First American Grand Lawn: Middleton, SC Today at Middleton, South Carolina [below] you can still see the 18th century lawn that extends down to the water's edge. American colonists adopted the formal English landscape design for both the wealthy,educated homeowner…
This summer I visited the seed business Comstock, Ferre, & Co. in Wethersfield, CT, near Hartford. James Lockwood Belden started the business in 1820, and in 1845 William Comstock and Henry Ferre took it over. What impressed me was the…
The English garden at St. Mary's Church is a Cape Cod tourist destination. Perhaps it was the fact that the Pope spent a few days recently in England that made me think of this summer when I visited St. Mary’s Episcopal…
In Maine the Old Sheep Meadows Nursery features rose varieties that have grown through the tough winters of the northeast. Many roses fill the display gardens at the Nursery,located in the small town of Alfred. A visit is a must…
This summer the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens opened its Children’s Garden, a 2-acre $1.7 million garden, in the planning for several years. Special features include a maze that is ground level, and based on Veronica’s Maze, a 16th century embroidery featured on…