Slow Art Art should be savored and slowly observed. The first International Slow Art day was held around the world in Oct. 2009. Join this year's April 17th event at 11 am at the St. Louis Art Museum. Linda and Kelly Larson are the St. Loius hosts. For more info and to register, click below: http://slowartsaintlouis2010.eventbrite.com/
Recognition
AT HOME St. Louis Magazine feature, May/June 2007 issue titled: "8 of the Top St. Louis Landscape Designers".
HGTV online article about sanctuary gardens that features Linda's work and photos.
Public Gardens
Missouri Botanical Garden 79 acres of gardens that are an inspiration and refuge surrounded by the city of St. Louis. 29 miles south is Shaw Nature Reserve with 2,500 acres of native plant wonders.
Olbrich Gardens A favorite public garden in Madison, WI that looks like garden fairies come and tend each square inch.
Garden Blogs and Websites
Soul of the Garden Tom Spencer is a garden writer, photographer, and tv & radio garden show host in Austin, Texas who inspires us to know the deeper reasons and joys of gardening.
The Human Flower Project International newsgroup, photo album and discussion of humankind’s relationship with the floral world through art, medicine, society, history, politics, religion, and commerce.
Garden Rant Four women who rant about their love of gardens and are “bored with picture perfect magazine gardens”, They hate names like "plant material" and "horticultural industry", in other words my kind of gardeners.
You Grow Girl The "garden hoe” t-shirt that is a hoot. This is a fun, funny irreverent side of gardening and plants by true, honest plant lovers.
Organic, Sustaining & Environment
The Healthy Planet The St. Louis monthly environmental and healthy living newspaper, published since 1997. Linda is editor of the "Green & Growing, A Voice for Sustainable Gardening, Landscaping and Homes ".
Organic Gardening. This was where it all started, when wisdom of working with nature instead of against her was never forgotten.
NW Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. Info about devastating effects of toxic pesticides. Helpful info on safe pesticides.
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Helps keep waters and air clean and protects open spaces for now and the future.
Art For the Soul
Clear Vision Studio Artist Mona Shiber creates intricate ceramic mandalas and chakra pieces that are amazing.
Art of Creation Sandy
Nelson of Minneapolis is an artist, writer
and play coach.
Chameleon Quilts Studio Deana
Hartman of Kansas creates colorful art quilts inspire
and excite.
The
Village of Arts & Humanities transformeda Philadelphia inner cityneighborhood
through gardens, murals, mosaics, sculpture,
dance, theatre and more.
Rebecca Woods Studio Colorful fun functional pottery from R. Wood Studio. The amazing colors of this website inspired this one.
Mandala Sites
Mandali.com Monique Mandali created her first mandala coloring book in 1978. She has an extensive online mandala shop that sells Mandalas Every Day and other mandala art by Linda.
Mandala Journey to the Center Bailey
Cunningham’s book Mandala is a
favorite. There is great information
and beautiful photos.
Holistic Living