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May212013
Field Trip: Urban Garden Center NYC
May212013
Never have I seen so much done with so little. A garden center under the railroad tracks with no running water and no electricity? That’s Urban Garden Center in Spanish Harlem. Plants, seeds and tools happily co-exist with dumpster dive … Read more
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Apr302013
Garden Shop: Vintage Sculpture
Apr302013
I’m switching out Tuesday’s Find to Garden Shop. I scout objects and products of all types for my landscape design clients from small accessories to large sculpture. I also love the hunt. So my inaugural post for this semi-regular theme starts … Read more
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Jan282013
Garden Trends: Dumpster Style
Jan282013
If you haven’t figured it out from previous posts, I’m having a visceral and negative reaction to quaint upcycling. Please do not show me something else made out of pallets. Yuck. A good dumpster dive involves a deep understanding of … Read more
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Sep262012
Guadeloupe, Gardens, and Prie Dieu
Sep262012
Have you ever visited a garden that as a whole didn’t speak to you but parts of it made you smile? That happened to me last week. A garden I visited incorporated an extensive and lively collection of Mexican folk … Read more
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Aug212012
Tuesday’s Find: 50s Folding Garden Chairs
Aug212012
I’m old enough to remember the same chairs in my great Aunt Julie’s garden in Coney Island. They came out of the garage and onto her painted concrete driveway whenever we came to visit. The adults would sit and gossip … Read more
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Aug72012
Tuesday’s Find…Stone Mushrooms
Aug72012
At first I thought I was the one stoned. For $80 this set of six vintage stone garden mushrooms are a steal. Not everything on 1st Dibs is expensive and out of reach! These are available via Ma(i)sonry in Napa, … Read more
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Jun122012
Tuesday’s Find…A Dovecote
Jun122012
Dovecotes fascinate me. The ancient Romans had immense pigeon housing/raising structures. They brought that idea with them on their march through Europe. In the Middle Ages pigeons were a common part of the menu used for both eggs and meat, … Read more
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Jun52012
Tuesday’s Find…a boot scrape
Jun52012
I need one of these. Gardens are muddy and those wimpy little boot brush things to put outside the door don’t do the job. This boot scrape is elegant in its simplicity and utilitarian design. It would fantastic outside my … Read more
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Apr32012
A Raj inspired Patio Umbrella…Tuesday’s Find
Apr32012
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
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Mar202012
Child’s Play…Tuesday’s Find
Mar202012
This probably wouldn’t pass any safety test. It comes from the age when hanging by your knees upside down on monkey bars without an adult in sight was the norm. As a child I used to love to go to the school … Read more
