Gardens, Landscape History, New England Gardens
An Island Garden
In the world of celebrated American gardens there may be none more modest than that of Celia Thaxter on…
September 20, 2016-
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Book Reviews, New England GardensBook Review: Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White
In 1958 as her job as an editor at The New Yorker was coming to close, Katharine S. White…
August 11, 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 -
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 -
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 -
Boston/Cambridge, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensThe Codman Estate: A Precious Jewel
Every summer I develop two lists. The first is of the books I plan to read. The second is…
August 23, 2014 -
Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensIn a Summer Garden: The Stevens-Coolidge Place
It has been unbearably hot and humid in New England so much so that it is almost impossible to…
July 25, 2013 -
Book Reviews, Boston/Cambridge, Gardens, New England GardensBook Review: Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill: Creating Green Spaces in Urban Places
Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill: Creating Green Spaces in Urban Places written and published by the Beacon Hill Garden…
July 14, 2013 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensMount Auburn Cemetery: Inspiration for America’s Public Parks
According to the February issue of the global affairs magazine Monocle (www.monocle.com) Jakarta’s cemeteries “soon won’t be just a…
February 26, 2013
