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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.
Like many gardeners I love to borrow ideas from beautiful landscapes. But this is not always easy. Sometimes the challenge is to scale down something grand; some ideas are prohibitively expensive; sometimes ideas are just not practical. This is why I so appreciate Frank Lloyd Wright's ability to combine inexpensive materials in innovative ways...
Read More“No experience necessary. All welcome.” The posted sign captures the inclusive and inviting spirit of this ornamental garden at 91st Street on the middle level of Riverside Park in New York City. To me, this garden represents hope. It is an improbable garden built on top of railroad tracks in the middle of one of the most dense cities in the world.
Read More“The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.” - Frank Lloyd-Wright Among the things that Wisconsin is famous for it is Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, that has most intensely captured my attention...
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