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Landscaping with Hydrangeas

8 / 12 / 218 / 11 / 21

It’s usually about this time that I begin photographing for my annual hydrangeas of Newport post. Looking over past entries, I’ve realized yet again that Newport’s summer flower can be… Read More

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Wonky and Witty Sakonnet Garden

8 / 5 / 218 / 4 / 21

A garden worthy of visiting twice in a summer, Sakonnet is testimony to the design truth that garden rooms increase the illusion of a property’s space. On not quite one… Read More

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Roses on Parade

7 / 15 / 217 / 15 / 21

My good friends at The Garden Conservancy just put out a special publication on preserving gardens in America. In one of the articles, Mac Griswold, noted landscape historian and author,… Read More

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Down the Garden Path

7 / 8 / 217 / 7 / 21

As we move into our 23rd year in our Newport home, I thought you might enjoy a bit of histoire on its past. Parterre, taking its name from the delineated… Read More

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Rose-y News from Parterre

7 / 1 / 217 / 1 / 21

Perhaps I put “the cart before the horse” in posting the rose chain before a story on Parterre’s roses overall, but I was just so excited about their beauty this… Read More

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A Peony Chat

6 / 24 / 216 / 23 / 21

I’m so excited about the prospects for summer ’21 that I’m going to celebrate by “chic-ing up” the feature image for this post! Knowing how much we are all besotted… Read More

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The Rose Chain at Parterre

6 / 17 / 216 / 17 / 21

Our winter ’21 was impeccable (mild temps, not too much snow, no savage winds) and it is showing in the fullness and lushness of the flowers now blooming. At Parterre,… Read More

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Sakonnet Garden: a Personal Perspective on Rhododendrons

6 / 10 / 216 / 9 / 21

Last week a few friends and I made a much-anticipated return to one of my most admired gardens in the northeast, right across the Sakonnet River in Little Compton, Rhode… Read More

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Garden Wisdom, Heralding a New Summer

6 / 3 / 216 / 3 / 21

With a Memorial Day weekend that rained 24/7 I had long hours to sit by the fire and re-read some of my cherished garden books. The perspectives that I picked… Read More

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Places to Go, People to See!

5 / 27 / 216 / 1 / 21

Since my English travel plans have been delayed until September, I have been living vicariously through my fellow Instagrammer’s luscious images. The next best thing to being there! And if… Read More

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