Wondering about the new badge in my sidebar to the right that says Garden Designers Roundtable? It's a perfect example of a little idea that unexpectedly took off.
Last December on a whim, I invited three other bloggers to join me in posting on the same topic Does Your Garden Designer Practice What She/He Preaches? It was a lot of fun and if it were up to me, that would have been the end of it as I chased after the next shiny object that happened my way. But co-blogger Scott Hokunson enjoyed the experience so much he organized an even more ambitious version in January on Celebrating Regional Diversity. Things just kept snowballing, and Garden Designer's Roundtable was born. Here's the official description:
A panel of professional landscape and garden designers blogging monthly on topics related to garden designThe group has more than 20 bloggers, six to twelve of which will post on a specific topic once a month. I'm excited to be part of a group that includes some of my favorite bloggers, like Pam Pennick, Ivette Soler and Susan Cohan, to name just a few. Upcoming topics include small space design, renovation and restoration, and therapy/healing. Thanks to Scott, the group's website has a schedule of upcoming topics, so check it out to see if there's something you might want to learn more about. There's also a Facebook Fan Page with over 700 fans that has already been the site of some lively conversations with engaged gardeners.
I won't be posting until April, but February's topic (which posts at 10:00 a.m. PST February 23) is on foliage. I'll be cruising the posts later in hopes of seeing some great photos and design inspiration.
Hiya Susan
Great idea. I've just looked at some jaw droppingly good foliage combinations over at the Germinatrix, thanks!
Posted by: Rob(ourfrenchgarden) | February 24, 2010 at 11:28 AM
That idea really did snowball, didn't it? It's fantastic to be a part of such a talented group, and I enjoyed reading all the foliage posts on Tuesday. Looking forward to your next contribution in April!
Posted by: Pam/Digging | February 25, 2010 at 04:28 AM
not even going to try to catch up, but I have decided to let my garden blog fade away (it has anyway) and comment using my blog of everything...
How are you?
Posted by: wayne | February 28, 2010 at 09:46 AM
This is such a cool idea, and the fact that my most 'favoritist' folks are involved, well, that's just icing on the cake.
I need more hours in the day to stay on top of everything I want to be reading online.
Have any ideas about how to stretch/flex each day;-)
Posted by: Alice Joyce | March 05, 2010 at 01:10 PM