The winner of this year’s Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur-Designed Small Garden is Pete Joseph of Leesburg, Virginia.
The winner of this year’s Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Amateur-Designed Small Garden is Pete Joseph of Leesburg, Virginia.
Pete Joseph’s Design Statement: “I converted an existing pergola to a greenhouse with windows and doors pulled from a dumpster.”
Pete Joseph’s Design Statement: “I converted an existing pergola to a greenhouse with windows and doors pulled from a dumpster.”
Q: Where do you live?A: I live in a typical Northern Virginia suburb with cookie-cutter houses and good neighbors. Our current garden consists of four raised beds which I built and expanded over the years.
Q: Where do you live?A: I live in a typical Northern Virginia suburb with cookie-cutter houses and good neighbors. Our current garden consists of four raised beds which I built and expanded over the years.
Q: What were your practical goals for the project? A: First, to find a better use for the pergola that I built five years ago. I was determined to do this using only the materials I could pull from the dumpster up the street. Q: Where do you get your design inspiration?
Q: What were your practical goals for the project? A: First, to find a better use for the pergola that I built five years ago. I was determined to do this using only the materials I could pull from the dumpster up the street. Q: Where do you get your design inspiration?
