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Garden Inspiration: Arne Maynard
RENOWNED BRITISH GARDEN DESIGNER ARNE MAYNARD started his 2-hour talk Saturday morning at Marder’s Nursery in Bridgehampton, which I attended in hopes of picking up a few tips for my own Long Island half-acre, by saying that gardens must have … Continue reading
Posted in ENGLAND, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Arne Maynard, boxwood cloud, Bridgehampton, British, Elizabethan, garden designer, Marder's, sense of place
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The Outsider: Beauty and Bounty in Park Slope
LURKING ATOP a rooftop in Park Slope, unseen from the street, are 1,500 square feet of edible and ornamental plants — including many which are both — arrayed in zig-zag formation by Brooklyn-based garden designer Cynthia Gillis. It’s an impressive … Continue reading
The Outsider: Country Feel in Greenpoint
I SO RELATE to this one. Hands-on, low-budget, romantic concept. Not a “checkbook garden,” by any means. It’s the work of Alexandra Abuza, a young garden and floral designer based in Brooklyn, and it’s the subject of my column today … Continue reading
Dean Riddle’s Japan
I VISITED JAPAN LAST SUNDAY, through the eyes of Dean Riddle. A garden designer based in upstate New York, Dean spoke at Madoo Conservancy here in Sagaponack about his trip last fall to Kyoto (that’s Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, top and … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, MISCELLANEOUS, TRAVEL
Tagged Dean Riddle, dry gardens, garden designer, Golden Pavilion, Imperial Palace, Japan, Kyoto, Madoo Conservancy, moss, Moss Temple, rock gardens, Ryoan-ji, Sagaponack, Siaho-ji, stone gardens, Tokyo, Zen
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Please Please Me, Perennials
ON SUNDAY, I WENT TO HEAR THE IRREPRESSIBLE GARDEN DESIGNER/WRITER DEAN RIDDLE speak at Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack. I’ve been a fan of Dean’s since his ‘Dean’s Dirt’ column in Elle Decor some years ago. His 2002 book, Out in … Continue reading
Posted in CATSKILLS, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged 'Blue Fortune' agastache, 'May Night' salvia, acquilegia, alchemilla mollis 'Auslese', boxwood, bronze sedge, CATSKILLS, cobblestone carpet, columbina, composted manure, Dean Riddle, digitalis, East Hampton, echinacea, firetail, foxgloves, garden designer, hyssop, indigo, ladies mantle, ligularia 'Osiris Cafe Noir', Madoo, perennials, Sagaponack, salvia, Spielberg's nursery, upstate New York, verbena bonariensis
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casaCARA: Old Houses for Fun & Profit 