Category Archives: Travel

May202013
Opiary: Garden Pots from Princeton

Last year, one of the few things I liked at the Kips Bay Showhouse was Robert Canon’s planters. This year I at ICFF I liked them even more.  When I saw them again this past weekend, these planters were in my … Read more

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LABELS: Furniture and Accessories, Garden Design, Gardens, New Jersey, sculpture Leave a comment

Apr292013
Reeves-Reed Arboretum: 2013 Art in the Garden

This year they got it right.  The 2013 installment of Art in the Garden at Reeves-Reed Arboretum features the work of sculptor Tom Holmes.  The dozen or so works are placed throughout the gardens and to see them all is to also … Read more

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LABELS: Art, Gardens, New Jersey 2 Comments

Apr232013
Field Trip: Leonard J. Buck Garden

Tens of thousands of years ago, a glacial lake drained leaving behind basalt outcroppings now known as Moggy Hollow in its wake.  Flash forward to the 1930s, when Leonard Buck planted them and established what would become a world class rock … Read more

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  1. Field Trip: Mariani Gardens
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LABELS: garden visits, Gardens, New Jersey 2 Comments

Jan32013
Hubert de Givenchy and Gardens

Hubert de Givenchy is better known his couture creations for Audrey Hepurn than he is as a champion of gardens.  But champion he is. Upon retirement in 1995, he was a key player in the restoration of the Potager du … Read more

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LABELS: France, Gardens, Planting Design 2 Comments

Jan22013
A Quick Start to the New Year

The calendar year has changed again, so there’s news to report- for the next two months anyway. Change is good in my world, as is a good adventure! Beginning yesterday, I became the President Elect of the Association of Professional … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Travel Leave a comment

Nov62012
Postcard from New Orleans

I’m in New Orleans for the first time.  I’m representing APLD as well as speaking at the International Pool, Spa and Patio Expo.  I took the morning to walk around the Garden District for a few hours before setting up … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, inspiration, New Orleans 1 Comment

Oct122012
Virtual Wanderlust…Le Pavillion de Galon

Every now and then I get sucked in.  I wander off my intended path and Voila! I find something wonderful, better yet when the possibility exists to stay there.  I love the gardens at Le Pavillon de Galon, a bed … Read more

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  1. Field Trip: Wave Hill
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LABELS: Dining al fresco, France, Gardens, inspiration, Landscape Design 1 Comment

Oct82012
Graphic Recycled Garden Furniture

I am not a fan of the current trend that extols us to grab a shipping pallet or some cast off boards and use them to make something else.  Most of what results still looks like garbage.  Who cares if the … Read more

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LABELS: California, Furniture and Accessories, Gardens, green, San Francisco, sustainability 2 Comments

Oct12012
Barrel Stave Garden Trellis

Before I start dashing around this morning I wanted to share this with you.  While in California two weeks ago with APLD, I visited Benzinger Family Winery in Sonoma.  They have an incredible biodynamic operation that among many other things includes an … Read more

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LABELS: California, Gardens, inspiration, sculpture, Travel, trellises 1 Comment

Sep262012
Guadeloupe, Gardens, and Prie Dieu

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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LABELS: California, folk art, garden ornaments, garden visits, Gardens, Landscape Design, vintage Leave a comment