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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Jan312011
Monday 50 & 51 | A Year of Mondays
Jan312011
There has been so much snow here that there is no access to the garden beyond climbing through four foot piles of snow or jumping out of one of the windows on the house side. Either seems just too hard, … Read more
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Jan282011
In my Reader…Design Seeds
Jan282011
Just about now, in the middle of a very snowy and grey January I need a jolt of color. For color trends and inspiration, Design Seeds is like no other. Fast, furious and beautifully curated, Jessica Colaluca creates ranges of … Read more
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Jan262011
Patrick Dougherty at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Jan262011
I ducked out of Plant-o-Rama yesterday after hearing Tony Advent’s presentation on worthy garden plants. I couldn’t stay inside in the dark auditorium watching slides and listening. I schmoozed with the exhibitors for a while, had a bite to eat … Read more
Jan252011
Design Challenge: Garden Designers Rountable
Jan252011
All of us are working on the same real life design problem this month–a landscape renovation for a young couple’s New England country home. Tuesday’s Find will return next week. For my part, I’m going to attempt to explain my … Read more
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Jan212011
In my Reader…Myburgh Designs
Jan212011
It’s midwinter and I’m lusting for spring. I yearn for a sun kissed lazy afternoon in a swing. Steven Myburgh of Myburgh Designs makes artful, handcrafted swings for garden dreams. They are totally original and appeal to my love of … Read more
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Jan192011
Aspirational Garden Design
Jan192011
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal about who is buying luxury products was good news to me. Aspirational buyers love their gardens as well as the interiors of their homes. They hire designers. That, in my way of … Read more
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Jan182011
Tuesday’s Find…the patina is the thing
Jan182011
This deceptively simple double garden gate from the 1940s has high impact. The striking blue patina and subtle metal rail detail takes something that could be sooooo ho-hum and makes it special. The original from English Country Antiques in Bridgehampton, … Read more
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Jan172011
Monday 49 | A Year of Mondays
Jan172011
The snow cover is making this difficult. It’s knee deep on the way into and out of the garden. The image was taken from the sidewalk 35 feet away since what immediately interested me was the forms the melting/windblown snow … Read more
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Jan142011
In my Reader…Suzanne Cummings
Jan142011
I’m not a houseplant kind of girl and it’s the middle of January. The only chance I have at bloom color at home is cut flowers. Enter designer Suzanne Cummings. I ‘met’ Suzanne via Twitter and we’ve been chatting back … Read more
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Jan122011
Horticulture: Design Perspectives
Jan122011
Just in case you didn’t hear me crowing last week, my first contribution to Horticulture as half of an east/west landscape designer team is on the newsstands! West coast designer, Rebecca Sweet and I will be writing Design Perspectives for … Read more
