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The good garden blog is about sharing garden inspiration and ideas from historic gardens around the world and some right next door. Garden stories explore garden history, design, and the garden people behind famous and not-so-famous gardens. My garden photographs span dozens of places across 5 continents. Please join me in celebrating good garden design.
This kitchen garden has style. Villa La Pietra is a reminder that ornamental gardens can be productive, and vegetable gardens can be ornamental. Simple criss-crossing paths are laid with crushed stone, a central fountain features a mythical mer-boy, and at one end sits a covered structure to...
Read MoreAt some point we all have the urge to tear out our gardens and start over again. After enough changes occur, the desire might be to restore a garden to its original design. Though many houses and gardens were created to be one integrated unit, that intention can get lost over time. Here is the story of one such restoration...
Read MoreWith the US elections over, some Americans have joked about moving abroad. In the early 1900’s, quite a few Americans did just that and Italy was a favorite destination. Among these expats were Hortense Mitchell and Arthur Acton who settled outside of Florence to restore an old villa and its gardens. Where would you go? What kind of garden would you create?
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