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Westernliving Magazine
September 2010
Landscape Designer of the Year
Dieuwertje von Aesch (Dita for short) is rhapsodizing about western red cedar, the chief material in the passageways and gates that secured her the landscape architecture award. She's talking about the wood's natural rot-resistant properties and its life-enhancing oils and its suitability to this climate. About its versatility. About its beauty.
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Fine Homebuilding Magazine
April/May 2010 - Issue #210
Divine Passage
Seven years ago, Dieuwertje (Dita) von Aesch combined her artistic abilities and her love of wood to begin a journey from chef to fine-furniture maker. It was her passion for nature, however, that inspired her to begin designing and constructing outdoor structures, gates, and passageways.
In 2008, von Aesch won the Silver CARE Award for excellence in design/build from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association for the Epiphany passage she created and installed for St. John the Divine Anglican Church in Victoria, B.C.
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Douglas Magazine - March/April 2009
10 to Watch - An Independent Panel of judges selects Greater Victoria's most notable new businesses.
Victoria Wood Studio
The wooden gates and walls that come from Victoria Wood Studio are more sculptural pieces than utilitarian yard furniture. Dieuwertje von Aesch makes a miniature version of each piece she's commissioned to build, accurate to the tiniest detail.
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Times
Colonist
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Saturday,
December 29,
2007
HOMES
A gateway to Recognition
Victoria Wood Studio, a local gate-making company, has made it to the
finalist round in "the Georgies," the Canadian Home Builders'
Association provincial competition in building and renovation
excellence.
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National Post
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Saturday,
October 13,
2007
Joanne Hatherly, CanWest News Service
Through these gates lies paradise
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Times
Colonist
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Saturday,
May
26,
2007
HOMES
Through
the
garden
gate
If
good
fences
make
good
neighbours,
what
do
gates
make?
A
good
welcome,
says
Dita
Von
Aesch,
woodcrafting
artisan
and
gatemaker.
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Edmonton
Journal
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Thursday
June
7
Vancouver
Sun
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Friday
June
8
Calgary
Herald
-
Saturday
June
9
Ottawa
Citizen
-
Saturday
June
9
Western
Living
Magazine
-
May
2007
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