Celebrating Daffodils, the Beacons of Spring
Cheers to “the beginning of event’s season!” as one friend refrerred to it. Until just…
Daffodil Time in Newport
Daffodils, the first harbingers of spring, seem to have arrived earlier this year…I’m guessing it…
Postcards from Parterre
While building a home was something we said we’d never undertake, creating Parterre proved one…
Parterre’s Garden: Capturing the Spirit of Newport
We’re heading into spring and with it comes the ritual of “opening the garden for the season.”…
Palm Beach Living: Part 2
Jennifer Ash Rudick and Nick Mele’s new book, Palm Beach Living, well deserves two postings.…
Palm Beach Living: Pools and Lanais
It’s an exciting time to be living and making a home in Palm Beach…the old…
Winter and Spring: Before and After in the Garden
We’d had nary a drop of snow in 2023 (with the exception of two dustings).…
New York City Townhouses
Spending so much time in London over the past two years I had forgetten how…
Celebrating Ever-Present Green
A beautiful truth that we all take for granted? Green is the most prevalent color…
Garden Dreaming with the Parterre Bench
As I’m finalizing plant orders for the garden and booking restaurants for my April visit…
Rosemary Verey’s Barnsley House and Garden
As both a garden aficionado as well as a “woman of a certain age,” I…
The Neighborhoods of Knightsbridge
The small neighborhoods of London are one of the many assets that make this city…
The Garden at Miserden
As I start prepping and planning for my springtime return to England, it occurred to…