Gardens, Landscape History, London
Ham House and Garden
Until the past week spring has been slow to arrive in New England. As an antidote, I have spent…
May 14, 2015-
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Book Reviews, GardensBook Review: In & Out of Paris: Gardens of Secret Delights by Zahid Sardar with photographs by Marion Brenner
A collaboration between the design editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and a Berkeley-based photographer, In & Out of…
April 25, 2015 -
Book Reviews, Gardens, Landscape HistoryBook Review: Revisiting the Gamberaia: An Anthology of Essays edited by Patricia J. Osmond
Perfect. Poetical. Sensual. A masterpiece of composition. Perched on a hillside in Settignano with a magnificent view of Florence,…
February 20, 2015 -
Botanic Gardens, Gardens, Landscape History, LondonChelsea Physic Garden
While I have never considered the connection between gardens and the quality of masters degree programs, I recently received…
October 23, 2014 -
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 -
Book Reviews, GardensBook Review: The Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World’s Grandest Garden by Alain Baraton
For more than thirty years Alain Baraton has worked and lived at the Park of the Palace of Versailles,…
July 11, 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 -
Boston/CambridgeBeauty in a Fragile World
It has been a week since the Boston Marathon. I was in the process of writing several posts when,…
April 22, 2013 -
Gardens, Landscape History, LondonSt. John’s Lodge: The Secret Garden
Quiddity – the ineffable quality of “whatness”. What you may ask is whatness? It’s everything that makes a place…
March 22, 2013