Welcome to my website--FRANKHYMAN.COM.

NEWS--Lots of things happening recently:

* My Mediterranean garden at Mad Hatter restaurant won a Golden Leaf Appearance Award. (Two other gardens I've designed have been nominated)

* My home garden and I were featured in the May issue of the Durham Flyer: http://www.thedurhamflyer.com/yard_art.html

* The candidate for whom I managed a campaign for Durham County Commissioner--Brenda Howerton--won her seat by about 500 votes.

* Two non-profits have asked me to submit proposals for site-specific sculptures. (It's always possible to not get the commissions, but it's always nice to be asked). Also, I've opened Ramshackle Studio at Durham Art Place--Dan Ellison's building in the old Palms Restaurnt building.

* A local publisher asked me to consider submitting a garden book.

* Requests for my garden programs continue to roll in. Check the Garden Lectures page for the latest schedule. Upcoming dates:  8/12 (Maine), 8/16 (Maine), 9/15 (Charlotte), 9/20 (NC Bot. Garden), 10/8 (Burlington)

Hope to see you at least at one event. Also, you can check the links to my essays and my sculptures on those pages--enjoy!

Frank Hyman
1412 N. Mangum St.
Durham, NC 27701
919-824-2239
fincaminor@mindspring.com

My bio:
Few garden designers have Frank’s breadth of education or experience: he studied horticulture under the late JC Raulston, namesake of NCSU’s arboretum and learned design from Will Hooker, who has had several installations at the NC Museum of Art. Frank is also a stonemason, carpenter and sculptor. In his youth Frank farmed organic vegetables in Granville County, picked oranges in Spain and worked for tomato farmers in SC. He restricts his garden design/plant/build business, called Cottage Garden Landscaping, to what he calls the “bungalow neighborhoods” of inner city Durham and yet manages to stay booked up as much as 6 months in advance. He uses his knowledge to create innovative and beautiful gardens that don’t need babying. Frank has written about gardening for nearly 20 years in the N&O, Herald-Sun, Independent and Carolina Gardener magazine. He gardens with his wife at Bayleaf Cottage, their home in Durham.