SCHOOL'S OUT ! AGAIN !
GARDEN CLASS onCool-Season Vegetables: Peas, Potatoes and More, IS RESCHEDULED AGAIN for next Sat. Feb. 13th from 2-4pm.
The class the morning of the 13th 10:30-12:30 is Perennial Vegetables: Asparagus, Artichokes, Rhubarb, Fiddlehead Ferns and More. Attend both that day for only $30 ! and be well on the way to cutting your grocery bill for 2010. Between classes from 12:30 to 2 pm, you can catch an inexpensive brunch (most dishes are $8-$9) two blocks away at Piedmont restaurant. And in class, you can drink their free, fresh-brewed coffee.
ALSO, the class on Herbs scheduled for the morning of the 6th has been rescheduled for Sat. Feb. 27th from 10:30-12:30.
Check the Classes & Lecture page on the left for details about each class. Meanwhile, we'll be drinking hot chocolate and looking at seed catalogs and hope you will be too! And please drive carefully, if at all ! Frank
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Welcome to my website--
WWW.FRANKHYMAN.COM.
contact me at
fincaminor@mindspring.com
or 919-824-2239.
You can also reach me at
Bayleaf Cottage
1412 N. Mangum St.
Durham, NC 27701
(Zone 7)
Latest news:
* Starting on Jan. 13th, I'll be offering slideshow programs on gardens and landscapes around the world at King's Daughters Inn.
* Starting in Jan. 14, 2010 I'll be teaching:
Bull City Politics: Who's Who, What's What
and How You Can Make a Difference
* Starting Jan. 16th, 2010, the winter session of my
First Breath of Spring Garden Academy begins.
"The cost of these classes is the best money I've spent on gardening in quite some time."
--Nancy Proia
* Watch a 90 sec. video highlight of a garden class at
http://vimeo.com/2872427
courtesy of videographer Bill Elias.
* You can find out about gift certificates for classes, consultations and my custom clothesline posts--on the left also.
* Two of my scupltures have been accepted in the Durham Art Guild juried show, which runs from Nov. 20 to Jan. 22, 2010. Look for my Tinbrella and Digital Freedom.
* Just sold a story about our "Lawnlet" to Horticulture magazine. Also working with an editor from Fine Gardening magazine on a story about gravel paths.
* Led a tour of Duke Gardens for some delightful tourists on behalf of Savvy Event Designs.
* You can now see a short video of the creation of my burnt field sculpture called:
"If Columbus Never Came", by clicking on
http://www.vimeo.com/4709058
The video is dedicated to John Blackfeather of the
Occaneechi-Saponi tribe. Video editing provided by Josh Gibson.
The text near the end of the video needs some improvement, which we are working on. TIll then, the same text is visible here with the still photos:
You can also check out still photos of this dynamic burn scuplture that I call a phoenix garden at this site:
IN OTHER NEWS....
* 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 in the spring of 2008 for Durham County Commissioner--Brenda Howerton--won her seat in the primary by about 800 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 Restaurant building.
* Two publishers have 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: 1/20/09 in Fearrington, 2/5 at Duke Gardens, 2/11 in Roxboro, 2/14 at UNC-G , 4/5 and 4/10 at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, 5/30 at Tryon Palace in New Bern and 9/17/09 at the JC Raulston Arboretum. And booking up for the winter of 2010 as well, with programs in Jan. and Feb. for the Treyburn Garden Club and the Town and Country Garden Club, details to follow.
Hope to see you at least at one event. Also, you can check the links to my essays and my sculptures on their respective 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. He learned stonemasonry from the late Arch Haithcock of Blue Ridge Stone and learned carpentry from Green builder Mark Marcoplos.
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, Chris Crochetiere, at Bayleaf Cottage, their home in Durham.
