Back on the Scene with Some News!: 12

So, blogging every day was overly ambitious, but I should be able to do better than every six months. I’ll aim for weekly.

One very exciting thing has happened since I posted last. North Carolina State University approved our project as the spring topic for one of their graduate courses in the Landscape Architecture division of the College of Design.

The description of LAR 500 appears in the catalog as:

Application of information and skills developed in course work to environmental design problems. Process of site selection, activity programming, site planning and program evaluation followed employing creation of interactive communication systems between designer, clients and users. Goals include design of satisfying new landscapes as well as conservation and design strategies for existing culturally important landscapes and townscapes.

The course began in January and John made a trip to the farm in time to be there when the students made their first visit. They walked the whole property and got a good introduction. At the end of the course, we will have 18 students’ ideas to think about as we go forward with our planning.

Honestly, if you had asked me what landscape architecture was, I would have said it had to do with locating shrubbery. But I would have been wrong. “Landscape architects shape and protect the physical environment in which we live, work and play,” according to the School. That’s a great goal and I love the idea of doing a little more protecting and a little less shaping!