The kitchen garden, or vegetable garden as it became known, has a long history in the story of gardening. Therese O'Malley writes about the walled garden tradition in her book, Keywords In American Landscape Design. She says "All citations emphasized…
It is that time of year when homeowners once again stress out about the lawn. Are you one of them? You ask yourself 'What do I need to do for my lawn?' and ' When do I do it?' We…
We recently celebrated Frederick Law Olmsted's birthday. He was born April 26, 1822 - two hundred years ago. What to me is astounding about Olmsted is his passion to make public green spaces available to all, especially in the many…
Hidcote Manor is a garden in the United Kingdom, located at the village of Hidcote Bartrim. The garden has its own rhetoric, or language, in its wonderful separate rooms. Hidcote Manor Garden Landscape architect Anne Whiston Spirn in her book The Language…
The image above of the University of Virginia illustrates the English lawn that began to be essential for the landscape in the early 1700s. Ever since we here in the US have also treasured the lawn. That is, until last…