Straight Dirt: Steve Griggs on Taste, Class, and the Art of Making Beauty Real

Описание: Landscape designer Steve Griggs joins Frank Schaeffer for a raw, funny, deeply human conversation about rising from a working-class New York childhood to becoming one of America’s premier landscape artists — featured in Forbes, WSJ, HuffPost and Bravo’s Backyard Envy.

Steve reveals the truth about designing for the ultra-wealthy, why taste beats money every time, how stonework builds character, what 40 years in the dirt taught him, and why water + fire belong in every garden — from mega-estates to tiny balconies.

Frank and Steve go deep on class, beauty, craftsmanship, fathers, work ethic, climate, art, and the joy of creating a space people never want to leave.
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Check out Steve’s stunning book Straight Dirt
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Visit Steve Griggs Design Online
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00:00 Taste, money & honesty: Frank opens with Steve’s New York bluntness
00:40 Frank introduces Steve Griggs + the stunning “Straight Dirt”
01:18 Frank’s stoneworking past and connection to materials
04:56 How Steve began: mulching beds to integrity-driven referrals
06:36 “There’s no luck — only consistency.” Steve on building a career
08:24 Is landscape design art? Frank sees Steve’s signature everywhere
09:09 Steve: “My art form is your backyard.”
10:31 The secret to pools that look natural, not dropped from space
12:07 New builds vs historic homes: what challenges Steve loves
13:30 Class, money, and the psychology of the ultra-wealthy
16:20 Designing for feeling: Ritz-Carlton or Connecticut meadow?
18:20 Using natural materials + respecting land and scale
20:22 The strange intimacy of serving extreme wealth
22:46 Learning to say no: bad fits, bad vibes, bossy clients
24:48 Residential vs commercial: why Steve avoids institutional work
30:22 Best job ever: building a pool on a mountain + a man learns to swim
35:09 Teaching, mentoring, and Steve’s Upflip Academy course
41:26 How Steve runs 5–6 jobs and keeps craftsmanship consistent
48:56 Frank reintroduces Steve + why his book is an art object
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