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Americans Could Use Better Landscape Advice
Home gardeners and do-it-yourselfers in the U.S. get most landscaping advice from neighbors and friends-instead of from more authoritative sources, says a University of Minnesota study this month. The finding suggests that most Americans could use more help from landscape architects, contractors and tree professionals.
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Widespead Use of PVC Questioned
The environmental issues associated with Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) have been slowly gaining prominence over the past 15 years in the U.S. and abroad. In October, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill banning chemicals called phthalates that are used to soften PVC in children's toys and other products.
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Low-Voltage Contrast & Fixture Selection
Relationship of brightness, or levels of light from one object to another or visual field to visual field, is the key that lets a lighting designer create depth, focal points, triangulation, framing, dimension and many other schemes. This relationship is crucial to the overall lighting portrait. When done properly, it will allow the eye to be directed through the portrait, establishing different points of reference and interest.
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Maintaining the Gilded Age: The Biltmore Estate
PGMS Greenstar Grand Award Winner in the Parks, Recreation Area or Playground category, the Biltmore Estate is a privately owned, self-sustaining working estate near Asheville, North Carolina. Established in 1888 by George Vanderbilt, the estate today covers approximately 8,000 total acres and is split in half by the French Broad River. It is owned by The Biltmore Company, which is controlled by Vanderbilt's grandson, William A.V. Cecil, II. In 1964, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Functional & Appropriate Site Lighting
Arguably, the wide brimmed, large crowned hats created by John B. Stetson and popularized by frontiersmen such as Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, the Texas Rangers and John Wayne, have become inextricably tied to ''How The West Was Won.'' The hat suited the men and the conditions. The wide brim and high crown protected the cowboy from the sun, inclement weather and low branches.
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Seeing the Light in Grundy, Virginia
Grundy, Virginia, located in the heart of Appalachia, was in dire need of some creative ideas about what to do with a large, unsightly rock wall that was created when a level building site was cut from the side of a mountain. The building site is the location to rebuild a portion of the downtown outside of the flood plain.
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