Ayrlies Garden and Wetlands, New Zealand
Ayrlies Garden is the creation of visionary Beverly McConnell, who, since 1964, has been sculpting 14 acres of bare farmland into one of New Zealand’s best known Gardens. An hour… Read More
Design
Defining Views: A Palm Beach Garden
A mutual friend described Terry Rakolta’s garden as her fifth child. Versions of that well describe many of us who are passionate, dedicated lovers of our “plots of green.” Little… Read More
Al Fresco Life: Palm Beach Style
One of the many assets of Palm Beach living is al fresco dining and entertaining, something that is not really possible on a regular basis in Newport. Fortunately, I’m never… Read More
Palm Beach and its Vias
While I await my trip to New Zealand, I have to focus on something other than the icy snow with which we are stuck…and which is going nowhere fast! And… 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
Garden Inspiration from the Italian Lake District
For all the many reasons we love traveling, my top one is bringing home new ideas for the garden… or new ways to do something I’m already doing! “If we… Read More
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Sometimes we take a personal, sentimental tradition for granted, until a friend offers up, “you should do a blog on those!” The “those” is an annual calendar that I create… Read More
Introducing Whimsy to the Garden
As March builds up to an Easter finale I’m thinking about whimsy, the Easter bunny, and new spring bulbs. Perhaps it is because I’m always of a certain mindset that… Read More
Revisiting the Blue Garden
Newport has so many treasures, as I was recently reminded when taking houseguests around our town, sharing one lovely vision after another. It was the Newport Flower Show week and… Read More
The Endearing Gardens of Little Compton
Seemingly a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of our City by the Sea, lies the quiet enclave of Little Compton. Last Saturday I joined my dear friend,… Read More