Monthly Archives: January 2011

“I Can See for Miles” is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, recorded for the band’s 1967 album, The Who Sell Out.  The song is stuck in the heads of d4collective’s designers after handling miles and miles … Continue reading →

Each year, a highlight for students and alumni of the Environmental Horticulture Program at Lake Washington Technical College [LWTC], is helping build the gardens for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show.  The program allows students to nurture and care for … Continue reading →

Chosen as a team to design and build the first annual ‘Signature Garden’ for the 2011 Northwest Flower & Garden Show, four designers strengthened their bond with a team name of “d4collective”. The design team known as d4collective is a … Continue reading →

The Signature Garden at the 2011 Northwest Flower Show is designed by a group calling themselves “d4collective.”  Susie Thompson, Barbara Lycett, Octavia Chambliss (shown in the below photograph-taken by Daniel) and Daniel Lowery are thrilled to have the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Over 3000 individual plants will flourish in the 1600 s.f. Signature Garden, designed by d4collective, at the 2011 Northwest Flower & Garden Show.  Counting seventy species, calm masses of plants [one gallon size and larger] will soothe the eye of … Continue reading →

We witnessed a milestone this week with the first sight of our wall material and the first test of it’s curve-ability.  On hand for construction supporting d4collective are Todd Benevedes of Elliot Bay Landscape Construction and Daniel Davis of Inspired … Continue reading →

The edge… the kickboard…the containment….the trim… the wall….the strength… How will we contain the edges of our show garden?  Actually we will use a variety of materials including wood and stone products and even some terra cotta containers.  The sleek … Continue reading →