Elegance

Elegance should captivate your audience.

There is one word that describes the application of excellence – 'Elegance'. When applying this principle to landscape architecture and design, this one word, ‘Elegance,’ should captivate your audience.

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Plan to Reality Equals Vision

Plan to Reality Equals Vision

Ask a leader of industry to define the center point of success and the cornerstone of that conversation probably circles back to the initial vision. Dig deeper into the nitty-gritty and it’s the plan put in play that achieves the reality of that overall concept. 

What starts with a vision requires a road map to get there. A well-defined plan is that critical building block. Simple as it sounds, it is a pivotal piece. That well-defined plan makes something good or so-so into those more vibrant adjectives such as amazing, stellar or simply the best.

Relate this to a landscape master plan and often times folks balk at why it is a necessity. When jumping into personal #Design projects, too often this pivotal piece, the 'plan to reality equals vision' gets benched.  So on this summer Thursday when some might still be contemplating overall landscape plans, let’s repeat this simple 101 #Design thought - a master plan not only defines the vision but also shapes its reality. And here’s the big one - when working with other disciplines, it merges the overlaps and seams together the differences.

To end on that #DailyQuote note, Robert Collier’s words of wisdom ring true with the above. “It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.”

#Design projects should always shoot for a center point of success. To visualize this thought, the above image is the aerial vision of Stately It Is. Catch up on your summer reading and check out last Friday’s post. Plan to reality should equal your vision. 

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If you like this blog, hope you check in for your daily share's worth of inspiration, design, and garden tips; always original, not cookie cutter and copied. Just like our design work, we strive for unique! We invite you to contact Bilowz Associates, Inc., or to browse our portfolios for inspiration. Like our Facebook follow on Twitter or subscribe to the blog to receive posts daily via email or a feed. Either way, we hope you follow the postings somewhere in cyberspace and share it with your gardening friends. You can follow with visuals on Pinterest and find us on LinkedIn and Houzz, too.

Treat Every Day Like It Is Your First

A simple Monday thought as the first Tulip in the garden sprung up this morning. Doused with plenty of rain this weekend, this morning’s sunshine brought this first Tulip to life. It’s just a reminder to treat every day like it is your first. That is the spirit of spring; it is what every day is truly all about. And as we venture into the beauty of the season, remember that there is always a surprise in each day, even when there could be clouds of doubt.  
  
This as it is close to wrapping up the month of April, where very few blogs were written this month.  This post written on April 3^rd, 2014  was to celebrate the month of landscape architecture. After I posted this blog, I took my usual hike with my dogs. But there was one tweet I sent out prior to venturing off that morning before my hiking accident. Something made me stop to tweet this before I strapped on my hiking boots to celebrate that beautiful April morning with my dogs. “Some people spend their lifetime chasing awards only to find it’s a piece of paper attached to a board. #dogood first - the world follows.”

With two days left in April, there is still time to celebrate the spirit of spring and the month of Landscape Architecture. But first and foremost, always treat every day like it is your first. #Dogood first – the world follows.  

A special thank you to Mary for your kind words of support and congrats on the book!

 © The first Tulip - Image by Ann Bilowz  

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