Monthly Archives: August 2011

Aug302011
Tuesday’s Find…a swing

I’ve written about amusement parks here before.  Before computerized light displays and back lit plastic artwork, there was simple beauty and magic in these mostly summer places.  I am still drawn to travelling carnivals because of their simplicity and straightforward delivery of … Read more

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  1. Field Trip: The Litchfield Daffodils
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LABELS: antiques, Furniture and Accessories, garden ornaments, Gardens 2 Comments

Aug252011
Fashion in the Garden…Plaid!

The fashionista in me goes into full swing in late August.  The big fall magazines are released and I’m all in.  My work as a co-founder of Leaf magazine has made this annual ritual of mine have broader meaning, but … Read more

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  1. Beehive Structures
  2. Garden Design Details: Fences
  3. Whimsical Garden Chairs
LABELS: fashion, Gardens, inspiration 8 Comments

Aug232011
Tuesday’s Find…lawn chairs

Today my garden designer/blogger peers over at Garden Designers Roundtable along with the Lawn Reform Coalition will be discussing lawn alternatives.  Lawns are a hot button topic with many on both sides of the garden fence, so I thought I’d … Read more

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  1. Garden Designers Roundtable: Plants, Memory and Dance
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LABELS: Art, environment, Gardens, student work, sustainability 2 Comments

Aug182011
Under a Rock…a semi shameless plug

I’ve been under a rock.  A leafy rock.  As you know I’m part of a small dedicated team –including Rochelle Greayer and Lynn Fellici-Gallant and a talented group of outside contributors and designers, who will be publishing an on-line design … Read more

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  1. Tuesday’s Find…Croquet and cocktails anyone?
  2. Tuesday’s Find…a baby!
  3. Garden Designers Roundtable: Winter Inspiration
LABELS: Gardens, magazines 2 Comments

Aug162011
Tuesday’s Find…a Majolica Pot

I am usually ambivalent about Majolica pottery.  Often its explosion of surface decoration and eccentric forms are just too over the top. With that said, this uber pretty planter drew me in.  Because it is a specific type of collectible … Read more

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  1. Tuesday’s Find…Brimfield Antiques Show
  2. Tuesday’s Find…a cast iron cow
  3. Tuesday’s Find…an iron arbor
LABELS: antiques, Furniture and Accessories, Gardens 2 Comments

Aug112011
When a garden changes hands…

Last May I spent a morning with Rich Pomerantz photographing three of my gardens.  Normally I shoot all of my own photos, but I have never been able to get decent images of these three, so I brought in Rich … Read more

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  1. Black and Tan–a dramatic winter palette
  2. Witch Hazels…I’m bewitched.
  3. Spring Brights in the Garden
LABELS: formal gardens, Gardens 6 Comments

Aug92011
Tuesday’s Find…a bench I never thought I’d like

I usually don’t go for the cast iron benches so common in many gardens.  I find them fussy and uncomfortable–both in looks and reality.  Then I saw this and loved it.  It’s kind of like grandma gone wild–you know the … Read more

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  2. Tuesday’s Find…Swan seating
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LABELS: antiques, color, Furniture and Accessories, Gardens Leave a comment

Aug52011
Leaf Magazine…Design Outside

I have a HUGE announcement!  Rochelle Greayer of StudioG, Lynn Felici-Gallant of Indigo Gardens and I have been hard at work getting ready to launch a new digital magazine this fall! LEAF will cover everything related to design outside and how we … Read more

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  1. March Magazine Madness
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  3. Tuesday’s Find…a baby!
LABELS: Entertaining, Furniture and Accessories, Gardens, inspiration, magazines, Trends 4 Comments

Aug42011
Thoughts about Seattle…gardens etc.

I was in Seattle for a week.  I’d never been there before and really had no idea what to expect.  Four days of my visit was spent with other garden bloggers at the fourth annual Garden Bloggers Fling. We visited … Read more

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  1. A Garden is a Lovesome thing…
  2. Tuesday’s Find…a swing
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LABELS: garden visits, Gardens 8 Comments

Aug22011
Tuesday’s Find…a cast iron cow

Sometimes I wonder why I take a picture when I’m visiting a garden.  That doesn’t mean I shoot an image that I don’t like, it’s that I’m not always quite sure why I like it at that moment.  This was … Read more

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  1. Tuesday’s Find…an iron planter
  2. Tuesday’s Find…a baby!
  3. Barrel Stave Garden Trellis
LABELS: antiques, garden ornaments, Gardens 4 Comments