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  1. It's an unusual brief for a landscape architect, but Apple executive Jeff Dauber said of the design for his minimalist San Francisco back garden : "I wanted someone to barf when they look at it." Though completely flat, the surface appears warped towards the lone maple tree - particularly...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 12-04-2009

• horticulture + video games = weirdness

  The news that the Chinese are becoming addicted to virtual farming seems only a little less strange when seen in light of previous meetings of horticulture and video gaming. Who could forget: Gardening Mama (Nintendo DS) "Plant, water, fertilize, prune, eliminate pests and then harvest what you've...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 08-21-2009

• who is right on how to pronounce plant names? er... no one

  One of the first rules of marketing is not to give your product a name that your potential customers won't know how to pronounce. Unfortunately for plant suppliers, they have largely been beaten to it by botanists who presumably never manned the phones in sales. For example, we have an upcoming Plant...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 03-04-2009

• juvenile I know, but...

  Having already encountered a French nursery called Daniel B*stard , and a German glasshouse manufacturer called Plonka , I was delighted to discover that the owner of German plant dealership Reiner Winkendick is, well, see for yourself ...

  Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 02-02-2009

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