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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.
Garden ornaments provide a way to add personality to the landscape, to share a personal passion, and to lend an exotic touch to the garden. In the 1770’s the Kew Royal Botanic Garden added its own exotic garden ornament in the shape of a full sized Chinese-style pagoda. Peacocks greet visitors as...
Read MoreThere is nothing like a good garden gate to welcome us into an outdoor space. Garden gates tell us where to enter the landscape – mark the separation between the outer and inner worlds of the garden - and provide a sort of invitation. Here are a few of my favorite. What's your favorite garden gate?
Read MoreMy rainy visit to the winter formal garden at Danesfield House reminded me of Dr. Seuss' famous quote, “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” Then I found out that this garden was a WW II reconnaissance site and has a haunted past...
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