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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.
There is something romantic about the slow decay of the built environment. This ruin is what is left of the spectacular country mansion started in 1910 for American Tobacco founder James Duke. Only the multi-storied basement was completed before work stopped. Today we get to experience 100 years of nature reclaiming the site...
Read MoreTo visit Duke Farms in New Jersey is to experience a place that is coming full circle. And the Hay Barn in particular captures the history of this place: the early farming days of JB Duke, elements of a picturesque plan, the style and glamour of Doris Duke, and the return of the garden back to native plants...
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