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Homes and Gardens Profiles DC Landscape Designer J. Mark White of Garden Wise, Inc.
J. Mark Whtie of Garden Wise, Inc. discusses "green" garden design elements, supporting local businesses, and gives "first step" tips on making a garden design plan eco-friendly to the Homes and Gardens readers this month. Mark also discusses the inspiration he's found for his design work from his travels.
Be sure to check out the March profile at Homes and Gardens.
Be sure to check out the March profile at Homes and Gardens.
Arlington Garden Design GardenWise on HGTV's Curb Appeal
J. Mark White, ASLA, of Arlington, VA Garden Design Firm GardenWise, Inc., Creates Exclusve for HGTV Garden Design Projects
J. Mark White, ASLA, president of Arlington, VA-based Garden Design Firm Gardenwise, Inc. appears in HGTV's Curb Appeal on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 12:30PM/ET. The episode features White's exclusive for HGTV landscape and hardscape designs. Please visit the GardenWise blog for more information and for before and after pictures of the project.
In this episode, White creates a more classic look for the homeowners who wanted to put their own stamp on their home with an open and welcoming approach. He replaced the dated and uninspired entrance with a bold and broad open staircase that leads directly to the front door. By adding a small landing at the top of the first staircase, the homeowners were able to add a bench to create an intimate and gracious seating area.
The staircase continues to a new front door, and a new flagstone porch and stair treads that are highlighted by a decorative wrought iron railing White designed, which adds sophistication and elegance to the home. White also created a shade garden, that includes a lot of woodland planting. Other design elements include additional hardscape features and new retaining walls, additional landscaping, flanking piers, and new decorative lighting.
Gardenwise, Inc. created, designed, and installed all of the landscape, hardscape, stonework, garden accents, lighting, and custon ironwork featured in the program in its entirety, and owns the rights to all the work seen in this episode
Contact:
Paul Schur
Paul Schur is the former FOX News Channel and CNN spokesperson who handles public and media relations for PS & ASSOC. For more information on GardenWise, Inc., please contact 202-834-0965.
J. Mark White, ASLA, president of Arlington, VA-based Garden Design Firm Gardenwise, Inc. appears in HGTV's Curb Appeal on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 12:30PM/ET. The episode features White's exclusive for HGTV landscape and hardscape designs. Please visit the GardenWise blog for more information and for before and after pictures of the project.
In this episode, White creates a more classic look for the homeowners who wanted to put their own stamp on their home with an open and welcoming approach. He replaced the dated and uninspired entrance with a bold and broad open staircase that leads directly to the front door. By adding a small landing at the top of the first staircase, the homeowners were able to add a bench to create an intimate and gracious seating area.
The staircase continues to a new front door, and a new flagstone porch and stair treads that are highlighted by a decorative wrought iron railing White designed, which adds sophistication and elegance to the home. White also created a shade garden, that includes a lot of woodland planting. Other design elements include additional hardscape features and new retaining walls, additional landscaping, flanking piers, and new decorative lighting.
Gardenwise, Inc. created, designed, and installed all of the landscape, hardscape, stonework, garden accents, lighting, and custon ironwork featured in the program in its entirety, and owns the rights to all the work seen in this episode
Contact:
Paul Schur
Paul Schur is the former FOX News Channel and CNN spokesperson who handles public and media relations for PS & ASSOC. For more information on GardenWise, Inc., please contact 202-834-0965.
Daryn Kagan, host of DarynKagan.com, Profiled in Best Friends magazine
Daryn Kagan is featured in the January/February issue of Best Friends magazine. Daryn discusses DarynKagan.com, the web's one stop destination for inspirational motivational news stories that fit the theme, "Show the World What's Possible." Reporter Carla Davis describes the site as "Kagan's vision of a better world through 'hopeful news.'"
Be sure to visit Best Friends at http://bestfriends.org/.
Be sure to visit Best Friends at http://bestfriends.org/.
Oprah.com features television documentary Solar Town USA
Oprah.com Features Television Documentary Solar Town USA
Oprah.com featues TV film Solar Town USA in its feature on the greening of small town America. Solar Town USA, about the legacy ofAmerica United States
Story excerpt:
"Now, more 30 years after the town installed its first solar panel, filmmaker Brain Kosisky decided to feature Soldiers Grove in his documentary Solar Town USA . "It is an inspiring story of how the residents took something negative—severe flooding—and made something positive out of it: rebuilding their town from scratch and creating America's very first solar town," Kosisky says.
The documentary, hosted and co-produced by former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, features the ups and downs the community went through while switching to solar and what it's like to maintain solar technology for three decades. "They are optimistic yet down-to-earth," Kosisky says. "While they are all proud of their town and the sustainable solar elements, they admit that some of the systems are no longer working at peak performance. Right now, the state of Wisconsin is studying the buildings to see how the systems can be improved."
"Much like the story of Soldiers Grove, a natural disaster almost wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map in May 2007 . . . Kosisky also featured Greensburg in Solar Town USA . He says there are many lessons from Soldiers Grove that Greensburg can incorporate into its rebuilding efforts."Keep it simple, plan for the systems' upkeep, allow upgrading to be affordable and educate the citizens on the best use of the new systems," Kosisky says."
To read the story in its entirety, please visit Oprah.com.
Daryn Kagan in Soldiers Grove, WI Rebuilding Greensburg, KS
Photo Credit: Oprah.com/Solar Town USA
Oprah.com featues TV film Solar Town USA in its feature on the greening of small town America. Solar Town USA, about the legacy of
Story excerpt:
"Now, more 30 years after the town installed its first solar panel, filmmaker Brain Kosisky decided to feature Soldiers Grove in his documentary Solar Town USA . "It is an inspiring story of how the residents took something negative—severe flooding—and made something positive out of it: rebuilding their town from scratch and creating America's very first solar town," Kosisky says.
The documentary, hosted and co-produced by former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, features the ups and downs the community went through while switching to solar and what it's like to maintain solar technology for three decades. "They are optimistic yet down-to-earth," Kosisky says. "While they are all proud of their town and the sustainable solar elements, they admit that some of the systems are no longer working at peak performance. Right now, the state of Wisconsin is studying the buildings to see how the systems can be improved."
"Much like the story of Soldiers Grove, a natural disaster almost wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map in May 2007 . . . Kosisky also featured Greensburg in Solar Town USA . He says there are many lessons from Soldiers Grove that Greensburg can incorporate into its rebuilding efforts."Keep it simple, plan for the systems' upkeep, allow upgrading to be affordable and educate the citizens on the best use of the new systems," Kosisky says."
To read the story in its entirety, please visit Oprah.com.
Daryn Kagan in Soldiers Grove, WI Rebuilding Greensburg, KS
Photo Credit: Oprah.com/Solar Town USA
DC Landscape Architect J. Mark White in LOWES 2010 Trend Story
J. Mark White, president of Washington, D.C.-area-based GardenWise, Inc., discusses water feature trends for 2010 with LOWES.
LOWES is known for their widely read and popular trend feature stories, and for this month, White discusses upcomingwater feature trends, how to best install high-end features to blend with a home's landscape, and his designs work that is more affordable to his DC-area clients in today's economy.
Story Excerpt:
"Staying affordableStory
The increased cost-consciousness of consumers also has affected water feature trends. “The economy has indeed affected the sizes of the water features we are designing and installing as some clients are downsizing to more self-contained features that are less expensive to install and require less maintenance,” says J. Mark White. He adds that for a more structured, formal layout this stand-alone feature may be set into a patio space with a central spout or gurgling urn that spills into a seat-height basin."
For more water feature trends, visit the GardenWise.com water feature page.
LOWES is known for their widely read and popular trend feature stories, and for this month, White discusses upcomingwater feature trends, how to best install high-end features to blend with a home's landscape, and his designs work that is more affordable to his DC-area clients in today's economy.
Story Excerpt:
"Staying affordableStory
The increased cost-consciousness of consumers also has affected water feature trends. “The economy has indeed affected the sizes of the water features we are designing and installing as some clients are downsizing to more self-contained features that are less expensive to install and require less maintenance,” says J. Mark White. He adds that for a more structured, formal layout this stand-alone feature may be set into a patio space with a central spout or gurgling urn that spills into a seat-height basin."
For more water feature trends, visit the GardenWise.com water feature page.
J. Mark White or GardenWise, Inc. in Turf and Landscape Hardscape Design-Build magazines Washington, D.C Landscape Architecture
J. Mark White, ASLA, is a feature story in Landscape Hardscape Design Build and Turf magazines on 2010 garden stone trends, including environmentally friendly options. All pictures featured in the feature are of Mark's landscape design work in the Washington, D.C., area, and were photographed by Lydia Cutter.
A great big congratulations to Mark on his forward thinking and inspiring "green" design work.
Kos Films Wraps First Season of Reality TV Program, Foreclosure, Inc.
Kos Films has completed principal photography on the first season of Foreclosure, Inc. Check out a sample of media placements from the New York Post and local TV network news reports of the first television reality series to explore the foreclosure crisis in America.
Daryn Kagan Re-Ups with Paul Schur For PR and Media Relations
Big news! Daryn Kagan the former main CNN news anchor whose area of expertiese is inspiring news stories, has Re-Upped with Paul in the areas of Public Relations, media relations and brand management.. We're looking forward to some pretty inspiring times ahead with Daryn, 2009's "Good News Guru"
Daryn Kagan Profiled in Sept. 2009 Guideposts
Daryn Kagan shares her journey from main CNN news anchor to becoming the expert on inspiring and hopeful news storeis with the 10 million Guideposts readers at Be sure to click the "article" icon.
Kelly Perkins Inspires New York Times Readers
One of the most inspiring people you'll ever read about in the New York Times, be sure to check out heart trapnsplant receipient Kelly Perkins who climbs mountatins around the world to inspire others and promote organ donation. Be sure ot order her page-turning memoir "The Climb of my Life"(Rowman & Littlefield) for yourself, or anyone who needs to be inspired to reach for their dreams.
