The Fells: The Historic Estate and Gardens of John Hay
“What is an American Garden?” While many have tried to answer that question, I’ll settle for understanding the gardens…
November 1, 2020“What is an American Garden?” While many have tried to answer that question, I’ll settle for understanding the gardens…
November 1, 2020I had planned to return to Blithewold, a country house estate located in Bristol, Rhode Island this year for…
April 10, 2020In this dismal and damp week of eternally gray weather, I have been fantasizing about spring while refining a…
May 17, 2019This is the second year that I have assisted the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in curating a day-long Garden History…
January 9, 2019Desperately trying to organize (and share) the last six months of garden experiences, I begin with my visit in…
November 14, 2018Sited on a bluff overlooking the Salmon Falls River in Southern, Maine, Hamilton House seems little changed by the…
September 14, 2017Located on the edge of Narragansett Bay ten miles north of Newport, Rhode Island, Green Animals Topiary Garden is…
June 17, 2017I am always on the lookout for books to review for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and grateful when my…
September 22, 2015As summer slips away I have been working on my list of local garden visits which, like my summer…
August 31, 2015For weeks I have been fixating on Abigail Adams’ wisteria. Purportedly one of the oldest such plants in the…
June 1, 2015