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Boston’s Back Bay Townhouses, Part 2
October 17, 2024
The townhouses of Boston’s Back Bay have never looked better! So many periods, such a divergence in architectural styles, enhanced by tasteful gardens. Some are condominiums within a “row house”…
Boston’s Back Bay Townhouses Part 1
October 10, 2024
Two weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of revisiting a city I had lived in and loved in the late 80s and early 90s…Boston. It was a glorious whirlwind…
The Boston Garden
October 3, 2024
A recent gathering of horticulturally-inclined friends gave me a welcome opportunity to return to a city I once called home…Boston. Our first full day of activities was my idea of…
Attention to Details, Part 2
September 26, 2024
There is great depth to the topic, “Attention to Details,” warranting a part two that focuses more on the garden than Parterre’s architecture. But what a pleasure it has been…
Attention to Details, Part 1
September 19, 2024
An Atlanta friend, noted landscape architect/designer, John Howard, came to town recently. Of course, I was in seventh heaven, with so many shared interests, spending an afternoon chattering away from…
Bonniecrest: Celebrating John Russell Pope
September 12, 2024
Let me say this up front…my heart is in this blog. Before building our home, Parterre, (1999), Jonathan and I resided in a condominium at the Waves, the former residence…
Creating a Floral Love Story
September 5, 2024
As with many years of my life in Newport, I have met and befriended a host of talented people through the Newport Flower Show. In 2019 I met Sandra Sigman,…
“Flora,” a New Culinary Destination for Newport
August 29, 2024
There’s always a good story in Newport! And our town’s new boutique waterfront hotel, Gardiner House, is handsomely wrapped in its homage to noted Newport painter Howard Gardiner Cushing and…