Architectural Digest Article on Wirtz International

If you have time I highly recommend this article to get your creative gardening juices going. My favorite thing about Wirtz is that all of his gardens have such structure and simplicity. Less is always more.

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/2011-08/wirtz-international-garden-retrospective-slideshow#slide=1

Chicago Flower & Garden Show At the Lake County Fair

Date: Wednesday, July 25 - Sunday, July 29, 2012Where: Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL

Over 100,000 Lake County, Illinois residents gather each year for the annual Lake County Fair. By participating as garden builder or as an exhibitor, your business or organization has the unique opportunity to reach an engaged audience and help contribute to creating new memories and traditions for a diverse audience.

The all-new, garden-show-within-the-fair blends horticulture with agriculture and offers a twist on outdoor gardens created by area landscape designers. Garden vignettes, including in-ground, raised-bed, trellis or container, will feature perennials and annuals appropriate for the Midwest. The show's "mini" marketplace is where garden enthusiasts can purchase garden and related products and services, watch demonstrations, and get advice from the pros.

Check out unique works from French design collective, Ferpect

Ferpect, a French design collective, recently won the top prize at the French street furniture design biennale for their work Dune, which is being exhibited at La Défense square in Paris until the end of the year. Ferfect is a group of architects, engineers, and thinkers.

Ferfect says their Dune system is a piece of ”micro-architecture” that can be moved around depending on the climate. The front side of the 20-degree acacia-wood slopes allows for sunbathing and people watching while the rear frame of pine slats provides shelter from the wind or sun.

http://dirt.asla.org/2012/07/12/a-slope-wherever-you-want/

City Prohibits Outdoor Water Use for All Water Customers

Due to ongoing hot temperatures and drought conditions, the City of Highland Park is instituting a ban on outdoor water use effective immediately. This indefinite ban applies to all water supply customers in:

Highland Park, Bannockburn, Deerfield, Lincolnshire, the Glenbrook Sanitary District and Ft. Sheridan.

This restriction on outdoor water use will be enforced for all water supply customers 24-hours per day, seven days per week. The City appreciates the community’s cooperation in order to ensure the water supply is protected. These restrictions will be lifted as soon as weather conditions allow. Handheld sprinkling is still allowed.

For more information about water conservation, please visit www.cityhpil.com/waterconservation or call the Water Treatment plant at (847) 433-4355. Or, please visit www.epa.gov/watersense.

Water Conservation

http://www.cityhpil.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=107