Monthly Archives: April 2012

Apr302012

Departures and Debuts

May is (as they say) busting out all over and it’s not even really here yet. Today I’m travelling to Little Rock to visit P. Allen Smith’s real Garden Home. Photograph via The New York Times Smith invited 20 bloggers … Read more

LABELS: Designer Showhouses, Gardens, Mansion in May 3 Comments

Apr242012

Garden Designers Roundtable: Garden Visits and Lessons

I find that the best way to understand a space is to be in it, to move through it in three dimensions, so I visit gardens every year–sometimes as many as twenty or thirty in a given season. I have … Read more

LABELS: Design, Entertaining, Gardens, Landscape Design 10 Comments

Apr182012

Sprung!

I haven’t been here very much in the past few weeks…this April has been unusual in more ways than just the weather. It’s been busy…way beyond what is usual. March was warm so my super active design season started … Read more

LABELS: Designer Showhouses, Gardens, landscape designer 1 Comment

Apr32012

A Raj inspired Patio Umbrella…Tuesday’s Find

Over at the magazine we didn’t end up using this umbrella in our Bollywood Mood piece. I still think it’s pretty and would love to have it on a patio or deck. Here’s the garden inspiration from pages 68-69 of … Read more