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Queen Anne Gardens has joined Facebook!
We have two photo albums loaded on our Queen Anne Gardens Page. The latest album shows the APLDWA garden display at the NWFGS 2010.
Daniel's Newbie Blog:
Another garden published!
Secret in Seattle Written by Robyn Roehm Cannon for the April issue of Home by Design.
Yellow Mountain Stoneworks has chosen one of our gardens to display on their website:
Queen Anne Gardens LLC has sent out an on-line newsletter since December 2007
Our Newsletters share photos of a few of our gardens during the process of their creation. We also have short articles and information on plants, materials, and tips on making the most of being in the garden. To view past issues please click on our new
Daniel M. Lowery, APLD
About
Daniel M. Lowery, APLD
Owner, designer and general contractor with Queen Anne Gardens LLC in business since 1988, Daniel enjoys helping a few residential clients per month create custom designs. He and his staff oversee, build and maintain select landscape designs. Daniel was the third landscape designer in Washington certified by the international organization Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). He has served as president of the Washington Chapter of APLD and is a mentor to fellow designers in the certification process.
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Queen Anne Gardens LLC is proud to support the following organizations:
Queen Anne Helpline
Seattle Youth GardenWorks
Sanctuary Arts Center
Spruce Street School
For additional information about Queen Anne Gardens call 206-285-6770
or email us.
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Links to some our [independent business] friends:
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Come and Visit!
August 28th from 10 am to 5 pm centered at Counterbalance Park at the corner of Roy Street and Queen Anne Avenue N. in Seattle. This "Festival of Art in Action" features local artists, many of them up-and-comers ranging in age from 9-99. Each Artist will be practicing their craft outdoors in full view of spectators, who are welcome to approach, ask questions and engage the artists in conversation. The Festival is sponsored by Art for Uptown, the Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce and many Queen Anne area businesses. As you stroll the sidewalks, you will enjoy watching artists in action all around the Uptown neighborhood.
Daniel will have a tent where he will be showing previews of some of the props that his team will be using in one of the display gardens at the 2011 NorthWest Flower and Garden Show. Below is a photo of one of the props with Daniel lying next to the fabric trees to show perspective. We hope to see YOU there!
Fourth of July Family Reunion reacquaints Daniel with a city poised for rebirth
Creating new and better spaces within a city is often difficult because something often has to be torn down in order to be recreated. At Daniel's Detroit family reunion he discovered areas downtown that were open and ready to be reclaimed. Daniel speaks of the POTENTIAL he saw in Detroit in his blog "Holding Space" at http://wwwqueenannegardenscom.blogspot.com/2010/07/detroit-is-full-of-potential.html .
Downtown Detroit abandoned block with hallowed uninhabitated building in the background--Amazing Potential!
Some of the empty blocks are cared for and used as open space beside new city developments.
Downtown Detroit has several examples of reclaimed & refurbished city blocks that have kept the historical atmosphere of the old buildings and revitalized them with modern technology and pizazz!
Maintaining the best from your past and touching base with the world that helped to create who we are today helps to give each of us a broader perspective on where we want to go from here. Daniel enjoyed discovering a new vision of Detroit in its architecture and its artwork.
Still the best things to bring back from family reunions is the personal revitalzation we recieve from those we love and enjoy being with!
Dad & Daniel 1958 Daniel & Dad 2010
Vertical Gardens provide both Gardener and Artist a new Venue
Creating space for plants in the city is often difficult because of the weight of the soil in which plants grow. The size of the pot one is allowed on a condominium balcony is greatly limited by weight restrictions. Vertical Gardens are grown largely by hydroponics (without soil) and can provide the health and beauty of living plants without the bulk and weight of traditional container gardening.
In the summer of 2009 the Paris based Botanical Artist Patrick Blanc came to the City of Destiny, Tacoma, and created a living wall for the Goodwill-Milgard Work Opportunity Center.
Blanc creates exterior and interior vertical gardens and plants them as though the plants were the paint and the wall was the canvas. Technically the canvas is a double layer of felt stapled on a PVC frame and attached to the wall with a metal frame. Drip irrigation runs horizontally in ten foot bands from the top releasing a solution that feeds the plants with moisture and fertilizer to keep them lush.
The Tacoma living wall is filled with 2,200 individual plants covering 96 species that are particularly well suited for "cliff-dwelling". Because the "Living Art" will bloom and change with the seasons and age with time, gardening maintenance is required. Twice a year the 800-square-foot canvas measuring 20 feet by 40 feet requires a cherry picker to bring the gardener to the plants. Smaller scale vertical gardens can be tended much more easily and without the back-breaking bending over of the horizontal garden!
Vertical gardens are most commonly seen as vines wrapping themselves around fences, but one can also design a fence that is a planting canvas either with hydroponics or with a gabion soil structure. The felt and hydroponics system on a metal frame allows city dwellers to expand their plant limitations and add a plant purification wall where previously only a small pot could be placed.
Urban steel joins ancient basalt for an ultra savvy protective garden
Last fall we reclaimed the tiny front yard of this home from a busy neighborhood corner without sidewalks. We used steel and basalt blended together to create a protected, yet open feeling for the front garden. The goal was to provide beauty with a sense of safety for two French Bulldogs and the growing family to enjoy.
"Kalamazoo Kitchen" stainless steel appliances and cabinets, green granite counters and backsplash.
This spring we reinvented the backyard of this home into a fully equipped outdoor kitchen with deck dining. The steel panels were
repeated along the street side staircase to tie the front and back gardens together in a harmonious design. Joe Clark of Architectural Elements fabricated and installed all the steel panels and gates. Daniel's design repeated
the Ipe wood panel in the backdrop for the barbecue, in each of three gates and in the tallest steel fence panel facing the front street.
Each steel panel is open to the elements and intended to weather with age. The rust orange patterns that 'paint' the steel blue panels over time blend well with the weathered brown outer shell of the basalt columns and the trunks of the ancient cedars. Similarly the blue-black cuts and edges of the basalt columns echo the deep blue of the new steel.
The gates and the main 'front door' that serve to enclose the back and front are powder coated with a brown finish that complements the rusting patterns on the panels, yet keeps the constantly touched surfaces smooth and free of rust.
The deck was made with the Ipe hardwood. To add light and the feeling of airiness, tempered glass panels serve as protective walls beneath the railings.
Outdoor dining on this deck will benefit from privacy and a relaxing view of the surrounding woods... almost like dining in an elegant treehouse.
The tempered glass has a textured pattern that avoids fingerprints and makes the panels easy to maintain. The placement of the glass under the railings gives the deck a modern style that fits well with the industrial urban effect of the steel panels. The glass also complements the shiny stainless steel of the kitchen appliances.
The stained cedar arbor installed over the kitchen will eventually be covered in the same tempered glass used in the railing panels.
With this deck and garden kitchen, summer entertaining will be an easy delight!
The plants above are Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' and Sword Ferns (Polystichum munitum).
View above is from the east showing access to the back garden and kitchen. View below is from the south showing the main entrance.
Seattle Children's Playground and Sanctuary Art Center
On May 22 Queen Anne Gardens is pleased to be donating two packages of Art and Garden design to two worthy organizations in our community.
The Seattle Children's PlayGarden improves the lives of children with physical or mental disabilities by providing them with full access to a safe indoor/outdoor recreation space and offering inclusive programs that encourage their potential.
The goal is to provide a space where children of all ages and abilities may enjoy
the outdoors in the diverse company of their family and friends.
The Sanctuary Art Center's mission is to provide a safe, warm and calm environment for homeless and street involved youth to experience creativity and success through the use of various artistic media.
The focus of the Center's instruction is on creating 
meaningful relationships with the youth as they are guided through the art making process.
The vision, patience and focus required to complete a work of art are the same skills needed to move from one stage of life to another. The goal is to provide an opportunity for homeless youth to experience the healing power of their creative energy.
Queen Anne Gardens' designs are all about nurturing our clients and communities creative energy and we are thrilled to know individuals who are actively volunteering in making both these projects build and grow. A member of Queen Anne Gardens will be at each of the auctions and we hope to see you there!
123 Second Avenue North #116, Seattle WA 98109
Directly west of the Pacific Science Center
Queen Anne Gardens LLC experiments with a "Satellite Office" at The AXIS on lower QA near the Pacific Science Center. We will use a live-work loft for client meetings and networking events while the main office on upper QA remains in full force. A Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce event will be hosted on May 20, 2010 with additional promotional events following.
Call for Postcards: A postcard/chandelier/mobile will be created and hung from our 16 foot tall ceiling.
Please Send to: Daniel Lowery, 123 Second Avenue North #116, Seattle, WA 98109
Winning three coveted awards the display garden was a delight to behold. The Washington Chapter of the Association of ` Professional Landscape Designers (APLDWA) is a group of diverse, creative designers who came together to design, build and staff a winter theme garden for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show (NWFGS).
The display garden was a multi-use space that combined structural elements, hardscape materials, and plant pairings brought together by innovative design to provide beauty, purpose, and inspiration. This garden was designed collaboratively by four APLDWA members: Barbara Lycett APLD, Octavia Chambliss, Daniel Lowery APLD, and Susie Thompson.
The Garden was built by APLDWA members, the designers, their co-workers and families and with the help of Elliot Bay Landscape Design, Garden Stone Masonry LLC and Yellow Mountain Stone Works.
The garden was brought to life with people using our terrace for consultations with an APLDWA designer during the show.
Here are some photos illustrating the process of the APLDWA display garden being put together this last weekend:
On Tuesday, February 2, the garden was finished and waiting to be revealed at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show Preview Party that evening. Go to the webpage at the link above to see details and Enjoy!
February 6, 2010 at the Shilshole Bay Beach Club
7001 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle WA 98117
Spruce Street School is a local school focused on community, diversity, and urban learning situated in the Denny Triangle. We gladly tell clients to think of us when procuring donations for a cause close to their heart and this is the second year we are pleased to be a part of the Spruce Street School community.
Starting off this year we
have donated two Queen Anne Gardens Consultation Package and potted bulbs known as Spring Bulb Lasagne to Spruce Street School’s “Treasures of the Deep Auction” on February 6, 2010. If you would like to go to the auction you may submit your reservation online by email before January 30th or call 206-621-9211.
Tristin Brown
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