Applied Botany Concepts

11/30/2013

Applied Botany Concepts now has a Google Virtual Tour. Click the link below and wonder around the nursery! Wait for the link to load completely and use it just as you would with Google Street View.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=applied+botany+concepts&hl=en&ll=35.928537,-79.598801&spn=0.004839,0.009645&sll=35.928736,-79.596151&layer=c&cid=17506406352215338107&panoid=x9BJP3l3KCgAAAQJONE0gw&cbp=13,212.39,,0,-1.3&hq=applied+botany+concepts&t=m&z=17&cbll=35.928439,-79.598812

07/10/2012

Landscape Architects making art in our natural landscapes!

http://dirt.asla.org/2012/06/28/cornelia-konrads-moments-of-indecision/

Like Andy Goldsworthy, German artist Cornelia Konrads creates pieces made for a certain place using found local materials. Many feel temporary, perhaps created just long enough to be photographed. ...

06/26/2012

We are adding a few more shrub beds!

06/01/2012

New hardiness zones show that plants are retreating north. Feel free to share!


http://dirt.asla.org/2012/03/06/new-plant-hardiness-zones-plants-are-retreating-north/

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finally listened to what landscape architects, researchers, and gardeners have been saying for some time: plant hardiness zones are re...

05/02/2012

The Japanese Snowbell (Styrax Japonica) is blooming and looking great!

02/09/2012

Loading the truck with 1, 3, and 7 gallon shrubs.

10/12/2011

10/06/2011

Fall is here at the nursery! The Pin Oaks are starting to change...

09/14/2011

It's official! Our new website is up and ready. Check it out and don't forget to share with your friends.

09/09/2011

Getting ready to deliver some nice Red Maples!

09/06/2011

Interesting article on developing our public spaces from the left overs of the real estate boom... Feel free to click "Share" under this post to broadcast it to your friends on Facebook.

http://dirt.asla.org/2011/06/16/solving-the-real-estate-crisis-with-parks/

Mike Messner, the investment fund manager, is the primary force behind the budding "Red fields to Green fields" movement, which has been picked up by more than 10 major cities in the U.S. The basic...

09/01/2011

Fall is right around the corner. Feel free to click "Share" under this post to broadcast it to your friends on facebook.

http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/home-garden/outdoors/diggin-in-blog/dp-fall-planting-cooler-temperatures-benefit-new-trees-shrubs-and-perennials-20110831,0,2186120.story?track=rss

Fall is the ideal time to plant trees and shrubs because the cooler temperatures and increased rainfall promotes root establishment.