Gardens
Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park
May and June are usually months I travel. This year I am staying close to home and focusing my…
June 29, 2020-
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Book Reviews, Gardens, Landscape History, New England GardensBook Review: The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy
This past summer I had the pleasure of visiting the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine. On…
March 10, 2018 -
Botanic Gardens, GardensGentle Acts of Nature, Time and Man: Three Japanese Gardens
“…there are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.” (Dogen) At the…
January 17, 2015 -
Gardens, Landscape History, Parks, Public RealmKadriorg: The People's Park
“Who really owns public spaces?” begins a review of the exhibition Open to the Public: Civic Space Now on exhibit through…
August 1, 2014 -
Gardens, Landscape HistoryUNESCO’s Jardin Japonais: Garden of Peace
Last November I attended the 17th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Council on Monuments and Sites…
November 30, 2012