Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.
In 2005, I painted one of the concrete floors in the shop to look like a lawn panel surrounded by gravel. A painting of a tapis vert-a lawn panel of a definite shape. A landscape painting. 
Howard in the grass
paint drips and swirls
Milo in the grass
2010
It might be time for a new idea.
Deborah Silver is a landscape and garden designer whose firm, Deborah Silver and Co Inc, opened its doors in 1986. She opened Detroit Garden Works, a retail store devoted to fine and unusual garden ornament and specialty plants, in 1996. In 2004, she opened the Branch studio, a subsidiary of the landscape company which designs and manufactures garden ornament in a variety of media. Though her formal education is in English literature and biology, she worked as a fine artist in watercolor and pastel from 1972-1983. A job in a nursery, to help support herself as an artist in the early 80’s evolved into a career in landscape and garden design. Her landscape design and installation projects combine a thorough knowledge of horticulture with an artist’s eye for design. Her three companies provide a wide range of products and services to the serious gardener. She has been writing this journal style blog since April of 2009.
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Nice work on the grass and gravel floor. After 15 years, the grass still looks fresh and green! Very apt for the kind of business you have.
Dear Kellie, sorry-my mistake! The floor was done in 2005-so it is only five years old. I corrected the post. I am really not one bit sorry for its vintage look-that just means we have had a lot of people walking on it. Deborah
Love the grass floor. I have been doing posts on grass this past week, and would like to leave a link to your site. This is so unique.
Dear Donna, please do. thanks, Deborah
Even your floor is verdant!