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City Mouse Country Mouse
Al fresco dining: one of the chief pleasures of the season. Above, the garden of Brooklyn’s Bedouin Tent restaurant on Atlantic Avenue, with a view of the Belarussian church next door THESE DAYS, I’M BOTH a city mouse and a … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Atlantic Avenue, Bedouin Tent, Botanica Garden Center, BROOKLYN, deutzia, East Hampton, Gardiner's Bay, Gowanus, magnolia, restaurant, spring, Springs
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Brooklyn in Bloom
I CAME BACK TO BROOKLYN after a few days in East Hampton to find the place exploding — florally speaking, that is. Whereas the East End of Long Island is still brown and bleak, except for the relief of roadside … Continue reading
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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