study - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-28T16:22:11Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/studyGrasses Move Into The Spotlighthttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/grasses-move-into-the-spotlight2012-08-26T20:00:00.000Z2012-08-26T20:00:00.000ZElspeth Briscoehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/ElspethBriscoe<div><p>"The cold wet summer experienced in Western Europe this year doesn’t seem to have held back the flowering of the ornamental grasses in my garden. From now on until the end of autumn is when things really begin to get exciting here. Of course calamagrostis had been effective for months, but with panicums, molinias and finally my miscanthus coming into flower the garden is reaching its peak." - Speaks Michael King this week (co-author of Piet Oudolf). </p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314147020?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314147020?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="524" class="align-left" height="348"/></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Michael King is probably one of the world's foremost authorities on planting design with grasses. Michael lives in the Netherlands, but he is now holding four week online courses at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.my-garden-school.com" target="_blank">MyGardenSchool</a> teaching gardening enthusiasts, aspiring and professional garden designers, and practising landscapers all about the beauty of using different grasses for both form and function.</p><p>Here is a taster for the course (which includes a new video format). Bookings are now being taken for Sept 1st intake. You can learn more about the Designing With Grasses <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/a-masterclass-in-garden-design-with-grasses/" target="_blank">Gardening Course</a> here.<object width="640" height="360" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbuYpJfeteI?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false"></param><embed wmode="opaque" width="640" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbuYpJfeteI?version=3&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param></object></p></div>