Today Joseph Paxton is recognized as a nineteenth century gardener, engineer, and politician. Paxton, who had been gardening for years, worked with the Duke of Derbyshire to create the Chatsworth garden you see today. As Alan Titchmarsh writes in his…
The genius behind the lawn at Chatsworth was Capability Brown (1716-1783). In the course of his landscape work, he became the one whose style still appears as an integral part of several English gardens. With the sweeping lawn as the…
My trip to England included the many gardens that I visited. Before leaving, I made a list of the ten or so gardens I planned to see. I would rent a car to get around the countryside to see these…
A garden both reflects and creates the kind of culture we share. In the process cultures can be very tolerant of new expressions and new symbolism. We simply say to ourselves, "Well, that's the way things are right now." Today,…
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to be part of a garden tour. The occcasion was the annual picnic of the New England Hosta Society. The picnic is an all-day affair: we tour gardens, we have lunch, and then…