Book Reviews
The Tulip: 20th-Anniversary Edition by Anna Pavord
When does a passion become an obsession? For Anna Pavord, it began with a small net of bulbs purchased…
February 17, 2020-
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Gardens, Landscape HistoryBloedel Reserve
“Nature can do without man, but man cannot do without nature.” Prentice Bloedel At the end of each year…
January 22, 2020 -
Book ReviewsHoliday Books: A Sampling of New Releases
A Beautiful Obsession: Jimi Blake’s World of Plants at Hunting Brook Gardens by Jimi Blake and Noel Kingsbury, Filbert…
December 9, 2019 -
Gardens, Landscape HistoryChanticleer: A Pleasure Garden
Consider this a summer reverie. Or at least get lost for a moment in the beauty of Chanticleer, a…
November 6, 2019 -
Book Reviews, GardensBook Review: Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill by Thomas Christopher with photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo
Break the rules! Embrace the unplanned and serendipitous. Bury your mistakes. Perhaps unconventional gardening advice, but Wave Hill is…
September 19, 2019 -
GardensPortland Japanese Garden
“Born out of a hope that the experience of peace can contribute to a long-lasting peace.” Sited on a…
August 18, 2019 -
Gardens, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmThe Lurie Garden in Millennium Park: Chicago
I am entranced by the Lurie Garden. And as I visit Chicago frequently, I have the good fortune to…
July 12, 2019 -
Book Reviews, Gardens, Landscape HistoryBook Review: The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens by Linda A. Chisholm
Perhaps, like me, you fantasize about spending a year traveling the world visiting every garden, park and landscape you…
June 14, 2019 -
Boston/Cambridge, Gardens, New England GardensLongfellow House Garden
In this dismal and damp week of eternally gray weather, I have been fantasizing about spring while refining a…
May 17, 2019 -
Book Reviews, GardensBook Review: Kiftsgate Court Gardens: Three Generations of Women Gardeners by Vanessa Berridge
For one hundred years, Heather Muir, her daughter Diany Binny and her daughter Anne Chambers, have gardened at Kiftsgate.…
May 5, 2019