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Second Fall in the Country
IT’S MY SECOND AUTUMN IN EAST HAMPTON, and life is good. I’ve planted a few more shrubs, done a bit of fall clean-up. Things are shaping up, landscape-wise, though I’ve been a little lax on the photos. How many times … Continue reading
Midsummer Update, Random Pix
Dusty road, Amagansett I’VE BEEN A LITTLE LAX in the blog department lately. Maybe you’ve noticed? Blame it on the heat in this depressing summer of the oil spill, that last month was an unprecedented catastrophe and now is not … Continue reading
The Waiting Game
Soon: Backyard Community Garden, Red Hook, Brooklyn SNOW IS STILL BLANKETING THE GROUND — another few inches yesterday — but it’s getting nearer the day we can start gardening in earnest. I intended to do a whole planning thing with … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged A Way to Garden, astilbes, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, daffodils, February, ferns, garden chores, garden design, HUDSON VALLEY, Josephine Nuese, Loomis Creek, March, Margaret Roach, mulch, Nigel Rollings, nursery, Open Days, pruning, seed starting, Sydney Eddison, winter protection, wood ash
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Imagining a Landscape
MY FRIEND MARY-LIZ CAMPBELL is here in Springs, with her mighty arm and genius eye (not to mention her marking paint and tape in festive colors of neon orange and pink). Mary-Liz is a professional landscape designer based in Rye, … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged arbor, Clinton Academy, cottage, cottage garden, deer fence, driveway, East Hampton, flagstone patio, garden design, gate, gravel, landscape design, Mary-Liz Campbell, Mimi Meehan native plant garden, Oehme van Sweden, paths, planting beds, Springs
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