I learn something new every time I visit a garden.  What struck me the most about Russel Wright’s home and studio, Manitoga, was how he used garden paths as his organizing principle for the landscape.  Everything is selected and arranged so that the visitor has a deliberate experience...

Nothing is more fun than having a friend take you through one of their favorite landscapes.  On my recent visit to the Hudson River valley, I had the luck to run into a friend who introduced me to Manitoga – pioneering designer Russel Wright’s home and studio.  “What, you’ve never been to Manitoga?  Let’s go!”

What happens when a successful lifestyle designer takes control of an abandoned quarry?  The designer was Russel Wright and the site was the Old King’s quarry.  It was there that he created his home and studio: Manitoga...