An Impromptu Evening in September
This summer unofficially closed with a rare “balmy” night that prompted me to embrace the…
A Closing Act on the Summer Season
Like so many silver linings in this Covid summer, the ‘Limelight’ hydrangeas are proving themselves…
Strolling the Gardens at Bellevue House
Up the street, exactly one mile from me door to door, is a historic house…
Parterre’s Madcap Cutting Garden
As summer 2020 ends (Yikes! it’s already September 3), I find myself bemused and a…
Pampered Pets of Private Newport
Traditions are important. As this wonky summer of 2020 comes to a close, I’m been…
Ode to Newport 2: The Parterre Bench
As summer comes to a close, I’m reminded again of how much I treasure our…
The Orangerie at Parterre
For both sentimental reasons (it was a surprise Christmas gift from my husband) and aesthetic…
Ode to Newport
By this point in the summer, Newport would already have been a beehive of activity–from…
Celebrating Summer Al Fresco
Discovering these brightly colored and small decorated umbrellas has given me countless opportunities to brighten…
Parterre’s Signature Garden Images
This “staycation” (quarantining as I prefer to call it) over the past five months provided…
Hydrangeas in the Newport Landscape
As of July 4th, summer is in full swing in our City by the Sea,…
Parterre’s Green and White Garden
While it is the Fountain Garden that receives the most attention on posts, there is…
Designing with Roses
Surprisingly, a rose garden was not in the plans for landscaping our 3 acres at…
Parterre’s Rose Chain
Patience is a virtue that every gardener has learned to accept. Those dreams and visions…
Ode to the Peony
Invariably, when I ask friends their favorite flower, whether they are gardeners or not, the…