Gardens, Landscape History
Chanticleer: 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-
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Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensChesterwood: An Enchanted Space
Desperately trying to organize (and share) the last six months of garden experiences, I begin with my visit in…
November 14, 2018 -
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…
March 6, 2017 -
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 -
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