Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, London
The Queen’s Garden: Kew
Committed to beginning the New Year on a productive note, I write about the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Specifically…
February 10, 2021-
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Botanic Gardens, GardensNaples Botanical Garden: Gardens with Latitude
This month I had the pleasure of visiting the Naples Botanical Garden. As a winter weary New Englander who…
February 23, 2019 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape HistoryThe Botanic Garden of Smith College
I am working on a presentation about the history of gardens in New England to present at the Massachusetts…
January 14, 2018 -
Botanic Gardens, GardensMissouri Botanical Garden
While reading The Thoughtful Gardener by British garden designer Jinny Blom on an unseasonably cold and snowy early April…
April 12, 2017 -
Botanic Gardens, GardensRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
In mid-December the Botanic Cottage at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was officially opened by Her Royal Highness…
January 15, 2017 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, LondonOxford Botanic Garden
Oxford, where windows open into other worlds……..“ It’s quite possibly a very good thing that I had not read…
April 2, 2016 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape HistoryArboretum Trsteno
It is always humbling to practice what I describe as reverse travel exploration. Despite best intentions I often visit…
January 31, 2016 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape HistoryPhipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
I have recently returned from Pittsburgh, my second trip this year. While each visit had a different focus, one…
November 21, 2015 -
Botanic Gardens, GardensGentle Acts of Nature, Time and Man: Three Japanese Gardens
“…there are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.” (Dogen) At the…
January 17, 2015 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, LondonChelsea Physic Garden
While I have never considered the connection between gardens and the quality of masters degree programs, I recently received…
October 23, 2014
