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High Line Part II
Photo: Iwan Baan, 2011 LAST WEEK, another 10-block section of the High Line, the ongoing re-invention of an unused elevated railroad line through Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, opened to the public. The innovative park now stretches all the way to West … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LANDSCAPING, MANHATTAN
Tagged Chelsea, Garden Design magazine, High Line, open to the public, part 2, Piet Oudolf, West Village
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My Byline Gets a Workout
The new Brooklyn Bridge Park, Garden Design Nov/Dec 2010. Photo: Julienne Schaer NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, writing for garden and interiors magazines. When I first started, in pre-computer days, I hated it; I suffered terrible anxiety and … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, INTERIOR DESIGN, LANDSCAPING, MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged Alex Porter, Brooklyn Bridge Park, D'Aquino Monaco, design magazines, Garden Design magazine, garden magazines, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, how to write for, Julienne Schaer, magazines, New York Spaces, Peter Murdock, Robin Hill, Sanchez & Maddux, Tim Street-Porter, writing for
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Garden Realities
SO, FROM THE FLORAL EXTRAVAGANZA OF RANCHO LA PUERTA to the bare dirt of my own garden-to-be in Springs, N.Y., above. It’s a tough transition, but I’m doing my best. I spent yesterday afternoon moving things around. Early spring is … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged backyard, blue salvia 'May Night', Boerum Hill, budget, compost, creeping phlox, curb appeal, East Hampton, fertilizer, fish emulsion, garden, Garden Design magazine, improving soil, Korean boxwoods, ladies mantle, lady's mantle, LANDSCAPING, ligularia, ornamental grass, Springs, topsoil, transplanting
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White is a Color
OH BOY, I’m all over the Internet today. Remarkable, not having left the house in two days, to feel so widely published, and instantaneously, too. Two pictures of my snow-logged backyard, taken yesterday at the height of the blizzard, are … Continue reading
SPAIN – Day 5: Tale of Two Cities
DAY 5 BEGAN in sunny Seville, with a walk along the Guadalqivir River, past the 200-year-old bull ring, below, to Triana, a working-class neighborhood that is home to several ceramics places I had read about in guidebooks and (you’d think … Continue reading
Posted in SPAIN
Tagged 19th century, Budget Travel magazine, ceramics, Garden Design magazine, Granada, Hotel Alfonso XIII, Plaza del Carmen, Populart, pottery, Santa Justa, Seville, Sierre Nevada, terra cotta, tiles, Triana
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GARDEN VOYEUR: Williamsburg Rooftop
This post is adapted from an article I wrote that appears in the current issue of Garden Design magazine. These are my own scouting shots, taken a year ago this month. THE VIEW FROM THIS 4,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOFTOP TERRACE … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged birches, clump birch, coreopsis, echinacea, evergreens, garden, Garden Design magazine, garden designer, infinity pools, LANDSCAPING, nepeta, perennials, Rebecca Cole, red maple, roof terrace, rooftop, rudbeckie, Russian sage, salvia, sedum carpets, sempervivum, spirea, urban woodland, Williamsburg
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