Planning the Garden
Use these printable landscape and gardening worksheets to sketch out the design plan, make a materials list and create a record of what’s planted and what worked.
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Workforce Planning and Scheduling
Unreasonable Hospitality
The Fricks Collect: An American Family and the Evolution of Taste in the Gilded Age
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Supportive Accountability: How to Inspire People and Improve Performance
Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing
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Books
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Wine A Tasting Course: From Grape to Glass
Types Of Wine Glasses
Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (American Alliance of Museums)
The Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection (Winterthur Decorative Arts Series)
The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling
The Simple Art of Napkin Folding
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Collections
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Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (American Alliance of Museums)
The Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection (Winterthur Decorative Arts Series)
For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library
Collection Care: An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects
Caring for Your Cherished Objects: The Winterthur Guide
Basic Condition Reporting: A Handbook, 5th Edition
Housekeeping
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The Pocket Butler's Guide to Good Housekeeping: Expert Advice on Cleaning, Laundry and Home Maintenance
The Folding Book
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes and Linens
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Field Guide to Stains
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Opening a Winter Home | A Checklist for Estate Managers
As keepers of the household’s standards, Estate Managers are responsible for overseeing every aspect of the home’s readiness, from safety checks to aesthetic presentation. Their efforts help to ensure a seamless transition, allowing the family to immediately enjoy their winter home. This checklist will help make sure nothing is overlooked when moving to a seasonal residence.
Post-Hurricane Property Inspection
As we face increasingly severe hurricanes due to climate change, it becomes critical to have a plan in place for post-storm recovery. We’ve updated our guide to incorporate new technologies and considerations that have emerged to enhance your efforts.
Luxury Residential Trends Shaping UHNW Living in 2024
In 2024, a wave of extraordinary residential trends will reshape the concept of luxury living. They mirror an UHNW individual’s desire for exclusivity, personalization, and 5-star hospitality at home.
Mastering High Temperatures: Tips for Beating the Heat
From keeping pets and plants cool to ensuring the well-being of your staff members and preserving your physical assets, these tips will help you create an environment that remains comfortable and safe even during the hottest summer days.
Sustainable Growth Practices for Your Principals and Their Pets
While you’re gardening this year, whether for beautiful flowers or bountiful beds for kitchen use, consider planting a few seeds for the benefit of the estate chef and your principals’ pets as well.
Conserving Historic Trees
When managing a multi-acre historic property, there is extra attention to be paid to significant historic trees.
Outsourcing Grounds Services
Most estate properties employ a small crew in-house to do the everyday maintenance and care for the grounds. When it comes to big projects or specialty services, however, it may be necessary to outsource landscape needs. PRO MEMBER CONTENT
The Estate Landscape Team
Estate gardening is more than just landscape maintenance; it’s guiding the development of a landscape over time, and it requires a specialized team.