Gardens, Landscape History, New England Gardens
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Located on the edge of Narragansett Bay ten miles north of Newport, Rhode Island, Green Animals Topiary Garden is…
June 17, 2017-
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Gardens, Landscape HistoryGardens of the National Palace of Queluz: Portugal
I have lately been preoccupied with Masterpieces. Art historian Kenneth Clark, whose groundbreaking series, Civilisation, introduced me to the…
May 30, 2017 -
Gardens, Landscape HistoryThe Gardens of Dumbarton Oaks
On a recent visit to Washington, DC I visited the gardens of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, an…
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Gardens, Landscape HistoryThe Gardens of Monserrate: Portugal
Located in the hills of Sintra, Portugal, the palace and gardens of Monserrate are truly magical. Reminiscent of…
November 11, 2016 -
Book Reviews, Landscape HistoryBook Review: Women Garden Designers: 1900 to the Present
This summer I picked up a copy of the book Thoughtful Gardening by Robin Lane Fox, gardening columnist for…
October 17, 2016 -
Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensAn Island Garden
In the world of celebrated American gardens there may be none more modest than that of Celia Thaxter on…
September 20, 2016 -
Gardens, Landscape History, Public RealmThe Florence Greenway + The Bardini and Boboli Gardens
I’ve been saving and savoring the article “An Ancient Tuscan Farm Turned Magical Bohemian Home” from the June 27th…
September 1, 2016 -
Boston/Cambridge, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensThe Hunnewell Estate: Wellesley
It’s not often that I visit private gardens and even less often that I visit those best known for…
July 25, 2016 -
Book Reviews, Landscape HistoryBook Review: All the Presidents’ Gardens: Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses – How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America by Marta McDowell
If in this year of presidential politics you yearn for a different perspective on life in the White House,…
June 25, 2016 -
Gardens, Landscape HistoryLadew Topiary Gardens
“Never be under the weather, there are so many other places to go.” Thus was the philosophy of Harvey…
June 15, 2016
