Background
Balmori, Diana was born on June 4, 1936 in Gijon, Spain. Daughter of Clemente and Dorothy (Ling) Hernando-Balmori.
(The authors in this book argue that our dedication to mai...)
The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet and they offer strategies for creating and caring for aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This new edition updates the original text and adds a chapter and illustrations showing what progress has been made in the ecological management of landscapes over the past decade.
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(Jimmy's garden on the Lower East Side of Manhattan - an a...)
Jimmy's garden on the Lower East Side of Manhattan - an assortment of stones and garbage bags, five tires, a chair, a skid, a refrigerator shelf, some ailanthus trees and goldfish, a wooden fence, and a pond with water carried by hand from a nearby fire hydrant - was recently bulldozed by the city. Jimmy then disappeared. Anna's garden is surrounded by a tall chainlink fence and filled with a menagerie of dolls and stuffed animals. The animals are whole, the dolls are maimed. Anna is a recluse who speaks to no one. The neighbors say she was in a concentration camp as a child. Gardens have always been associated with wealth and leisure, viewed as an addition to home. In this remarkable book a landscape architect and a photographer show us, in word and pictures, gardens built by homeless or impoverished New York City inhabitants. Like traditional gardens, these spaces are designed for pleasure, social activity, or private retreat. Unlike traditional gardens, they are connected to an active and ephemeral use of the land. Transitory gardens speak the language of our times: here we find the reuse of nearly everything discarded, a sparing use of water and plant materials, an economical treatment of space, and a penchant for icons, toys, flags, and symbols of freedom and nationality. The gardens expand our definition of what makes a garden and what its design means for its creator. Diana Balmori's commentary and Margaret Morton's photographs combine with the gardenmakers' own descriptions to encourage us to take note of gardens grown in unlikely places, on abandoned, littered lots, bounded by debris. By focusing on what homeless people make not for material comfort but from social andspiritual need, the book offers insight into both the meaning of landscape and the place of a garden in the life of an individual under duress.
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Balmori, Diana was born on June 4, 1936 in Gijon, Spain. Daughter of Clemente and Dorothy (Ling) Hernando-Balmori.
Diploma in architecture, University Tucuman, Argentina, 1960. Bachelor in Urban History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1973.
Student in Landscaping, Radcliffe University, 1989.
Assistant professor State University of New York, Oswego, 1974-1978, associate professor, 1978-1979. Associate Cesar Pelli & Associates, New Haven, 1977-1981, principal for landscape and urban design, 1981-1990. Principal Balmori Associates, since 1990.
Critic Yale University School Architecture, since 1990. Lecturer Yale University School Forestry and Environmental Studies, since 1990. Davenport Chair of Architectural Design Yale School of Architecture, 2004.
Appointed member Commission Fine Arts, 2003.
(In this book of photographs and commentary on gardens bui...)
(Jimmy's garden on the Lower East Side of Manhattan - an a...)
(The authors in this book argue that our dedication to mai...)
Chairman civic alliance World Trade Center Memorial Committee, New York City. Member program committee New York New Visions. Board directors Minetta Brook Committee for Comprehensive Design Landscape Plan for White House.
Member American Society Landscape Architects, Catalog of Landscape Records (board directors), Van Alen Institute (member executive committee), American History Association.