Looking Forward: 2010 Garden Symposium on Feb. 20
January 29, 2010 by eralls
Filed under Events and Happenings
“What the world needs now in this Twitter-mad and Facebook-frantic world is a personal place to go and practice deep meditation and celebrate natural beauty,” writes Kimberly Stern in the January issue of Kansas City Homes & Gardens. And we couldn’t agree more.
Kansas City’s own Powell Gardens, with nearly 1,000 acres of botanical gardens, offers its visitors such respite.
Kansas City's Powell Gardens
And the 2010 Garden Symposium on February 20–sponsored in part by Friends of Powell Gardens–promises to touch on celebrating that sense of place in the garden with demonstrations and lectures by four celebrated garden gurus: Claire Sawyers, Stephanie Cohen, Suzy Bales and Rosalind Creasy.
In addition to the day-long symposium, there will be a pre-symposium demonstration and dinner lecture on February 19. For more information, and to buy tickets, visit shop.powellgardens.org or call 816.697.2600, ext. 307.
Time to get back to our roots!
Extreme Deck Makeovers – Kansas City Homes & Gardens
January 27, 2010 by eralls
Filed under Our Projects, Outdoor Design Ideas
What are the elements of a dreamy outdoor living space that are most important to you? For a pair of homeowners in Johnson County, it was designing a space that would not only accommodate their guests when entertaining, but also make it spacious and inviting enough to be enjoyed both from the deck outside their breakfast nook and from the ground on the the lush landscape of their sprawling backyard.
A Johnson County deck transformation, as featured in Kansas City Homes & Gardens
The resulting 1,700-square-foot transformation, as envisioned by Outdoor Environments, is a “cozy outdoor alcove with more than enough amenities,” according to an article in Kansas City Homes & Gardens. Those bells and whistles include an outdoor kitchen equipped with a grill, searing plates, refrigerator and beverage trough; a gas fire pit, wishing well, and four-season screened-in living area with radiant-heat tile flooring, flat-screen TV and floor-to-ceiling windows.
A four-season outdoor room, at the top of the homeowners' wish list
Like what you see? Check out more photos from this project in the KCH&G article called “The Place to Be“. We couldn’t agree with the title more!
Little Outdoor Luxuries
January 26, 2010 by eralls
Filed under Outdoor Design Ideas
We don’t know about you, but we’re counting down the days until spring, when we can break out our outdoor furniture, get back on the grill (without our hats and gloves) and relax, minus the chill.
Kansas City Homes & Gardens recently published a visual compilation of little outdoor luxuries that have us dreaming up plans for our first spring fling, including a hanging lounger from Pottery Barn and a buzz-worthy outdoor theatre by Frontgate (examples below). Talk about being the hit of the neighborhood!
What are your little outdoor luxuries? Let us know how we can help implement them in your outdoor living spaces.
