In The Landscape® – Details, episodes & analysis

Our hosts dive into the world of grasses in this episode. From the iconic American lawn to the four season beauty of several grass species, Kate and Charles Sadler talk design and care considerations. Using different grass species can lend ecological benefit to the landscape. Growing and dormancy cycles can have big implications for the look of different grasses. 

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler discuss how to go from landscape designs and drawings to implementing your plan in the landscape. What should be considered in the first few months of the plan? How do we map out hiring contractors and permits, plants and materials. Join our hosts for this first of several discussions on implementing designs and long term maintenance of our gardens.

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler discuss an important design principle in this week's episode. Design is often about careful selection and editing, and this process is governed by the order of relative importance. More is not necessarily always better when it comes time highlighting special features in the landscape. The process of design thinking helps to consider how to elevate certain elements in the landscape.

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler get In the Landscape talking about the parks around their Houston area home. They also discuss the evolution of the conservancy structure that protects many landscape spaces for public use. 

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Today's episode is all about the cool serene green of a shade garden. Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler talk through the features of growing in low sunlight. From wet to dry conditions, our hosts talk about the special plants and decor ideas to make the most of shady spots in your landscape.

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler close out their three part series on differing landscapes with a consideration of design in the urban landscape. Both once big city dwellers, our hosts cover the great contribution to cities of landscape design through street scapes, city parks, community projects and even on the home front with small scale gardens. 

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler continue with the second in their three part series on different regions of landscape - rural, suburban and urban. They discuss the qualities of a largely designed community landscape and tackle one of the big programatic issues in the suburban landscape - the car.

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler start the first of a three part series on different regions of landscape - rural, suburban and urban. We take a view of what it means to live in a country setting. What challenges do homeowners experience in the rural environment? Our hosts tackle considerations of scale and design as well as maintenance and care.

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler chat about garden cuttings this week. Bringing the outdoors in to create decorative arrangements is one of the great benefits of growing our own plants. How we prune and how we cut and arrange our cuttings is key to preserving the production and health of our cutting plants. 

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Hosts Kate and Charles Sadler tackle the topic of being in the landscape business. They cover the trajectory from the sole-proprietorship beginnings of their landscape design firm, King Garden, to the current partnership with expanding services. The Sadlers share their experiences in business training courses and how those lessons have applied specifically to the landscape trade. 

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