Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, Public Realm
Park Angiolina: Symbol of Opatija
January is often a month for reflection. Named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, gates and…
January 31, 2014-
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Book Reviews, Parks, Public RealmBook Review: City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts by Catie Marron
City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts by Catie Marron with photographs by Oberto Gili (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) As…
January 15, 2014 -
Botanic Gardens, Landscape HistoryBartram’s Garden: The Oldest Surviving Botanic Garden in the US
“It is no little deed to make a garden,“that greatest refreshment to the spirits of man.” But to make…
December 27, 2013 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape HistoryThe Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: A Legacy of Beauty
“Can a great society generate the concerted drive to plan, and having planned, execute great projects of beauty?” Lady…
November 6, 2013 -
Book Reviews, Gardens, Landscape HistoryBook Review: America’s Romance with the English Garden by Thomas J. Mickey
The gardening season has barely ended when they arrive in the mail – seed and nursery catalogues touting tantalizing…
October 21, 2013 -
Gardens, Landscape History, London, ParksKensington Gardens
If parks have personalities Kensington Gardens, envisioned by three queens (Mary, Anne and Caroline), birthplace of another (Victoria) and…
September 23, 2013 -
Boston/Cambridge, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmWhere the City Meets the Sea: Boston’s John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Harborpark
Landscape Architect Laurie Olin has been awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor bestowed by the United States…
August 15, 2013 -
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 HistoryThe Botanical Garden of Carl Linnaeus
I have just returned from a week in Stockholm where I attended an international conference on the “Future of…
July 5, 2013