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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.

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A garden path

David May 16, 2017

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...

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In Japanese, Modernist Tags Manitoga, New York, Russel Wright, Garrison, Garden paths, paths
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An old quarry

David October 6, 2016

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!”

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In Modernist, Japanese Tags Manitoga, Garrison, New York, Russel Wright
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A beautiful site

David August 3, 2016

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...

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In Modernist, Japanese Tags Garrison, New York, Russel Wright, Manitoga
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