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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…
Parterre’s 25th Anniversary
August 22, 2024
As expected my “Oops! in the Garden” post garnered many comments… and the sharing of similar woes and challenges. Thank you all! But that post also prompted me to consider…
Summer ’24 Happenings
August 15, 2024
The “Newport Season” officially starts with the Newport Flower Show the third week in June…but really picks up momentum in July! So much so, that August, which used to be…
Oops! in the Garden
August 8, 2024
No surprise, this “confessional” is always a favorite blog… but I haven’t posted for a while because the oops were so dismal (like the Beech Leaf Disease attacking our beloved…
Convivial Oakwood: Gathering in the Garden
August 1, 2024
This summer of ’24 is dedicated to Newport in all its many manifestations from entertaining to interiors to gardens to “happenings.” All coming under the nostalgic name, My Newport Diary…bringing…
A Mid Summer Night’s Party
July 25, 2024
A “mid-summer’s night” has such a ring for what Newport is all about! And for July 17th my inspiration was to “bring on the color” as I planned last week’s…