To bring your garden into focus, find a place where your eyes can rest.

Focal points are a gardens visual resting spots. In the flashy riot and exuberance of a summer garden, they lead the eye through it all, gently imposing order on a view. At every season, a tall, carefully placed urn, a sparkling birdbath or a handsome specimen shrub doesnt steal the glory from the rest of the garden it enhances the scene by giving it direction.

The most common mistake people make is, they try all these different varieties of plants, and their backyard ends up looking like a tossed salad, says Mike Miller, a landscape architect at Ewseychik, Rice & Miller in Longwood, Fla. We use a broad, simple palette, he says, and create focal points.

Finding a focal point and settling on an appropriate plant or architectural element to achieve the desired effect may take some thought and effort. Some designers actually give their clients a large, empty picture frame and ask them to walk around with it, defining the important views.

Taking pictures of your garden will also reveal the places that naturally attract your eye as well as spots that need to be screened from view. Youll be able to forget about an annoying utility pole if you plant a screen of evergreens and place an arbor strategically in your line of sight.

Peggy Krapf, a garden designer in Toano, Va., near Williamsburg, works hard on the details in her clients gardens. One suburban garden seemed to have all the right elements but simply did not feel welcoming.

There were all these little bits, she says. They had nice plants and paths and a fountain, but they were like separate thoughts. Visitors were not sure where the garden began or how to approach it, and the existing paths hurried them along without encouraging them to enjoy the experience along the way.

Krapf needed to unify the garden. She first suggested a proper garden gate. The 4-foot-high gate, flanked by evergreen shrubs, makes visitors pause a little before entering the garden, allowing them to take in the scene.

Krapf then placed a bench at the end of the path, creating a destination, and moved a few shrubs to make the fountain the focus of the view from the porch. In another clients garden, she designed a curving stone bench to put in one corner. The bench draws visitors out to enjoy the flower beds up close and takes the sharp edge off the corner of the property.

In her own large country garden, Krapf put a garden bench at the end of an axis, about 50 feet from her front door. The bench occupies a space with raised flower beds on either side and invites her to sit there and admire her blooms.

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ENID, Okla. Few people have sculpted the Enid landscape like architect Ken Corbin.

It only seems appropriate that such an accomplished architect be nominated as one of four finalists for the Pillar of the Plains award.

The Enid News & Eagle, along with community partners, created the Pillar of the Plains award to honor local people who have been active in the community. These individuals have taken on tasks and projects to better the quality of life in our community. Other finalists are Gail Wynne, Mary Lassiter-Porter and Dr. Barbara Whinery.

The Pillar of the Plains reception is 5:30-7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Convention Hall.

Corbin was born and raised in Kingfisher, where he graduated from high school. He received his degree from Oklahoma State University before serving two years in the Army, one of those years in Vietnam.

Enid has been a good community to be in, and were appreciative to the community, Corbin said.

Over the years, Corbin has designed numerous projects across Enid and the state, about half public builds and the other private businesses.

His work is on display at David Allen Memorial Ballpark, Denny Price Family YMCA, Chisholm Trail Expo Center, Enid Police Departments station and equipment building, Enid Animal Control Shelter, Randolph walkway, the original Golden Oaks, Commons Continuum of Care, United Methodist Home, Enid Fire Department Station 4, the Thelma J. Gungoll Youth and Family Center, The Non-Profit Center downtown and Wymer Brownlee.

He designed the Ames Astrobleme Museum, the Fairview Municipal Building and Our Daily Bread.

Corbin also created the remodel of the Garfield County Courthouse, the StarTek building, Leonardos Discovery Warehouse master plan, the Junior Welfare League remodel and the fourth-floor surgery center at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center.

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The years shortest days are almost here, and that means, happily, the return of Luminothrapie to Quartier des Spectacles. On December 10, the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership unveiled the two participatory works comprising the fourth annual edition of the event that celebrates Quebecs northern climate. Every day until February 2, starting at nightfall, the luminous installationEntre les rangswill turn Place des Festivals into a wonderland.

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Dube Square is a unique example of landscape architecture boldly bringing together the design of public space, the design of an iconic outdoor structure and the design sculptural, water and visual elements to create a memorable outdoor space.

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The Chinese hotspots of turbo urbanization have shifted: the large construction sites, engines of economic growth have moved inland to the large provincial capitals, like Xian in Shaanxi. Literally thousands of high rises and shopping centers grow simultaneously, nerved by wide boulevards.

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An ever-changing landscape that brings life to the city before it is built, and nature that cleans pollution, creates new communities and provide amenity value for all. That is the fundamental idea behind the development of a temporary, recreational landscape as a precursor to the overall urban development of a new city in Denmark that is now in the finals of one of the worlds most prestigious urban development awards, the World Smart Cities Awards 2013.

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Henry White of Smithson Valley will face incumbent Scott Haag for commissioner in Comal Countys Precinct 2 in the March 4 Republican Primary.

White, a Vietnam vet and graduate of Texas A&M University, spent a career as an urban planner and landscape architect before retiring. Hes been a resident of Texas for over 42 years and has lived in Comal County for more than a decade.

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Job Description - Landscape Architect: A landscape architect designs residential areas, parks, shopping centers, parkways, golf courses and school campuses in order to make them beautiful, as well as functional. He or she must also see to it that these facilities are compatible with the natural environment. A landscape architect may work with other professionals including civil engineers, hydrologists and architects. Employment Facts - Landscape Architect:

There were 27,000 landscape architects employed in 2008.

Opportunities in this field should be very good over the next several years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment of landscape architects will grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2018.

Use the Salary Wizard at Salary.com to find out how much a landscape architect currently earns in your city.

On a typical day a landscape architect's tasks might include:

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Landscape Architect, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos039.htm (visited November 29, 2010). Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, O*NET Online, Landscape Architect, on the Internet at http://online.onetcenter.org/link/details/17-1012.00 (visited November 29, 2010).

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