Gardens, Landscape History, London
Year of the English Garden
2016, the tercentenary of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s birth, has been declared the year of the English Garden. A nationwide…
May 21, 2016-
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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 -
Gardens, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmThe King’s Garden at Rosenborg Castle: Copenhagen
It’s ominously close to the end of the year and as I reflect on my travels I am compelled…
December 31, 2015 -
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 -
Book Reviews, Landscape HistoryBook Review: A Natural History of English Gardening by Mark Laird
As every gardener is well aware despite careful and deliberate planning their success lies beyond their control, held hostage…
October 31, 2015 -
Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensFuller Gardens
I am always on the lookout for books to review for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and grateful when my…
September 22, 2015 -
Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensAugustus Saint-Gaudens: A Sculptor and his Garden
As summer slips away I have been working on my list of local garden visits which, like my summer…
August 31, 2015 -
Gardens, Landscape History, ParksThe Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen
I recently spent several days in Hanover, Germany. I didn’t do any planning before my arrival and didn’t have…
August 12, 2015 -
Boston/Cambridge, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensPeacefield
For weeks I have been fixating on Abigail Adams’ wisteria. Purportedly one of the oldest such plants in the…
June 1, 2015
