All of these photographs of Wisconsin native moss species are courtesy of Lauren Hanson. Thanks, Lauren.
At A Glance: Wisconsin Moss
Posted on: February 6, 2010 3 Comments
Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.
All of these photographs of Wisconsin native moss species are courtesy of Lauren Hanson. Thanks, Lauren.
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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Just lovely, I am an aficionado of cryptogams and love seeing them/utilizing them in designs. There is a charming older book on mosses I will endorse, ‘Mosses With a Handlens’, by A. J. Grout. The full title makes me laugh, ‘Mosses With a Handlens: A Non-technical Handbook Of The More Common And More Easily Recognized Mosses Of The Northeastern United States’ (1905)
This is a question rather than a comment:
I live near Milwaukee, WI. I’m designing a patio for my back yard and would like to use pavers that incorporate spaces for native mosses (or grass) to grow. The area of interest receives early afternoon sun and is shady in the morning and late afternoon. Do you have any recommendations for specific moss types that would do well?
Dear Jeff, I am over my head on this one. Try http://www.mossesunlimited.com/ Deborah