Having an outdoor living space is a wonderful way to enjoy the landscape. This week our hosts talk about the essentials for maximizing the comfort and enjoyment of an outdoor room. Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transcripts of episodes, host bios and more! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
This episode is all about wildlife. How smart ecological practices can benefit your landscape and all the creatures that inhabit it. How do we develop spaces that invite beneficial animals? Will this also mean more of the animals we might not want to invite into our yards? Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transcripts of episodes, host bios and more! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com...
This episode brings us back to basics with an outline of pruning techniques, tools, timings, and tips for beginning a hands on pruning practice in your landscape. Hosts Charles and Kate Sadler share information on how to identify where and what to prune on ornamental trees and shrubs. Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transcripts of episodes, host bios and more! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com...
Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler are talking fall color. While sugar maples are often the stars of Autumn in the north east of North America, many other species of tree and even types of shrubs, vines and ground cover can provide fall color outside the sugar maple's range. This episode covers what to plant during the fall and what to prune. Tips also include using leaves for mulch and insulation. Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transc...
As summer begins to wane this week in the northern hemisphere, our hosts get personal and share the landscape details of their summer road trip through the Appalachian mountains. From New York to New Orleans and finally Texas, we talk the landscape scenes and changing phenotypes of plants as the latitude and elevation change. We notice so much in the travel landscape from the street trees Knoxville, Tennessee, the Bluffview sculpture garden of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a special tree sighting in B...
Screening is an important element of a designed landscape, but screening isn't just about blocking unwanted views, it's about focusing attention within the landscape. This week, hosts Charles and Kate Sadler take listeners on a virtual trip to the exquisite gardens of Japan to experience the focus that exceptional screening provides in the landscape. They cover important design considerations for planning and selecting screening materials. Tips for the maintenance of closely planted shrubs and t...
Today we brush the surface of the topic of fruit. In this episode, hosts Charles and Kate Sadler focus on familiar varieties to North America such as apples, pears, and cherries. We cover what conditions are needed to plant, what to look for when pruning, and how to maximize your fruit harvest. See some pruning techniques in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-uKvY5a14 For more on planting, pruning and harvesting from fruiting trees, visit: https://kinggardeninc.com/fruit-trees More info ...
Hosts Charles and Kate Sadler talk neighborly landscape challenges and solutions in this week's episode. From fencing, to trees, to erosion issues, we look at how to come to workable solutions and when to seek the help of a landscape professional. "Good fences make good neighbors" - Mending Wall - Robert Frost Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transcripts of episodes, host bios and more! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com...
This week, hosts Charles and Kate Sadler talk irrigation. Starting with a very brief history, this episode covers tips for assessing your irrigation, when to seek out help, and what the future holds for more irrigation free landscapes. We touch on suggestions for wet and arid landscapes, and we welcome questions for more specific conditions for future episodes! Visit www.kinggardeninc.com/in-the-landscape for full show notes, links to additional resources, transcripts of episodes, host bios and ...
Today we discuss how Arborists care for trees, and what it means to become an ISA Certified Arborist, including how the certification may benefit you as a landscape professional, and how landscape consumers can benefit from seeking out a certified arborist. We cover how one becomes certified, and what the continuing education looks like. Tree Risk Assessment is an important function of a certified arborist and often results in saving trees. We also touch on a few outdated practices to be aware o...
Today we bring listeners through the steps to create a landscape design plan. Making use of your property survey, doing a shade/ sun study, taking account of the views you see most, and making appropriate plant selection based on maintenance consideration are a few of the steps that can help any designer plan, budget, and time a project well. More on A.E. Bye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Edwin_Bye American Society of Landscape Architects - founded in 1899 (ASLA) in the United States, mo...
We love boxwood! Today's episode features a discussion on the basics of boxwood. This versatile decorative shrub can survive in a range of climates and be shaped in a multitude of ways. Learn a little of the history of boxwood, and why it has become so popular in landscape design. From topiary, to cloud gardens, to parterres and privacy hedges. Learn about some of the emerging threats to several species and how best to hedge against them. We visit and help restore a New England boxwood garden an...
Trees Are Good! This episode focuses on key aspects of selecting, planting, and pruning newly planted shade trees for your landscape project. Your hosts Charles and Kate Sadler share their visits to premiere national tree growers in the Portland, Oregon region. Considering the mature size and shape of the tree you plant has lasting implications for the success of your landscape. We discuss practical tips including structural pruning at planting time and evaluating soil conditions and available i...
