Newport’s Clarendon Court
Clarendon Court (1904) represents everything the words elegant, classical and sublime bring to mind. In…
16 Signature Images from Newport’s Private Gardens
It’s been a somewhat interesting summer in Newport. While the town seemed busier than ever,…
Provence: Le Mas des Poiriers
Photo Credit: Jamie Beck During this bridge month of late August into mid-September, when the…
Pampered Pets of Private Newport, 2021
I take great delight in coincidences. For example, this annual blog which usually caps off…
Sonnenhof: The Evolution of a Garden
In my 2016 blog on Sonnenhof “Designing with Stone,” I closed with…”The owners’ decisions and…
Landscaping with Hydrangeas
It’s usually about this time that I begin photographing for my annual hydrangeas of Newport…
Wonky and Witty Sakonnet Garden
A garden worthy of visiting twice in a summer, Sakonnet is testimony to the design…
Champ Soleil, a 17th Century-Style French Chateau
By any measure, 1929 was not an auspicious year…except, perhaps, in Newport. For that was…
The Front Courtyard at Parterre
As I was strolling through the front landscape’s parklike setting this past weekend, it occurred…
Roses on Parade
My good friends at The Garden Conservancy just put out a special publication on preserving…
Rose-y News from Parterre
Perhaps I put “the cart before the horse” in posting the rose chain before a…
The Rose Chain at Parterre
Our winter ’21 was impeccable (mild temps, not too much snow, no savage winds) and…
Sakonnet Garden: a Personal Perspective on Rhododendrons
Last week a few friends and I made a much-anticipated return to one of my…