Timeless Landscape Design

By Mary Palmer Dargan

What's Timeless Landscape Design about?

Timeless landscape design for healthy & vibrant living. Wellness garden design supports you w/ the 8 key components of lifelong landscape design.

Plus: Essential Oils :Nancy DiMao & Sprouting Nutrition: Linda Frees of Hippocrates Health Institute.

Sprouting for Health : Sprout Guru Rita

Hip & Cool plants. Veggie Garden Magic. Holistix Treatment Center & Tricky Places.

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Timeless Landscape Design episodes:

12.13.2018
050: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 2)
This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers!
12.11.2018
049: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 1)
This episode shares a case study of a holistic treatment center in Florida for which we recently did a schematic design. Use these ideas for your garden! Cheers! ...
12.06.2018
048: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 8)
How do I start my master plan? Mind, body, spirit and your property! Cheers!
12.04.2018
047: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 7)
Organize your therapy garden, nurturing passive places, and get a healthy house! Cheers!
11.29.2018
046: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 6)
Today we discuss energy and access, as well as lower stress and activating your senses. Cheers!
11.27.2018
045: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 5)
Interact in social places at home. Freedom and choice! Cheers!
11.22.2018
044: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 4)
What are the 8 tenants of Lifelong Landscape Design? Live with the web of life! Cheers!
11.20.2018
043: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 3)
When should I start my Lifelong Landscape Design? Fit your garden to your lifestyle like a glove! Cheers!
11.20.2018
042: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 2)
How can I improve my home environment? My outdoor needs changed over time... How do I create an LLD? Cheers!
11.13.2018
041: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 1)
How can lifelong landscape design improve the quality of my life? What is LLD? Cheers!
06.05.2018
040: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 3 of 3 (8/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.31.2018
039: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 2 of 3 (7/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.29.2018
038: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 1 of 3 (6/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.24.2018
037: Native Plants for Birds (5/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.22.2018
036: Native Plants for Birds (4/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.17.2018
035: Elderberry: An Ornamental and Edible Shrub (3/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.15.2018
034: Hip Trees - Zingy Maples: (2/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.10.2018
033: Enliven Your Garden: (1/8) Hip & Cool Plants!
Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at...
05.08.2018
032: Green Houses and Master Gardeners (part 8 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
05.03.2018
031: Soil Blocking and Heat Mats (part 7 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
05.01.2018
030: Successes and Failures (part 6 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
04.17.2018
029: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 5 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
04.12.2018
028: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 4 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
04.10.2018
027: Super Soil! (part 3 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
04.05.2018
026: Super Soil! (part 2 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics in...
04.03.2018
025: Design Your Veggie Garden (part 1 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden
Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening! Topics...
03.29.2018
024: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 8 of 8)
Refining your design using art elements and design principles! . Why art elements and design principles are so useful! . The art elements: Line, color, form, texture . The design principles: focalization, repetition, Axial geometry, balance, asymmetry,...
03.27.2018
023: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 7 of 8)
Destinations and border zones… Pathways and linkages! . Editing and seamlessly sculpting your destination desires . The terrace border and its design . The string of pearls concept of the circular connected pathway for service and amusement ...
03.22.2018
022: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 6 of 8)
How to design a fountain into your perimeter space! . Sizes and types of fountains that I like . The great lawn and its connection to the perimeter seating area . Other elements to consider in designing...
03.20.2018
021: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 5 of 8)
Demystifying perimeter spaces for use and delight! . Appropriate sizes for perimeters close to the back door for entertaining or relaxing . Types of paving . Elements to consider that might be part of your perimeter… An...
03.15.2018
020: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 4 of 8)
The hub – the house proper – How to successfully present it! Topics in this episode: . Your architectural style, elements for consideration . Framing the view with the four categories of plant materials . Assessing...
03.13.2018
019: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 3 of 8)
Creating a pleasant walk to the front door! Topics in this episode: . The pot ear as entry motif at the driveway . Types of walkways and stepping stone paths, widths of paths . The front landing, useful sizes...
03.08.2018
018: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 2 of 8)
Parking areas demystified. Topics in this episode: . How to design your parking to keep cars from being obtrusive . Designing parking areas for two cars . Proper back-up space around the garage . Shade...
03.06.2018
017: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 1 of 8)
Beautification of your front entry! The welcome mat you put out for your guests and the transition you feel when you come to your home after long day of work are flip sides of the same coin. Topics in this...
02.22.2018
016: Sprouting for Health (part 8 of 8)
Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for...
02.20.2018
015: Sprouting for Health (part 7 of 8)
Crop. Store. Share. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 7-8) Crop. Store. Share. Why I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for...
02.15.2018
014: Sprouting for Health (part 6 of 8)
Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Why do I SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home...
02.13.2018
013: Sprouting for Health (part 5 of 8)
Plant. Incubate. Rack. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. Why do we SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and...
02.08.2018
012: Sprouting for Health (part 4 of 8)
Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in our home for health and good eatin’! Facts: Sprouts are packed with phytonutrients, phytochemicals, terpines and sesquiterpenes. Found in sprouted foods, these biochemical properties inhibit toxin accumulation,...
02.06.2018
011: Sprouting for Health (part 3 of 8)
Soak. Incubate. Rinse. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! (Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. Why do we SPROUT??? : Hugh and I sprout seeds & legumes in...
02.01.2018
010: Sprouting for Health (part 2 of 8)
Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts...
01.30.2018
009: Sprouting for Health (part 1 of 8)
Why. What. How. I’m all about nutrition and cost-effective ways to keep healthy. Enjoy this free 8-part course on Sprouting for Health! ( Parts 1-2) Why. What. How. ( Parts 3-4) Soak. Incubate. Rinse. (Parts 5-6) Plant. Incubate.Rack. (Parts 7-8)...
01.25.2018
008: Here You’ll Find the Elements of the Four Part Master Plan!
The 4 part Master Plan...our signature landscape design move. I'm all for reducing stress. A property that is at home in its 4 parts : The Approach & Arrival Sequence, Hub, Perimeter, Linkages to Destinations is at peace. It functions seamlessly...
01.23.2018
007: Why is Timeless Landscape Design Useful to You & Your Property?
Design your home grounds to please your eye, nourish your soul and make life easier! Ars Longa, Vita Brevis : Art is forever, but life is short. Timeless Landscape Design shares how I think as a professional landscape architect and...
01.18.2018
006: New Discoveries on How Essential Oils Enhance Vibrant Health with Nancy Dimao of Hippocrates Health Institute
Essential oils are powerful herbal remedies and essences. Nancy DiMao, Director of Hippocrates Health Institute's Oasis Spa, is an expert on aromatic alchemy, the history of essential oils and their uses. Essential oils affect your body on the physical, emotional...
01.16.2018
005: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 2. Interview. Linda Frees.
Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees , author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years...
01.11.2018
004: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 1. Interview. Linda Frees, Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI)
Sprouts, baby plants with untouched, concentrated nutrition, are easily grown and fun to eat! Linda Frees, author of Simply Sprouts, shares her tips about recipes & techniques. Hello out there. I've been visiting Hippocrates Health Institute for 20 years for...
01.09.2018
003: Tricky Places. Want to Unleash Your Spirit of Place? Part 3: Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. Mind.Body.Spirit. Web of Life.
From Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. ..Mind.Body.Spirit… Web of Life. Seeing the potential in a property is part client goals, part professional training and part divine inspiration, especially when the earth talks to you! Watching a humble unformed...
01.06.2018
002: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 2: Dovecote. Highcote. Dargans.
Taming Raw Materials: Dovecote, Highcote & the Dargans ! Scattered around our lives are home environments we transformed. The new owners didn't change them. I guess their timeless qualities of balance, proportion and perfect material combinations and shapes perpetually...
01.03.2018
001: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 1: The Big Picture. Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters.
The Big Picture. Your Tricky Place. The Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters. I’m visual learner and welcome words that light sparks in my mind. Let’s set a visual tone for you in the spoken words of Timeless Landscape Design: The Garden...

What's Timeless Landscape Design about?

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Timeless Landscape Design episodes:

050: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 2)

049: Holistic Treatment Center. Designing Lifelong Wellness Gardens is a Process of 8 Components (part 1)

048: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 8)

047: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 7)

046: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 6)

045: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 5)

044: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 4)

043: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 3)

042: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 2)

041: 8 Steps to Lifelong Landscape Design: Create Your Environment for Health (part 1)

040: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 3 of 3 (8/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

039: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 2 of 3 (7/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

038: Hip & Cool Plant Solutions Part 1 of 3 (6/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

037: Native Plants for Birds (5/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

036: Native Plants for Birds (4/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

035: Elderberry: An Ornamental and Edible Shrub (3/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

034: Hip Trees - Zingy Maples: (2/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

033: Enliven Your Garden: (1/8) Hip & Cool Plants!

032: Green Houses and Master Gardeners (part 8 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!

031: Soil Blocking and Heat Mats (part 7 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!

030: Successes and Failures (part 6 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!

029: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 5 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!

028: Choosing Your Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Permanent Plants and Pull-a-Bles: (part 4 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden!

027: Super Soil! (part 3 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden

026: Super Soil! (part 2 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden

025: Design Your Veggie Garden (part 1 of 8) Rock Your Veggie Garden

024: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 8 of 8)

023: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 7 of 8)

022: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 6 of 8)

021: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 5 of 8)

020: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 4 of 8)

019: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 3 of 8)

018: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 2 of 8)

017: Eight Tips for Immediately Improving Your Property (part 1 of 8)

016: Sprouting for Health (part 8 of 8)

015: Sprouting for Health (part 7 of 8)

014: Sprouting for Health (part 6 of 8)

013: Sprouting for Health (part 5 of 8)

012: Sprouting for Health (part 4 of 8)

011: Sprouting for Health (part 3 of 8)

010: Sprouting for Health (part 2 of 8)

009: Sprouting for Health (part 1 of 8)

008: Here You’ll Find the Elements of the Four Part Master Plan!

007: Why is Timeless Landscape Design Useful to You & Your Property?

006: New Discoveries on How Essential Oils Enhance Vibrant Health with Nancy Dimao of Hippocrates Health Institute

005: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 2. Interview. Linda Frees.

004: Hungering for Healthy, Easy Nutrition? part 1. Interview. Linda Frees, Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI)

003: Tricky Places. Want to Unleash Your Spirit of Place? Part 3: Nothing to Something. Charleston Courtyard to Mountain Chic. Mind.Body.Spirit. Web of Life.

002: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 2: Dovecote. Highcote. Dargans.

001: Tricky Places. Are You a Visual Learner? Part 1: The Big Picture. Wish List. Sustainability. Natural Disasters.