First of all, I love the name of your blog, Landscape Validation. What a great approach to teaching landscapers how to work with clients. You’re really presenting some valuable information in what is probably the most crucial interaction point with the client. Really, though I see your approach as certainly building the legacy of the client because of how involved you are in creating such a personal expression for them.

Love that you said this,

“I try to touch on the functional, sensory, and emotional components that create that lasting, special experience.”

Hey Robert,

“you sit down with them and discuss what memories and feelings they want incorporated in the final piece.”

That’s it. You got it. Connecting to the emotional wishes and intentions of the recipient ensures a connection from the very beginning. I love that a computer age lovespoon ended up in such a great story about a couple whose life together is due to the computer! It’ doesn’t get better than that. There is indeed a great deal of satisfaction when you approach your work from this perspective. Thanks so much for sharing!

Thank you Tara,

I’m glad I could help put the words to your beliefs. Your websites are indeed a component to a client’s legacy. Especially as more and more of us seek the build brands around ourselves. In essence, your work becomes the platform for someone’s online business legacy. I love that.

Enjoy Europe!

One of the things I do (not enough of lately) is lovespoons. One of the nice things about lovespoons is that if you are lucky enough to have a client you sit down with them and discuss what memories and feelings they want incorporated in the final piece. I’m still just starting out with this so haven’t had any “clients” as such. However one of the “spec” pieces I did was a lovespoon for the computer age that incorporated symbols of love, security and marriage with computers. I put the piece up on etsy where it was seen by a lovely lady in Italy who bought it as an anniversary present for her husband. They are both employed in computer graphics and met on the job. Computers have been an integral part of their lives together, and my lovespoon just happened to strike a chord with the lady. The satisfaction of doing this kind of thing, producing something in which people invest their emotional lives, is enormous. Yes, designing a legacy is a wondrous thing.

Bob