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Create inspired spaces

By Angela Cotey | January 25, 2019

| Last updated on June 16, 2023


Links to public spots to prime your modeling ideas

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In the Spring 2019 issue, Nancy Norris shares photographs of nine public spaces designed to inspire you. We’ve assembled all of the related links here for you to access quickly.

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue University: tinyurl.com/gabisarboretum
A “The sedum spectrum,” June 2013.
BUsing red in the railway,” June 2014.
CMassing plants to frame a focal point,” Aug. 2009

DMountainscaping,” Feb. 2010
E “The trains run on thyme,” Aug. 2015

The Nevada Railroad Museum:  tinyurl.com/nevadarr
F “Design your railway: focus on the theme,” April 2017

Chicago Botanic Garden: chicagobotanic.org/gardens/railroad
IAnimate your outdoor railway,” Oct. 2012
J “Hardscape using cement,” Feb. 2015

Green Animals Topiary Garden: tinyurl.com/cameltopiary
K “Train trees like topiaries,” Feb. 2014
L “Boxwood: The whole package,” Dec. 2017

Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona: dbg.org
P “Reuse your garden prunings,” Feb. 2011
Q “Model the desert,” April 2008

Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine: trolleymuseum.org
R “Appreciating junipers,” Dec. 2009
S “Shrubbery: low maintenance bushy plants,” June 2015
T “Rails in New England woods,” April 2018

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