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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.
To 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...
Read More“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” - Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden, 1856. Thanks to gardeners willing to brave thorny stems, aphids, and diseases like “powdery mildew”, “black spot”, and “rust” Here's a rose garden not to miss...
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