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Private Newport, Home at Seafair

Photo Credit: Lila Delman Real Estate “Home” has never meant as much as it does now (as we self-quarantine) or carried as much significance as a place of refuge in…

Topiaries, Whimsy in the Making

Last week I posted about a very favorite topic for this gardener, hedges. And what’s the natural follow-on? Topiaries, the next step in a hedges artistic evolution.The art of training,…

English Hedges

While one might think of England as all about herbaceous flower borders, there is actually an entire design discipline that has made an art form of hedges. They seem to…

Yellow, Spring’s Signature Color

Doesn’t yellow just signal spring to you? Perhaps because it is the first color that dots the bare landscape, from daffodils (above) to forsythia (below). And this year, (fingers crossed!),…

Blue and White in the Bahamas

No surprise! That winning, ever popular color duo, white and blue, is alive and well in the Caribbean. But there are fresh takes, unusual pairings, and new perspectives at play…

Inspiring Garden Design: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is unique to me among house museums today for its continuing focus on its namesake’s passion for horticulture and garden design. Sited, appropriately,…

Inspiring Garden Design: Spring at Hidcote

Looking back on these images has me thinking “how lucky was I?!” Early last May, I was in the Cotswolds happy beyond words to be experiencing such gardens as Hidcote…

Inspiring Garden Design: 12 Tropical Details to Borrow

Every trip, every new destination offers a welcome opportunity to look at design from another perspective…one of the many reasons to justify travel. Oftentimes, a reminder is enough to freshen…

Bahamian Moments

The Lyford Cay Design weekend was an elegant, inspiring and festive few days in an iconic setting. Part of the pleasure of the weekend were the many “pinch me” moments,…

Inspiring Garden Design: The Talented Mr. Brown

This annual “Inspiring Garden Design” series is going to have an international flavor in 2020, starting with the Cotswolds. There are many reasons that I traveled to England in December,…