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No vember
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9, my uncle taught me this ditty: No birds No bees No flowers No trees No wonder…November. I still find it amusing, even though it’s not true. The goldfinches are still at the thistle feeder. I … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged angelina, B&B, catmint, cimicifuga, cottage, lambs ear, Ligne Roset, lirope, Maui, moving, Nakashima, Phildelphia, pied a terre, Prospect Heights, Queen Village, rhododendrons, sarcococca, sedum, storage, vintage
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Made in the Shade: Tips from the Experts
Margaret Roach at last weekend’s shade gardening workshop, above LAST WEEKEND, along with a few dozen other garden nerds, I attended a half-day shade gardening workshop in Columbia County, and took 8 pages of notes. We started at Margaret Roach’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, begonias, Bob Hyland, borders, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, cardboard, cimicifuga, citronelle, Columbia County, deep shade, dividing perennials, dolls eyes aceta, dropout memoir, early bulbs, epimedium, full sun, hakonechloa, hellebores, heuchera, hostas, Jeffersonia, Loomis Creek, Margaret Roach, nursery, part shade, petasites, primulas trilliums, rosin paper, shade gardening, shade gardens, smother weeds, Spanish bluebells, tips, woodland plants
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Anomalous April
View of the Hudson River and Catskills from Montgomery Place THIS APRIL IS A STRANGE ONE in the Hudson Valley. The forsythia is not quite finished, which is normal for the time of year, but the lilacs are already in … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HUDSON VALLEY
Tagged astilbe, bee balm, catmint, cimicifuga, dig, divide, Dutchess County, epimedium, forsythia, Hudson River, iris, kerria japonica, lambs ear, lilacs, LONG ISLAND, Loomis Creek Nursery, Montgomery Place, obedient plant, perennials, rudbeckia, spring, threadleaf coreopsis, viburnum
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The Hanging Gardens of Brooklyn
A FEW YEARS BACK, this 25’x30′ Brooklyn Heights backyard was basically a dog run, with a broken stone patio and a canopy of ailanthus trees. Now, with the help of garden designer Nigel Rollings, who teaches the popular Urban Garden … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged abutilon, Algerian ivy, annuals, astilbes, bridesmaid mountain laurel, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Heights, cimicifuga, culinary herbs, deck, drip irrigation, drought-tolerant annuals, ferns, fountain wall, fuchsia, hanging gardens, healing garden, huechera, ipomoea, Japanese maple, Japanese plum yew, liriope, mandevilla, Nigel Rollings, oak leaf hydrangea, water feature
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