Kay Galvan
As a garden designer and landscape gardener, Kay Galvan has completed a wide variety of projects on Colorado's eastern slope, ranging from tiny plantings in rock alpine gardens and garden railways to large installations on residential properties and acreages. Her style favors the naturalistic; although plantings are suited to their owners' tastes and maintenance styles. Unique, yet reliable plant choices coupled with architectural and textural interest are the basis for Galvan's designs. A fairly dry climate, wind, hail, and temperature fluctuations are the driving force behind her garden construction and plant preferences.
Galvan earned a master's degree in fine arts and continues to create drawings and paintings which explore the idea of landscape as it is filtered through the mind. The work focuses on unfilled space, a space which is integral in garden planning, in defining landscape, and in exploring mindscape.
Latest Articles
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What Makes a Plant Drought Tolerant?
Plants have certain anatomical characteristics which enable them to survive with little or no water for extended periods. How can you spot them?
Feb 29, 2012
- Kay Galvan
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Build a Berm to Expand Your Garden's Potential
A berm can vary your garden's topography, become an exhibit for a specialty plant collection, and help you to use your property's water more efficiently.
Jan 16, 2012
- Kay Galvan
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Grasses: Essential to a Garden's Ecosystem
Grasses contribute more than visual pleasures; they benefit a garden's climate, and conserve its water, and soil, as well.
Jan 2, 2012
- Kay Galvan
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Native Plants Just Make Sense
Because plants grow where conditions are right for them, consider using the native plants in your area to create your own successful garden.
Dec 18, 2011
- Kay Galvan
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