GARDEN DESIGN, Landscape Design, The Traveling Gardener
When we travel to new cities it is a balance of planned destinations and wondering to uncover the unexpected. Once while driving through Connecticut to White Flower Farm we drove past Guy Wolff’s pottery studio. We turned around and spent an hour watching Guy throw a pot, asked him questions about his process and toured his studio. Then we bought … READ MORE
American Gardens, G A R D E N S, Inspiration, Uncategorized
August 13, 2020 was my last blog post – how can that be possible? I know, after closing out 2020 I was naïvely ready for a less volatile 2021. We kicked off 2021 with a major project, which required a lot of traveling and provided me with a whole new creative challenge. What I did not foresee was how … READ MORE
G A R D E N S, Garden Tours
Picking up from my first post, here is part two of touring Bunny Williams’ Garden. We are leaving the Parterre Garden and Conservatory and moving towards the main house and gardens along the back of the house. I am presenting the photos in the order we toured the gardens, compared to what might be an expected order. The Potting … READ MORE
G A R D E N S, Garden Tours
When we went on our Maine trip last fall we made A LOT of stops at gardens. We are so thankful that James and Charlotte enjoy gardening and are game for most of our garden stops. We generally only have to concede with frequent stops for snacks. I say this all the time, but the gardening community is the … READ MORE
Book Recommendation
It was text book spring weather this past weekend in Columbus, and we spent the majority of the time outdoors tending the gardens and going for long walks. I edged a few of our beds, added larger chips into beds to aid in soil compaction, cleaned out invasive plants from our woods, planted a few containers and completed general … READ MORE
The Traveling Gardener
On our drive home from Maine, we did a lot of zigzagging through Northwest Connecticut. One of the unplanned stops we made was at Kent Barns in Kent, CT. Unknowingly, I followed a retailer at the Barns, RT Facts, on Instagram and knew of Kent Barns but did not make the connection until we stopped. The Barns location existed with … READ MORE
G A R D E N S, My Work
Earlier this summer I shared my plans for redesigning the garden between our house and the garage HERE. Originally the bed was planted with hydrangea and feather reed grass, and the hydrangeas were great, but the grade was never fully right from the concrete installation. Overall, it was just OK. From our traveling to Chanticleer and Longwood Gardens last fall, we … READ MORE
The Traveling Gardener
Located in the Land and Garden Preserve area of Mount Desert Island, Thuya Garden is garden that everyone can appreciate. An English style garden nestled inside the natural environment, with both soothing woodlands and flamboyant color. The design of the land and garden are the conception of two architects/designers, the original being Joseph Curtis and later Charles Savage. You can … READ MORE
The Traveling Gardener, Travel
Over the summer I toured gardens on both coasts of the United States, which was an unbelievable gift for a gardener. Despite their geographical distance from each other, and my home in the Midwest, I left both coasts filled with ideas and inspired by the American Landscape. Both Seattle and Maine were also great short term antidotes to my … READ MORE