FRANKHYMAN.COM.
contact me at fincaminor@mindspring.com
Latest news:
Starting Thursday July 9th, I'll be teaching:
Bull City Politics: Who's Who, What's What
and How You Can Make a Difference
* Starting July 11th, the summer session of my
First Breath of Spring Garden Academy begins.
* Just sold a story about our Lawnlet to Horticulture magazine. Should run in the October issue, which means it'll be on stands probably in Sept.
* You can now see a short video of the creation of my sculpture
"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.
* Watch a 90 sec. video highlight of a garden class at
http://vimeo.com/2872427
courtesy of videographer Bill Elias.
"The cost of these classes is the best money I've spent on gardening in quite some time."
--Nancy Proia
* You can find out about gift certificates for classes, consultations and my custom clothesline posts--on the left also.
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.
* 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: 1/20 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 at the JC Raulston Arboretum.
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.
