Tag Archives: Longhouse Reserve

Ninth Year in East Hampton: Same Old is Damn Good

Posted on June 5, 2017 by cara

Follow me on Instagram @caramia447 where I post quirky one-off images of, among other things, tiny houses, retro storefronts, street art and the occasional sunset I’M BACK IN EAST HAMPTON for my ninth season and I don’t even care that … Continue reading →

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Annuals to the Rescue

Posted on July 31, 2011 by cara

FOR SOME CRAZY REASON, this Roy Lichtenstein parody (once a popular T- shirt), right, popped into my head the other evening when I saw the vivid bed of annuals at LongHouse Reserve, Jack Lenor Larsen’s extraordinary East Hampton sculpture garden. … Continue reading →

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Raking Leaves is a A Fool’s Errand

Posted on October 25, 2010 by cara

THAT PHRASE POPPED INTO MY HEAD TODAY as I raked leaves. It’s an impossible task, because every night’s breezes bring a fresh layer. Yesterday I observed my next-door neighbor raking, raking, raking, making huge piles for the town pick-up. Today, … Continue reading →

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LongHouse Redux

Posted on September 7, 2010 by cara

ONCE A SEASON at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre ornamental and sculpture garden in East Hampton, N.Y., masterminded by textile designer/scholar/collector Jack Lenor Larsen, is not enough. (That’s Larsen’s Shinto temple-inspired house, above). I visited LongHouse for the first time last … Continue reading →

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A Garden Bed, Literally

Posted on July 19, 2010 by cara

HOW CLEVER IS THIS? Surely it gives new meaning to the term “flower bed.” The creation of Geoffrey Nimmer and Jack de Lashmet of East End Garden Design, it was an entry in last month’s container-planting invitational competition at LongHouse … Continue reading →

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