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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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"Most beautiful garden" (re-opens)

David August 20, 2020

What is an Indo-Persian Garden?  And how did one find it’s way to Yonkers, New York?  My recent visit to Untermyer Gardens was a refreshing example of the power of finding beauty in different cultures.... 

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In Islamic Tags Yonkers, New York, Samuel Untermyer, Untermyer Garden, William Welles Bosworth, Persian Garden, Indo-Persian Garden
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Paradise missed

David May 26, 2016

There were many reasons to visit Haifa.  This Israeli city hugs the Carmel mountain range as it plunges to the Mediterranean.  Because I am a garden lover, the top of my list was to visit the Bahá’í Gardens.  Perhaps this is the most beautiful garden I never got to visit...

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In Islamic Tags Bahai Temple, Haifa, Israel
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An Indo-Persian Garden

David November 20, 2015

What is an Indo-Persian Garden?  And how did one find it’s way to Yonkers, New York?  My recent visit to Untermyer Gardens was a refreshing example of the power of finding beauty in different cultures.... 

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In Islamic Tags Yonkers, New York, Samuel Untermyer, Untermyer Garden, William Welles Bosworth, Persian Garden, Indo-Persian Garden
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