Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA, APLD, MLA, CLARB
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Architecture |
| Occupation | Landscape Architect |
| Location | Atlanta, GA and Cashiers, NC, Southeast USA, United States |
| Introduction | Hugh and I are landscape architects who work across the USA on fine residential estates and regular peoples homes. We have a large garden, Highcote, at High Hampton. Highcote grew amoebically as we colonized the slopes of our watershed producing an moss roofed outhouse (that flushes!), a grass roofed potting shed with antique gardening pieces and bark exterior, an outdoor pavilion "The Pavilion of Pleasant Sounds" complete with kitchen, all this plus the quintessentially chic mountain cabin (c 1948) on a private lake. I'm at work on my next book about Aging in Place in Your Landscape and building on questions I've heard while lecturing on Timeless Landscape Design. 95% of Homeowners who are now 60-65 will stay on their property rather than move to a retirement community. So why not customize your landscape to fit long term needs? Harvest water, utilize solar and alternative energy forms, grow vegetables, compost, create a retreat for regeneration or do active forms of recreation like pilates and yoga all seamless designed within your existing landscape. Baby boomers, this is the place for you! |
| Interests | hiking, gardening (surprised?), judging landscape & horticulture (approved GCA horticulture judge, travel, community work in Cashiers, lecturing, author of books on landscape design, climate change study, fly fishing |
| Favorite Movies | Sherlock Holmes |
| Favorite Music | Barry Sulkin |
| Favorite Books | Anything by Barbara Kingsolver or Michael Pollan |
Mother is a Talbot