Love Letter to a Garden
The Newport Flower Show at the end of June always signals that the “Summer Season”…
Flower Couture: From My Garden to My House
Last December while in Paris, I revisited one of the most captivating, fanciful spots in…
Showoffs in the Garden
Today, the Newport Flower Show opens officially at Rosecliff! The three days in this idyllic…
Renishaw House and Gardens
This recent trip to England reminded me of the ever-so-true saying…”So many gardens, so little…
Biddulph Grange, an Historic Garden of Delight Part 2
As a gardener, imagine that you lived in the Victorian era when men and women…
Biddulph Grange, an Historic Garden of Delight
While only two centuries old, Biddulph Grange in Staffordshire, England was a horticultural wonder of…
Postcards From England
Writing this as I sit in the perfectly named “morning room” at our comfy country…
The Royce, a New Hotel Concept
Life‘s special moments are a reason to come together! For a town that celebrates for so…
Parterre’s Spring Garden Statement
The first trees on the property to leaf out or bloom, this variety, Cherry ‘Hally…
Anticipating Summer 2025
Hurray! It’s the Merry Month of May! Spring is popping (after a too cold, too…
A Daffodil Story
“And then there was the year we put the Parterre Bench along the daffodil-studded brook…”…
Easter is Hopping our Way
With all the bunnies hopping, flowers blooming and spring fever popping, everyone is in a…
Leonardslee Rock Garden, Sussex, England
When it comes to “take it or leave it,” I can usually “leave” as regards…
Countdown to Spring
By the calendar, it’s officially Spring at Parterre…the rabbits are nibbling, the raindrops are dropping,…
Calling Seafair “Home”
As one who has written two coffee table books on the subject of Newport’s homes,…