Layer Your Plantings
Part three in a seriesIn our last article, we helped you layout your new landscape. In this article we'll explore which plants to put where and what makes an effective landscape. If you think of your landscape as a stage, you can easily imagine the basics of layout. On a stage, you have a nice background or backdrop in the back. The backdrop is usually large and fills your entire view.
In front of the backdrop, you have some smaller items that set the scene. These may be small pieces of furniture. And then in the very front you have your actors?your stars. They take the front and center to get the most attention. So, looking from back to front, you have your backdrop, your accent pieces, and finally your stars.Laying out a good landscape uses the same principles: we start with a backdrop in the very back, then we add some accents, then finally, our stars!The BackdropThe backdrop can be any number of things but the basic principle is that the backdrop simply serves to show off the items in front of it, and can also be used to hide things behind it.
A good backdrop could be something as simple as a wall or fence, or something as elaborate as a planting of evergreens. As long as the evergreens have one common element (perhaps they have the same color or same texture), they will serve as a good backdrop.The AccentsYour accent pieces are plants that help to dress the set. These work well if planted in groupings of at least three. For example, a clump of bushes off to the left of your "set" and a clump or flowering plants on the right. Or perhaps some clumps of grasses would serve as a good accent.The StarsNow for the stars! Taking center stage are your accents.
And they don't have to be centered! As long as they are different from your backdrop and accents plants, they will become your stars. For example, an evergreen backdrop with some grasses used as an accent set up a nice monochromatic green image. Place some white flowering plants in front and they become the stars of your landscape. Because of their different color from the rest of your "set", they will stand out.You can create multiple "sets" in your landscape. Just break up your landscape into smaller mini-scapes.
As long as each area is separated by backdrops and accents, you can easily achieve a beautiful look..
Dean Novosat is an avid gardener and landscaper. He has transformed many boring yards into beautiful landscapes. He has several websites including http://www.the-garden-doctor.com " target="_blank"> http://www.the-garden-doctor.com and http://www.dr-landscape.com " target="_blank"> http://www.dr-landscape.com.Pan Theater Announces Play Festival Anything Can Happen in Ten Minutes Performance Dates for 2006
Oakland, California (ContentDesk) July 14, 2006 -- Pan Theater, producer of the popular improvisational theater show, "Imagination Unleashed," will present its second annual Ten Minute Play Festival- "Anything Can Happen in Ten Minutes 2006."
The Ten Minute Play Festival has become an annual production due to the outstanding success of the 2005 Ten Minute Play Festival "Anything Can Happen in Ten Minutes."
The Ten Minute Play Festival showcases new scripts from all over the United States, portraying a range of topics, genres, and dramatic styles.
The festival will be held at the Blue Bear Theater, Building D, and 2nd floor at Fort Mason. Performance dates are scheduled. The performance is scheduled to run: September 16, 23 and 30, 2006. All shows start at 8pm.
Seating is limited. Tickets should be purchased in advance. Tickets at the door are 16 and advance tickets are 15. Students and TBA members are 12 with ID. Last years show was a sellout for...
Pan Theater Announces Play Festival Anything Can Happen in Ten Minutes Performance Dates for 2006
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Banner Ads Don't Work, But Non-Banners Do!
Make your banner look like text on a page. This is what I call a "non-banner" (close to "no-brainer"). If your banner looks like a banner, it gets ignored. Conventional banner ads only pull less than three percent on average. Why is that? It's because we have learned to ignore advertising.
Every day we are bombarded with sales pitches in newspapers, on the radio, on television, on highway billboards, and so on. It becomes background noise that we learn to tune out. Something that doesn't appear to be a sales pitch will receivemore attention. Intelligent surfers are looking for information. They want to find out about something and be told how their problem can be solved.
Do that properly and you will get their click. If you try to entertain them, impress them with graphics or bore them with your company's features, you won't get noticed. Your banner is pretty much a classified ad. And classified ads work when the rules of marketing are followed. Make your banner an attractive...
Banner Ads Don't Work, But Non-Banners Do!
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Plasma Televisions
Now a status symbol among the rich and wealthy, a plasma TV is a high-definition (HDTV) alternative to the standard cathode-ray televisions sold today. It gives viewers sharp images and vibrant colors, particularly when used in conjunction with high-definition broadcasts. A quality plasma TV, however, does not come cheap. Its price ranges from $4,000 to $15,000 plus.
One of the main attractions of a plasma TV is a flat screen, which can be mounted directly on a wall. Manufacturers often employ surround-sound theater speakers and high-end receivers to complete the feeling of luxury.
No wonder plasma TVs are such a craze these days.
In terms of science, 'plasma' refers to inert gases like neon and xenon that glow when in contact with an electrical field. Televisions usually rely on thousands of small 'picture elements', abbreviated as pixels. A bundle of three distinct colors, usually red, green and yellow, constitute one pixel in a color TV. Properly...
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Take Fall Color Hot Air Balloon Ride Over Michigan
Plymouth, MI (ContentDesk) October 3 2003-? Forget driving through the Michigan countryside to see the fall colors, instead this year do something different and FLY OVER the fall colors in a hot air balloon."A balloon flight is the perfect way to see the fall colors says Scott Lorenz, President and Chief Pilot of Westwind Balloon Company of Plymouth, Michigan, it does not get any better.""The palate of colors just takes your breath away," says Mike Ball, crewman and sometimes passenger, "I love taking photos from the balloon especially when we fly over Kensington Park, it's fabulous, it's ten times better than driving. People just have no idea how pretty it is." According to Lorenz, "Nobody forgets their first balloon flight. It is truly an experience that cannot compare to anything else. The sensation of flying over trees, lakes and streams, spotting deer and other wildlife is unique and inspiring." "It's a perfect gift too because when a gift touches someone both emotionally and on...
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Cambrian House Inc. Sends Lunch to Google
Calgary, Canada (ContentDesk) June 28, 2006 -- Cambrian House Inc., a Calgary based software company spent Monday afternoon delivering lunch (over 1000 pizzas) to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California as they inducted the famed internet search company into their NVA hall of fame. The National Viking Association (NVA) is a hall of fame for those companies and individuals that make a dent in the online universe.