Landscaping Stress

Thinking about a tree, one might think about the leaves and how they could symbolize balance, growth, and harmony. Or one might think about how a tree represents nature itself by symbolizing such attributes as strength, stability, diversity and withstanding the greatest of challenges to survive. Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site specific land art which embody these characteristics and represent nature as a whole. Goldsworthy’s process is to be as involved in nature as he possibly can and to produce sculptures to draw out the character of the environment. He seeks to draw emphasis to the beauty and exquisiteness of nature while also displaying the stages of life nature goes through; it grows, stays and decays as an integral part of the circle of life. Goldsworthy’s piece Ice Spiral: Tree Soul, exemplifies these distinctive elements and displays his unique technique in a way that captures the essence of nature. When one first looks upon the photograph of Tree Soul, it almost looks unreal or that the ice spiral surrounding the tree was digitally added to the image of the tree. The spiral ice sculpture is perfectly molded to wrap around the tree and opens the eyes of the audience in sensing the beauty and multidimensional details of the natural world.

Nature in its tranquility provides a calming sensation away from the buzzing city life. The ability

The beautiful blossoms that bloom in Californian spring, the summer daisies alongside the cooling lake, long after the summer the trees have lost their leaves entering autumn to fresh white snow out in the mountains. Nature is able to show us its true beauty without any falseness and modifications. After all, is it not ironic how people go to museums to look at paintings of colorful flowers, green hills, and clear water streams; those are beauties that can easily be observed in real life outside of the urban environment which are surrounded by them, or how people buy recordings of the calming sounds of nature, similar to what you would listen to at night in the woods or smell nature aromas of the candles. What we are doing is trying to mislead our minds and pretend to think that we are in the woods but are instead cornered inside our small, well-furnished, and full -with-technology apartment.

Tell people who don't like gardening but want a garden how to plant a low maintenance one.To where they dont have to take care of it at all.

Forty years ago home computers were nonexistent. Thirty years ago, smart-phones were nonexistent. Heck, air conditioning and electric windows in cars were rare at those times. As a modern day society, we often look for the next best technology with smart phones, computers, televisions, and vehicles, while we forget the simple pleasure of nature. In the excerpt from Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods, Louv effectively uses various forms of appeal in order to illustrate the separation between people and nature.

I was thinking the same thing. If he lost his job, then he would have nothing. Well, maybe toilet paper for a little while. :-) The man had been doing this for so long, I am not sure if the boss felt sorry for him, or the boss was afraid of opening a can of worms if he said anything. The boss had a company truck and would leave to visit other campuses. Funny thing is, no one at the other campuses ever saw him. He had greenhouses from the cuttings of other trees on campus that he would sell. The greenhouse had a lock on it and he was the only key holder. There were contractors that came weekly to get the trees/plants from him. These same contractors would ALWAYS get the contracts to do the large landscaping at all the campus involved

He additionally stated test scores improved by about five percent over the experimental time period (Nieuwenhuijsen.) All of the researchers apart of the Barcelona study hypothesized what mechanism with exposure to the environment creates the beneficial effects. The authors listed possibilities such as less exposure to distracting noise, the likelihood of engaging in outdoor exercise, or the Biophilia hypothesis. Biologist E.O. Wilson who helped create this theory proposed that we have a psychological need for green landscapes. Therefore, when deprived of greenery, the human psyche has negative

Fallingwater was built in a Nature Reserve, which provides a basic pure natural environment. Rather than have the waterfall in occupant’s view, the designer of the house, Wright, placed the house right on the top of the waterfall to make it a part of occupant’s lives. The integration of the house with waterfall is successful in creating harmony between nature and man. “Fallingwater redefined the relationship between man, nature, and architecture” (Adelyn,2010).

Physical space can inform researchers on how people interact with that space, and influence social behavior. Applied anthropologists have a very important tool in their practitioner’s toolkit that allows them to disseminate behavior, actions, and help create spaces that will meet the needs of the population using ethnography. Ethnography allows practitioners to use their observational skills to improve the design of a product, landscape, environment, or assist with an infrastructural design based on the needs of the individuals that will access such facilities (Rijsberman 2012). To do so, it is extremely important to know the impact of physical surroundings and environmental behavior and understand that environments have a strong influence on people’s interaction with the physical landscape.

When dealing with stress this week, the first technique I tried was taking a walk in nature. For this technique, I walked around the walkway in the park behind my house and tried to relax and forget about what I had to do when I got home. The idea behind using nature for stress relief is to enjoy the beauty that was created by God. The only problem with this technique for me, is that I am someone that does not enjoy the outdoors, so walking around outside and trying to find stress relief in nature was very difficult for me. According to Emily Main from the Prevention website (2012), “[w]ide open spaces mean more opportunities to boost your health. For one thing, getting outside forces you to get a little exercise, and exercise is the best natural mood booster there is…there’s just something about being in our natural element that’s hard to beat…” While there may be many health benefits, this technique is something that possibly does not work for everyone, myself included. Growing up I have always had to stay around home for my sister, and I have gotten to used to being inside that I am not used to going to nature for solstice.

Local council provides the property information certificates to the client, whether the proposed house need termite protection or not, prior to proceeding with the construction works. There are numerous ways to protect structural members subject to attack by subterranean termites in Victoria:

People from different cultures and times have always used traditional knowledge of flowers to promote health and happiness. Humans have an inborn affinity with nature that goes beyond the tangible benefits we derive from plants and animals. The idea that nature is good for our well-being is old and well understood. This idea is called biophilia by psychologists Erich Fromm and was studied by Edward O.Wilson and Stephen Kellert. Wilson and Kellert published .The Biophilia Hypothesis in 1995. Their hypothesis being that humans have a universal desire to be in natural settings. The notion of a love of nature, biophilia, makes sense as throughout history is has aided our survival. In 1985 a study was done using photographs of snakes as possible

Since the Landscaping service of Metrophil Construction and Supply has its own equipment, heavy equipment for delivering plants for soft scape and located at a home office,

Nature is interesting, wonderful and fascinating. In a state of equilibrium, animals, plants, insects, and many other things create amazing habitats suited to their environment and living condition. This is just one of many reasons why nature is so wonderful and fills one with curiosity and fascination. For example, the design of a shell for a shell gives them protection and survive in though environment where they have to deal with several different predators. There are significant amount of species that has ability to camouflage which helps them to create fascinating habitats. A reindeer eyeballs turn blue during winter to help them see at lower light levels. Reindeers evolved and adjusted themselves

To test the research question, “how can the elements of art (line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and color) applied to mixed media drawings in visual communication be used strategically to teach the public about the ecological functions of a designed landscape?” different methodologies must be used to collect data. In this proposal I have picked several different methodologies most of which are qualitative that would effectively answer the question. I choses to use qualitative methodologies because the question focuses on what humans perceive. Qualitative data would have more meaning than quotative data. These methodologies are basic qualitative research, narrative inquiries, and case studies. By using a case study and qualitative research I will be able to learn if the public can understand a project better through my approach to graphic communication. To test the research question, I would pick one case study and learn about the project until I fully understand how it works. The study of the site involves performing research, site inventory, site analysis, mapping, measuring, and observation. Possible case studies include Alumnae Valley Restoration at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA by MVVA, the Meadow at Kansas State University, Old Stadium Green Roof at Kanas State University, Engineering rain garden at Kansas State University, Citygarden in St. Louis Missouri by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, and Greensburg, Kansas sustainable plan. I have tried to pick