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Bellingham North Steps

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:03:31 +0000

This Bellingham residence is being renovation from head to toe. The hardscapes are all designed and installed by intuitive stone artist Russ Beardsley, owner of Borrowed Ground, LLC. Russ invited me to design plantings to support his creations for his … Continue reading →

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Here is what I have been up to lately… A Living Wall in Bellingham

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:01:25 +0000

This Critical Area project in Bellingham near Western University took over 18 months of design and planning to be installed…! Due to the steep nature of the slope (22′ change in grade) I worked with a Geotech to engineer the … Continue reading →

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Hate: Vinca Minor

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:04:51 +0000

This is the kind of plant you encounter in many commercial plantings or perhaps in yards that also are inundated with Juniper tams and Photinia. But not always, sometimes Vinca appears in very nice gardens, but it just goes wrong. … Continue reading →

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Hate: Carex morrowii

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:28:00 +0000

It always looks so cute and perky in its little perfect 1 gallon container at the nursery, right? It always looks so good its first year in the ground, it grows well, the yellow variegated foliage looks so good with … Continue reading →

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GRANT Residence -Bellingham

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:23:23 +0000

My greatest fear about working with a designer was that the designer would tell me what my garden should be. That was definitely not my experience with Lowell Garden Design. As the designer, Sarah listened to how I wanted to … Continue reading →

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BLS Outdoor Classroom: Organic Veggie Garden

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:38:37 +0000

Burlington Little School ORGANIC VEGGIE GARDEN In the front yard of the school a huge organic vegetable garden had been cultivated for several years by the staff and students. Consisting primarily of annual edibles, the plantings died down during the … Continue reading →

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BLS Outdoor Classroom: Toddler Play Space

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:05:39 +0000

Redesigning this play space was my first project with the Burlington Little School thanks to educator / author Deb Curtis who hired me after buying my services at an auction. The north side of the Burlington Little School property is … Continue reading →

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Burlington Little School: Design Notes

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:52:41 +0000

June 2011 I spent the morning in the gardens at the and it was exciting to see the structures of the gardens taking hold. It is an ongoing battle against weeds and blackberry growing over the neighbor’s fence, but the … Continue reading →

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The Cabin: the Entry Beds, the Stone Quilt, the Playhouse, the Patio Lawn Garden

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:54:59 +0000

There are many components that have been built on this property that are worthy of note from a design standpoint as well as from a problem solving and trouble shooting standpoint. View the full photo gallery here The Entry Beds … Continue reading →

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Explorers Club in the Veggie Garden

Sarah Lowell Bishop — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:59:15 +0000

School is out! Today I met a small but very eager group of gardeners in the Organic Veggie garden. We walked around the garden looking for ripe strawberries, which we found a lot of, and my, were they tasty! We … Continue reading →

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