 

harlandii). After 25 years and no pruning, 

the plant maintains a perfect vase shape. 

Benner keeps deer out of his woodland 

by stapling a high, nearly invisible, green 

netting on the trees around the periphery. 

The netting Benner and his son, Alan, sell 

through a business called Benners Gardens 

of Bala Cynwyd, PA. 

Benner also recently completed a 45minute 

instructional video entitled "Made in 

the Shade" which was produced by AVA 

Productions of Silver Spring, MD. For more 

information on the video or deerfencing 

contact 1-800-753-4660. 

Ellie Slott is a Yardley, PA Landscape 

Designer and owner of Planteriors, Inc. She 

also serves as Editor of the APID NEWS. 

The Wetlands and Bat Sbelter Habitat at 

Summit Hall Farm Park 

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Sbow Houses continued from page 1 

developed a great esprit de corps." 

The Show House was located at K.C. 

Farm i.nMilton, a private residence with a 

barn and extensive grounds in addition to 

the main house. Exterior exhibits included 

six gardens and numerous displays of 

outdoor sculpture. The APLD group created 

a delightful "Secret Garden" enclosed by an 

existing stone wall in one area. A charming 

Victorian fountain gurgled among pansies 

and a weeping cherry. In the second space, 

a "Woodland Retreat" provided food and 

shelter for birds and people in a restful 

shady spot. 

Bruce Keyser of Keyser Design Associates 

Inc. in Revere, PA, has designed 

gardens for the Bucks County PA Design 

House for the past five years. The Show 

House, sponsored by Doylestown Hospital, 

was an old farmhouse in Carversville with 

four gardens designed on the grounds. 

Keyser's garden was a two-level flagstone 

patio framed by the rectangular alcove off 

the kitchen and main hallway of the house. 

He enclosed the space with espaliered 

apple trees, with a single espaliered Atlas 

Cedar against a wall. Unusual foliage 

combinations of Japanese Painted Fern, 

Black Mondo Grass and Lamium "White 

Nancy" contrasted with the stones. The 

patio was further enlivened with a goldfish 

pool in a barrel, and many containers of 

annuals. 

"With 50-60 plants total, this was a real 

low budget one," Keyser said. "These were 

extras from jobs I'd done this year." 

The Show House is an effective 

form of advertising. 

Keyser found that the Show House was 

an effective form of advertising although the 

results were rarely immediate. 

"People keep your name and call years 

later," he said. 

Patsy Tucker, of Pond Gardens, Ltd. in 

King of Prussia, PA, participated in the 

Vassar Show House sponsored by Vassar 

College's Philadelphia alumni. This year it 

was a private 1926 mansion in Devon, PA 

which had space for 37 interiors and four 

landscape areas. Tucker chose to create a 

small meditation pond garden. In a 20 foot 

by-20 foot space, she designed two ponds, 

one with a cascade. 

Tucker got many projects as a result of 

the Show House, largely because she knew 

how to make the most of the publicity. Her 

marketing and graphic design background 

helped. 

"Designers doing the house may be your 

best source of clients -- cultivate friendships 

with i.nterior designers who are doing rooms 

iJlside the house. You've got to do more 

than just put the garden in, and let the 

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garden sit there and sell you -- you've got to 

interact with the people," she said. 

H. Kibbe Turner, president of Wildlife 

Habitats in Gaithersburg, MD, designed a 

garden for wildlife at the American Horticultural 

Society's Headquarters at River Farm in 

Alexandria, VA.The Show House featured 

the work of 27 interior decorators and seven 

Landscape Designers. Turner's design was a 

20 foot-by-22 foot water garden with two 

waterfalls overlooking the Potomac River. 

Plant materials used were primarily American 

natives which could provide food and 

shelter for birds and other wildlife. All of 

the plants were attractive to bluebirds, so 

with the addition of some delightful 

bluebird houses this became a bluebird 

garden. One waterfall featured a single 

fantastic 2,600 pound stone installed by 

hand' 

/'You've got to interact with 

people. /I 

Turner estimates that the pond cost about 

$13,000 to install, but it has great value as 

an advertisement for his business. An 

article about the Show House in USAToday 

gave Turner national publicity. He already 

has three new clients directly as a result of 

the Show House exposure, and has made 

many professional contacts. Other designers 

who don't do water gardens have approached 

him to install water gardens for 

their clients. Indirect results may be harder 

to evaluate, but they are important too. 

A Show House garden can be a tremendous 

gamble -- it can involve enormous 

expense, and the results in terms of the 

business it may generate are not very 

predictable. Is it worthwhile? A lot depends 

on how much effort the designer puts into 

generating publicity from the display, not 

just on the design of the garden itself. 

A Show House garden can be a wonderful 

opportunity to show what the designer 

can do, without outside limitations of the 

budget, and with few demands from the 

client. Usually the design requirements are 

left as open as possible, to allow maximum 

creativity, and the designer is not limited by 

an individual client's tastes or temperament. 

While designers for a Show House may 

not need to meet the demands of a conventional 

client, there is at least as much 

interaction with people necessary. Since 

Show Houses are usually run by volunteer 

or non-profit organizations, there can be a 

great deal of variation in how smoothly 

things run. Vital bits of information may not 

be passed on. Since the property owners 

may be unconnected to the Show House 

organizers, they may have very different 

objectives -- and they may be difficult to 

work with. 

It's important to be rcalistic about the 

amount of time and money involved at each 

step. Most of the Massachusetts group found 

that every step took more time than 

anticipated -- meetings, maintenance, set-up 

and dismantling, media events, other 

activities involving marketing, and the 

expected socializing with Show House 

organizers. Most of this occurs at the time of 

year when the designer can least afford t" 

away from paying clients. Collaboration -" 

with a group can be a big help here, but it 

also dilutes the benefits as possible clients 

must be distributed. 

Supplies for the garden -- plants, 

furniture, sculpture, and labor for installation 

-- may cost thousands of dollars. Here 

again, collaboration helps considerably to 

disperse the costs. Because of the high 

visibility of the Show House garden and its 

temporary nature, the designer can often 

draw contracts to loan or donatc supplics in 

exchange for a mention in promotional 

matcrials. Sculptures, pots, furniturc, stones 

:lI1deven plants may be rcturnable at 

dismantling time. There is also the possibility 

of selling items from the garden to 

visitors, or even selling the entire garden to 

the property owner. The Show Ilouse 

organizers usually have devcloped guidelines 

for selling items at the end of tllC 

Show House exhibit period, and they 

require a percentage of the sale price. 

Tucker sold all of the plant material tint 

was in her Show House garden, and was 

able to return most of the stone and other 

materials to the supplier. The Massachusetts 

group sold some of the items -- several 

plants were purchased by individual 

members of the group for their own or 

clients' gardens. 

The Show House garden will be seen by 

thousands of people over a relatively short 

period of time, and may get additional 

exposure in newspapers, and on local 

television. Most Show House organizers 

publish a booklet in which thc dcsigncr can 

purchase advertising space, and this may 

reach beyond actual visitors to the garden. 

Still, to get the most out of 

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Bayou Bend: An Important Period Garden in Texas 

Dimw /be Hun/ress graces /be gardell at Bayou Bend, a 1920 estate in Houston. 

by Peter C. Selig 

Sw:mTIsof mosquitoes inspired Ima 

IIogg to create the sweeping formal gardens 

at Bayou Bend, one of America's most 

. shionable 1920's estates in Houston. Hogg, 

.e force behind the creation of the gardens 

and the home, where one of America's most 

Ul1portantcollections of Americana and 

Tex:1I1:1decorative arts is displayed, had 

directed the clearing of the surrounding 

thickets to create two fonnal gardens 

classically execut('d with paved walkways 

and formed with clipped boxwood, 

ligustrum and holly. 

After 10 ye:lrs of development, with the 

assistance of noted New York garden 

designer Ellen Shipman and later Ruth 

London, the 14 acres of naturally picturesque 

Texas pine thicket, sited high above 

twisting Buffalo Bayou, were prin1ed to 

become one of America's premier estate 

gardens. 

Further garden making at Bayou Bend 

aW:lited one steamy summer afternoon 

when mosquitoes attacked Hogg's guest, 

c.c. Fleming, a noted Landscape Architect 

from Iiouston, who suggested that the 

woods be cleared north of the Latin colonial 

mansion to allow the breeze to rise from the 

slow moving bayou, thus ridding the 

grounds of the unwanted pests. 

What started as a simple clearing, 

'~veloped with the direction of Fleming and 

•gg into a magnificently executed formal 

garden space of some three acres that flows 

down from the elegant pink stucco mansion 

on tl1fee terraces to a reflecting pool 

watched over by a gleaming white statue of 

Diana the Huntress. A combination of 

proper relationship of house to garden, the 

right scale and planting structure, restrained 

ornamentation and a subtle use of color to 

accent the formal green structure makes 

Bayou Bend an important period garden. 

Hogg's aesthetic sensibilities were drawn 

from her small East Texas town upbringing 

in a prominent political family whose good 

fortune in finding oil on the family homestead 

made Bayou Bend possible. As a 

child, Hogg collected and identified colored 

pebbles and wildflowers, a hobby which 

later life developed into her fascination with 

gardens and her assiduous recordkeeping 

used to manage them. 

Thefeeling and appearance 

remain residential in nature. 

Although the house was turned into a 

museum 25 years ago, the feeling and 

appearance remain residential in nature. 

Rarely will there be crowds on the grounds, 

of which half are woodlands naturalized 

with southem indica azaleas, dogwood and 

redbud along witl1 more recently introduced 

collections of shade-loving plants. What 

remains of the mature stand of native pines 

form a canopy 100 feet overhead providing 

shade and a soft green glow to the entire 

garden. The balance between the formal 

and informal spaces as they are tied 

together with pathways is clever and gives 

a visitor the requisite surprises and variety 

that all good gardens should have. 

Several of the more recently created 

garden spaces like the Topiary and Butterfly 

Gardens located on the southern end of the 

mansion where the original drive directs 

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What response does the word "fern" 

evoke' Many will remember a sun-flecked 

wood or a soothing streamside -- images 

that produce a sense of ease and quiet selfrenewal. 

If ones memory lingers in small 

towns, there is the rightness of masses of 

tall ferns anchoring a Victorian porch, and 

surely one recalls the frond in a Junior Prom 

corsage. 

These flashbacks can be illuminating, 

but what does fern mean to a Landscape 

Designer? It spells solutions and surprises; 

solutions to a variety of landscape challenges, 

and surprises that replace or expand 

traditional style plantings. LD's all dream 

(and sweat) over a drawing board, haunt 

plant suppliers and plan the ultimate knockyour-eye-out 

combinations. 

Ferns used for intricacy, form, contrast 

nd color are an excellent resource for 

dramatic effect. 

Large ferns are sturdy and elegant but 

never visually heavy. Osmundas such as 

Cinnamon Fern (0. cinnanomes) and 

Interrupted Fern (0. claytonia) are imposing 

as foundation plants or grouped with shrubs 

liking damp feet and half shade. They are 

useful where a three-foot tall plant is 

needed but not tolerated in places adjacent 

to snow removal. 

Ferns...solutionsfor a variety of 

landscape challenges. 

Royal Fern (0. regalis) has locust -- like 

leaves, prefers wet soil and is lovely 

bordering a stream or pond paired with iris 

and primroses. 

Ostrich Ferns (Matteuccia pennsylvanica) 

make spectacular clumps growing happily 

on shady banks as groundcovers or as great 

drifts to soften and enhance curved driveways. 

They can be too eager for new 

territory, but are easy to thin out. 

Another favorite is Goldie's Fern 

(Dryopteris goldiana) growing to four feet 

and displaying shaggy architectural curves. 

ne use for these gentle giants can be as an 

anchor or repeated element in a shady 

border. They are luxuriant in bold groups of 

three flanking an entrance to a woodland 

path and naturals for underplanting with 

hostas or hellebores. Growing conditions for 

Ferns: 

Variety 

~~and 

~- 

Versatility 

all ferns affect ultim:lte size, so there m:IYbe 

wide variations. 

For mid-size ferns, Dryopteris species :Ire 

deservedly popular. Spinulose Shield Fern 

(Dryopteris spinulosa) has a fine bee 

texture, and its delicacy is pleasing as a 

counterpoint to wood and stone. It obligingly 

screens dying bulb foliage as well. 

Marginal Shield Fern (D. marginalis) is a 

deep leathery green and makes a good 

background and mixer for shade loving 

groundcovers and early spring wildflowers. 

Christmas Fern (Polystichem 

acrostichoides) with shiny evergreen leaves 

is carefree edging a semi-shady patio and a 

winner when interwoven with Phlox 

divaricata and violets on a steep bank. Two 

more mid-size dependables are Northern 

Maindenhair (Adiantum pedatum) and 

Japanese Painted Fern (Athryium goeringian 

cv. Pictum) The former, breathtakingly 

delicate on its l8-inch shiny black stems, is 

easy to grow and unexcelled for texture and 

Mum's the 

movement. It is wonderful massed and 

used as a contrast for smooth, dense 

surfaces. 

Japanese Painted Fern, unique with its 

silver and burgundy fronds, needs good 

light for optimal color. It can be used in 

containers with Heucher:I 'Palace Purple' or 

d:Irk red annuals. 

Try Autumn Fern (Dryopteris erythros:I) 

at the base of an Acer griseum where its 

emerging copper colored fronds reOect the 

maple's cinnamon bark. llayscented Ferns 

(Dennstaedtia punctiloba) have fr:Igr:Int p:Ile 

ch:Irtreuse leaves and add a lyrical touch 

when woven in drifts around boulders :Ind 

tree trunks. They will grow in sun but 

should be grown where their spreading 

tendencies can be controlled. 

Sm:IlIferns are prim:Irily up-close 

delights on rocks and walls. Most are for the 

collector or adventurous g:Irdeners. Suggested 

ones and their height are: Rusty 

woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis) four to six 

inches with fuzzy grey-green whorls, Ebony 

Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron) six to 

12 inches, evergreen and intricate and Oak 

Fern (Gymnocarpum dryopteris) three to 

eight inches a spreader and delicate. 

Fern culture is not difficult, and the 

following are a few of many excellent 

references: Gordon Foster's Fern to Know 

and Grow, Edger Wherry's Ferns, Kinds, 

Care and Uses and The Brooklyn Balanic 

Garden Handbook # 59. 

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Nov. 7, 1992 -- APLD Board Meeting, at Nashville, TN. 

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Nov. 15 - Nov. 19, 1992·· ALCA'sLandscape and Grounds 

Management Conference and Green Industry Exposition, 

Indianapolis, IN. Contact 703-241-4004. 

Nov. 16. - Nov. 19, 1992 -- Indiana University Head Basketball 

Coach Bobby Knight will tip off this year's Green Industry 

Expo at the Indianapolis Convention Center. The Expo 

will be held in conjunction with the Landscape and Grounds 

Maintenance Conference, sponsored by ALCA.For more 

information call 703-241-4004 or 404-973-2019. 

Feb. 12 - Feb. 14, 1993 -- APLD Winter Meeting and 

Conference in conjunction with "Leaving No Stone Unturned 

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April 10, 1993 -- APLD Board Meeting in Philadelphia, 

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view of Old Roses, presented by Dr. Gary 

Anderson, Professor and Chairman of ATI's 

Ilol1icultural Industry Tecl111010gies 

Department. 

Kent Hammond, Associate Professor and 

Tec!mical Coordinator of the Landscape 

Contracting and Construction Program at 

ATI, took the members on a visual tour of 

the United Kingdom and gardens which 

showed a variety of looks and techniques 

directly applicable to the restoration and the 

cre:ltion of traditional garden schemes. 

Afterward the attendees went for a fun 

wagon ride to and through the Secrest 

Arboretum, home of a world famous Taxus 

collection which has remained unsheared 

since 1942, with Curator Ken Cochran as 

guide. 

To cap the evening, JOl111Danzer, a 

leading authority on historic garden 

furniture and ornaments, gave his slide 

presentation :md lecture, heard before only 

at London's Museum of Garden History, the 

Victoria and Albert, the Smithsonian's 

ational Museum of Design and the 

Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City. 

A day-long bus tour that began at the 

GWU1JlEstate in Bratehahl, a magnificent 

estate built Ul 1908 on the shores of Lake 

Michigan, opened the second day. 

The APLDmembers then visited the 

Cleveland Garden Center, a relatively 

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APLD Members take a tour of the grounds of Ohio State Universits's Agricultural technical Institute. 

new garden whose quality and scope belies 

its young age; and Hale Farm and Village, 

an open-air museum of life and gardens in 

the mid-1800's, also included was a dramatic 

private garden near Akron, whose double 

residence, multi-levels, pool and outdoor 

living room gave food for thought. 

One iInpressive stop was the extensive 

and magnificent Stan Hywet Hall and 

Gardens, the former estate of the Goodyear 

co-founder F.A. Seiberling and family. 

Hywet Hall is a National Historic Landmark 

wonderously punctuated with Japanese and 

English Gardens, a formal rose garden, a 

naturalistic lagoon and wooded dell, a Great 

Meadow, tea houses, vistas, cutting and 

perennial gardens and a truly evocative 

birch allee. The following day the group 

traveled to Ameri.Flora, trying to take 

Wetland Mitagation Plants 

We have the plants and the sources. 

This is in addition to our other hard-to-find, 

in everything from 88 acres of exhibits 

that ranged from farm machinery to a 

tiny jewel of an exhibit created by the 

principality of Monaco, featuring a 

stylistic village house plus a garden and 

a short film tour of the country and its 

gardens. 

Special thanks goes to Dennis 

Rydberg, APLD, Vice President of 

Garden Restoration and Preservation, 

who organized the entire summer 

meetmg. Rydberg serves as the chief of 

Groundskeeping Division of the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

Susan Resnick is an Easton, cr Landscape 

Designer and president of Silk 

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book on Bonsai. 

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Ornatnental Grasses: Outstanding in their Fields 

by Carole Ottesen 

Some ornamental grasses stand the test 

of time while others fade quickly from 

avor. Among the latter are regretfully 

placed both Zebra and Porcupine Grasses 

(101.sillellSis zebrinus and M. s. strictus) as 

well as Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata 

cylilldrica nJbra 'Red Baron']. They are 

hard to use well. Just as hard to misuse, is 

that steady old stand-by Maiden Grass (M. s. 

'Gracillimus'], the quintessential ornamental 

grass, certainly ranked among the former. 

M.s. 'Graziella' has been touted as an 

improvement to 'Gracillimus, because it 

blooms two months earlier. That could be a 

disadvantage because the fresh, expectant 

quality of grass foliage saddens as soon as 

the flowering occurs. 

On grass that gets better every year is the 

white variegated M.s. 'Morning Light.' It 

does, indeed, suggest the greyness of 

morning and blends beautifully with herbs 

and other grey-leafed plants. It is compact 

and seems 

shade. Washington designer Osamu Shimizu 

has combined it brilliantly in his own 

garden with Japanese painted fern. The 

genus Care.x ought to be used more. Many 

sedges are low-growing, shade tolerant, and 

evergreen. 

Norm Hooven of Limerock Ornamental 

Grasses is one grower working with them. 

Perhaps in the future, native grasses will 

play larger roles in gardens. Already the 

very-slow-to-develop but spectacu13r-inbloom 

Prairie Dropseed (Sporoboll/.s 

heterolepsis) is showing up in gardens here 

and there. Clumpy Andropogon scoparius 

or A. virginicus would seem an ideal 

shortish grass to be intermixed with forbs in 

a meadow. These grasses have already 

stood the test of time outstanding in their 

fields. They are ready to come into 

everyones gardens. 

Ornamental grasses add flare and texture to any garden. They will play larger roles in the future. 

to be slower growing than the species. 

Among somewhat smaller grasses, 

Feather Reed Grass (Calamagmagrostis 

acutiflora stricta or C. a. 'Karl Foerster') has 

proven itself in every situation. Although its 

verticality does not immediately suggest 

massing, it works nicely in that capacity. 

Also vertical in habit, 'Heavy Metal,' a 

cultivar of Switch Grass (Panicum 

virgatum), looks promising. If one could 

ever find enough of it, it would be ideal for 

massing. Without being sloppy and floppy, 

it possesses Switch Grass's virtues: drought 

I olerance, clouds of summer seeds; and 

excellent winter cole>rand form. 

Small and fine six inches tall by 15 

inches wide, Carex conica marginata is a 

Oawless, delicately variegated evergreen 

sedge for a groundcover or an accent in the 

Carole Ollenson of Poton/ac, MD studied Art 

and Landscape Design. She has wrillen several 

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Sbow Houses continued from page 4 

ones efforts, the designer must find additional 

ways to capitalize on the garden -such 

as sending notices and photos to 

potential clients, and sending out press 

rele3ses. Perhaps the designer could use the 

garden as the basis for an article in a garden 

m:lgazine. If one does Show Houses in 

subsequent years, a mailing list can be 

developed from visitors to the previous 

gardcn, and otller contacts. It's inlportant to 

dcvclop a following from year to year. The 

costs of mailing, printing up brochures, 

photography and telephone calls must be 

figured into the overall expense of the Show 

Ilouse projcct. 

All this can be wonderful advertising, but 

it also means tll3t the g3rden must represent 

ones very best work. In Eisenbraun's words 

it Illust be "the ideal of gardens." It has to 

be pretty speci:d to c3pture the attention of 

a visitor whose senscs are bombarded by 

scores of intcrior spaces 3nd several other 

gardcns during the same hour' 

The designer must also be ready to 

h3ndle unexpected events. 

"It snowed the d3y 3fter we put the 

gardcn in'" said Connors. 

A cold spring me:Jnt th:Jt the late season 

bloomers likc Azaleas :Jnd Rhododendrons 

ncver got going, so more e3rly bloomers 

such as p:Jnsies were 3dcled p3rt way 

through the month. 03i1y attention is cl1.lci31 


-- plants need extra water on hot sunny 

days. A period of rain may require repositioning 

of mulch and Slaking of sagging 

plants. lawn mowing and dead-heading 

cannot be overlooked. Standards of 

maintenance are higher than for many "real" 

gardens. 

Attention All APLD 

Members: 

The next issue of the APW 

NEWSwill focus entirely on the 

environment. We are looking 

for any and all ideas, writers, 

showcase gardens, artwork and 

stories. Please contact EllieSlott 

at (215) 493-6311 or 1508 Revere 

Rd., Yardley, PA 19067. 

She wants to hear from you. 

All of the ArlO members participating in 

Show Houses this spring were glad they did 

it. Though some are not prepared to tackle 

this kind of undertaking every year, most 

are considering another Show House project 

within the next two years. 

Laura Eisener, a Saugus, A1ALandscape 

Designer, is tbe Curriculum Coordinator for 

Endicott College'sLandscape Design 

Progmm and also teaches in the Radcliffe 

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The Environment will 

be the focus of APLD's 

Winter Meeting 

Valentine's Day will be APlO's Annual 

Winter Anniversary Gala Not-To-Be-Misse 

Convention in Rockville, MD. Details will be 

forthcoming, but one should mark it down 

on the calendar. 

According to Program Chair Susan 

Resnick, there will be information that 

pertains to the world and gardens; how 

each little bit one can do for his or her tiny 

corner of the world, if multiplied, will save 

wildlife, horticultural life and human life. 

All the relevant material available that 

brings design principles and sound ecological 

principles together will be presented. 

From overall global views to regional and 

local views; and environmentally friendly 

plants to techniques that are most resourceconserving, 

will be covered. 

The APlO Board of Directors made a 

unanimous decision for the winter theme -the 

Environment. 

See you in February! And if you want to 

pitch in with elbow grease and ideas, call 

Resnick now at 203-268-5055. Everyone will 

benefit from involvement. 

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Conway School Stays Open 

A letter sent by APLD President Joel 

erner to members, expressing the fiscal 

ouble of the Conway School of Landscape 

Design has been instrumental in helping to 

keep the school open, according to David 

Bird, Conway's Chair of the Board of 

Trustees. The 1992-93 year will have full 

enrollment' Several APLD members have 

expressed an interest in attending the 

school, the only one to offer an accredited 

Master of Arts program in Landscape 

Design. 

Nominating Committee Formed 

The APLD Board of Directors has 

appointed a new nominating committee 

comprised of Peggy Connors, Karen Amy 

and Gavin Lingo, who will act as chair. Each 

year a member will drop off the committee 

and a new one will be appointed. 

APLD's Sonnier Unveils Garden 

APLD'sJohn Jayson Sonnier, a designer 

with Campbell and Ferrara Nurseries of 

Education Conunittee - Chair Evamaria 

E. Neumaier 

(601) 234-1279 

P.O. Box 6 

University, MS 38677 

Neumaier has completed :I list of schools 

offering programs in Landscape Design and/ 

or horticulture. It contains the names of 110 

four-year colleges and 139 two-year 

institutions. She said if a letter is sent to 

every one of these schools, APLD's membership 

should increase considerably. A 

promotional letter is being sent to all 

schools with a response card. Neumaier is 

looking for volunteers to put the names into 

a computer file. 

Certification - Chairs Joanne M. Murphy 

(215) 362-1067 

1124 Upper State Road 

North Wales, PA 19454 

Barbara Webster 

(301) 778-1664 

59 Kinnaird Point Drive 

Worton, MD 21678 

The Certification Committee is pleased to 

eport that approximately 70 of APLD's 

members have become certified. Those 

certified members are being sent certificates 

and letters of congratulations. To receive a 

new certification application, call or write to 

the co-chairs. 

News Notes . 

Committee Reports 

Alexandria, VA created a garden at the new 

Minirth-Meier & Byrd Behavioral Medicine 

Pavilion at Northern Virginia Doctors 

Hospital in Arlington. The 4,000 square-foot 

garden creates a natural wooded environment 

featuring plantings indigenous to the 

area. It's focal point is a waterfall spilling 

into a 70-foot stream which winds through 

the garden. 

APLDNews At The Smithsonian 

The APLD News is headed into horticul 

ture history. The Smithsonian Institution's 

Horticultural Services Division has asked for 

all past and future copies of the APLD NEWS 

for its Horticulture Branch Library. The 

library collects materials in historical and 

practical horticulture, garden history and 

Landscape DeSIgn 

lingos Have Twinsa 

APLD's Treasurer Lynne Lingo and Vice 

President of Finance, Gavin Lingo are the 

proud parents of twin boys' Ryan and Troy 

were born July 28 

State Coordinators - Chair Rick Anderson 

(803) 731-6497 

P.O. Box 210733 

Columbia, SC 29221-0733 

Anderson has appointed state coordinators 

for 20 states and British Columbia. He is 

still looking for coordinators in the remaining 

states. Please contact him if you are 

interested. For more information on the 

plans for and work that state coordinators 

are performing for APLDsee the article in 

this issue on page 14 

Public Relations - Chair Karen Amy 

(201) 666-3854 

100 Bergen Street 

Westwood, ~ 07675 

At next year's winter membership 

meeting the Public Relations Committee 

would like to present a retrospective of 

designs of certified members. Ideal submissions 

would be those that earned your 

certification. Over the next few weeks we 

will be calling you and asking for your 

cooperation. Don't turn us down. You are 

our best advertisement. 

Showcase continued from page 5 

you to the symmetrical facade seem a bit 

out of place as compared with the free form 

of the woodlands and even the classical 

gardens on the north side of the mansion. 

However, the White Garden in this area 

encapsulates the magic of Hogg's elegant 

grand design for her grounds with an 

interesting woodland planting of all white 

flowers -- indica azaleas, spring bulbs and 

woodland perennials -- which are laced 

together with a variety of feathery ferns. 

The White Garden Encapsulates 

the magic of Hogg's 

elegant grand design. 

By far the most compelling portion of the 

grounds is the triad of formal gardens, each 

with its own mythical muse. Holding center 

court is a statue of Diana the Huntress. Her 

image is framed by symmetrical water jets 

arching up from the reflecting pool. The 

geometry of the pool is reinforced by the 

low evergreen hedges. Behind the hedges is 

an airy layering of southern dogwood, 

redbud and magnolia which light the woods 

in late February with a mauve tint. 

Later in March and April the azaleas in 

shades of pink, from shell to magenta, burst 

forth and create a once-a-year rush to see 

the gardens. 

On axis, at right angles are the other two 

formal gardens. To the west is one of 

Shipman's original pattern gardens, later 

changed by Fleming into Clio's Garden. 

Brick walkways surround low clipped 

evergreen hedges filled with annuals with 

the muse of history gracefully seated in the 

center of the space. In appearance, it is 

reminiscent of the formal Federal style 

boxwood gardens. Across the lawn and on 

axis is Euterpe's Garden, less structure is 

evident here. It is a transitional space that 

leads the visitor onto a woodland walk. All 

the statutes are copies of originals in the 

Vatican done by Antonio Frilli of Florence in 

the late 1930's. 

Its ability to touch one's soul 

Although Bayou Bend is grand in scale 

and impressive in its design, the real magic 

is its sensuous character; its ability to touch 

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Karen E. Amy 

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by James Manning 

KarenE. Amy 

"I really don't think my 10 years in 

federal prison influenced my decision to 

become a landscape Designer," said APlD 

member Karen Amy. 

In fact, it was a severe drainage problem 

with the first house she had bought that 

piqued her interest in landscape Design. 

The house sat at the base of a hill and the 

crawl space flooded to within two inches of 

the floor boards each time it rained. A 

grading and drainage course at the University 

of Maryland enabled her to design a 

retaining wall and swales to eliminate the 

problem. 

Amy believes every client does 

not have to love gardening to 

have a lovely garden. 

Having had these first experiences. 

leaving her job as an administrator with the 

Federal Prison System and buying a new 

home, propelled Amy to a new career. 

After her initial success with the drainage 

problem she enrolled in the landscape 

Design program at George Washington 

University where she received her certification 

and , for the past eight years, she has 

been president of her own design firm, 

landworks, in Westwood, NJ. 

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Designer ProfUe 

"Ground covers and perennials spilling 

over curved paths. Finding a Trillium 

hidden beneath a shrub. Everything looking 

sort of natural and native. This is what I like 

to do in a garden," she said. 

But when asked to describe her favorite 

project she chuckles because it is not 

naturalistic at all. It is a rear yard separating 

the main carriage house from another 

building to be used as an art gallery. The 

owners are accomplished art collectors and 

Amy designed the garden as an anteroom to 

the gallery. The garden displays important 

pieces of sculpture and statuary and 

appropriate lighting had to be designed 

from the start. Garden walls were constructed, 

sight lines were reviewed over and 

over again and a plant list was designed to 

allow the sculpture to be the focal point of 

the space. 

"I suppose that because it was so 

different from what I usually do, so demanding 

and so close to what the clients 

had dreamed of -- that I'll never forget the 

project," Amy said. 

Most of her clients are not so specific as 

to what they want. Many do not have any 

interest in gardening at all. They view their 

garden as an extension of themselves -- the 

same way they view their home and interior 

furnishings. They want it to look nice, at a 

design level they're comfortable with and to 

be a space in which they'll be proud to 

entertain. It is here that Amy explores the 

planned functional uses for the garden and 

then designs a garden equal to her client's 

self image -- and for their enjoyment. Amy 

strongly believes that every client does not 

have to love gardening in order to have a 

lovely garden. 

After the design plans are approved by 

the client, Amy subcontracts out the work to 

several crews she works with on a regular 

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Timothy N. Thoe1ecke, Jr. 

President 

Garden Concepts, Inc. 

1740 Waukegan Road 

Glenview lL 60025 

basis. She is on site to oversee the installation. 

Her plant selections are influenced bv 

the clients interest in, or provisions for, 

maintenance of the garden after installati 

"Satisfaction comes after installation 

wben tbe clients see 

wbat's been createdfor tbem." 

Amy is a member of the Westwood 

Restoration Society, the Heritage Society of 

Bergen County, the Westwood School 

Board, the Horticultural Therapy Program 

for the Bergen County Jail System and 

serves as APlD's Vice President for Public 

Relations. 

Community involvement is a civic 

responsibility she takes very seriously. The 

rewards are not only personal pride in a 

better community but far and away the best 

exposure to the potential market for design 

services. Nearly every assignment can be 

traced to COnLactsestablished or referrals 

from previous clients. 

Her greatest sense of satisfaction comes 

right after installation -- when the clients see 

what's been created for them. 

"When I leave the job site for the last 

time and leave the owners alone in the 

garden," said Amy, "it must be like goin 

into your new home for the first time -without 

the real estate broker or previous 

owners being there. A big sigh of relief as 

you realize it's done, you own it, it's all 

yours -- and it's beautiful." 

Jim Manning, a student at tbe New York 

Botanical Garden, is a practicing Landscape 

Designer living in New York City.

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