learning on the job

I never really thought much about the plants and trees surrounding me until I started edging my way toward the landscape-design business. Growing up, I'd look out my bedroom window and into our backyard and see plants and trees, but I didn't know that they were called Junipers or Giant Birds of Paradise or Ficus trees.  They all looked pretty much the same to me - a generic veil of greenery. My path of discovery began when I bought my first house on Long Island.  All of a sudden, there were rules about