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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 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...
Read MoreGertrude Jekyll has touched many gardeners. I love that she came to garden making in a professional way later in life. She wrote her first book at the age of 55. Her voice is still fresh, direct, and thoughtful. She often mentioned that she considered herself an amateur ...
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