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There is one word I loathe above all others: nice. As a garden designer, being told my work is “nice” is like being served lukewarm coffee. It’s uninspiring, unremarkable, and frankly, a little insulting. If you’re here for “nice” garden ideas, this isn’t the post for you. But if you’re ready to take your landscape […]
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Famed stickwork sculptor, Patrick Dougherty has created countless landscape structures all over the world. This is what happened when I joined in to help him create a sculptural landscape art installation at the New England Botanic Garden. … We are all on a journey. But for the last few years, I wasn’t so sure anymore […]
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As most of my gardening attention shifts to houseplants and things I can grow inside, I wanted to share one of my favorite container gardens. It is a countertop bonsai garden made with herbs that I created last year for the Summer 2015 Issue of PITH + VIGOR. The stems of variegated basil are almost woody […]
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Once again, I have dove into the giant RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants to find inspiration, not only for my own garden but also for yours. I have this thought that, perhaps with time, I might evolve my own garden into a “Cut your Own” sort of place whereby visitors can visit and take away […]
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I found this sloped backyard garden makeover (and repair) on a blog called Do or DIY (cute name!) a couple of days ago, and when I revisited it to see if she had published any other before & after articles, I was a bit let down to realize that the blog only survived over the course […]
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