Today, it was both the Garden Show and Home Show in Manhattan. We met lots of professionals in the area. I had a nice talk with the owner and the landscape designer at Horticultural Services who seemed interested in my plans to use edibles and "nostaglic" flowers in my landscape. However, they don't do irrigation systems, so we'd have to work with them and another company. We also met representatives from Blueville Nursery, Master Landscape, Rothwell Landscape, Howe Landscape and Lee Creek Gardens.
We talked to Christopher Shaw, who sells the Quad-Lock system of insulated concrete forms. It's an interesting option, which substitutes concrete and rebar inside of sytrofoam forms for the traditional wood framing on a house. It's more insulating and stronger than a typical house. It also costs more. We will need to research it more to see if it's a good choice for us.
Not all of the builders came prepared to show examples of their work. That was a bit disappointing, since that was our reason for attending the home show! I realized, however, that it is probably best to select our architect, get the plans ready, then shop for builders. At this point, it feels a bit too abstract.
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