Designing with Hydrangeas
Though late to bloom this year given our wet and wonky summer, these Newport signatures never fail to make their statement…and complete many a landscape’s je ne sais quoi. Look… Read More
Author: Bettie Bearden Pardee
Newport’s Vistas and Viewscapes
This is a follow-on to last week’s post on “Evening at Home,” with its views and landscapes that are at the heart of the success of the Aquidneck Island Land… Read More
A Newport “Evening at Home”
“On the Avenue, By the Sea, and Off the Beaten Path” well captures the spirit of the Aquidneck Island Land Trust’s signature fundraiser, “Evening at Home.” Congenial gatherings that take… Read More
A Standout Summer Art Party
Mid-July in Newport is a merrie marathon of galas, dinners, events, dances, luncheons, and parties galore. How appropriate that kicking off this week is the Newport Art Museum‘s exhibition of artist Howard… Read More
Love Letter to a Garden, Part 2
Nothing says Summer like a cutting garden! Here at Parterre where green reigns supreme…cool, always in good taste, soothing to the eye, and supportive of the design tenets of a… Read More
Love Letter to a Garden
The Newport Flower Show at the end of June always signals that the “Summer Season” has begun (though the earlier weeks of the month can make one wonder). And here… Read More
Flower Couture: From My Garden to My House
Last December while in Paris, I revisited one of the most captivating, fanciful spots in a city of many elegant shops…Ladurée on rue Royale. Could I have imagined then that… Read More
Showoffs in the Garden
Today, the Newport Flower Show opens officially at Rosecliff! The three days in this idyllic oceanside setting are a much-anticipated event on the summer calendar… June 20th to 22nd, 2025.… Read More
Renishaw House and Gardens
This recent trip to England reminded me of the ever-so-true saying…”So many gardens, so little time.” And how very happy I am that I opted for a new part of… Read More
Biddulph Grange, an Historic Garden of Delight Part 2
As a gardener, imagine that you lived in the Victorian era when men and women were in the enviable position of having a wealth of new and totally unknown plant… Read More