Too Many Trees Spoil the View
Too many trees spoil the view in a landscape - When planning a home landscape, it is a good idea to choose the number of trees you plant carefully. You want not too many, and not too few. Though he…
Too many trees spoil the view in a landscape - When planning a home landscape, it is a good idea to choose the number of trees you plant carefully. You want not too many, and not too few. Though he…
Victorian NY landscaper advocated for parks - To Frederick Law Olmsted we all owe a great deal of debt because he advocated for public green spaces. The restrictions of city life call for the opportunity for a citizen to walk…
English garden style may not work - Landscape architect Samuel Parsons, Jr. came from a long line of horticulturists. His family owned a popular late nineteenth century nursery in New York. According to the American Architects Biographies, Parsons was a landscape architect who died February…
America's enduring home landscape style - Several years ago I owned a house which included two side-by-side rental units. I thought it would be a a good idea to include plants along the front porch. I planted the old-fashioned spirea prunifolia…
Just enjoy the August landscape - We have worked hard in the three months of April, May, and June to get the landscape in shape. We planted trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals. Late nineteenth century Central Park superintendent Samuel Parsons Jr. (1844-1923) founded…