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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.
I love Chinese garden signs! Actually, I love their wonderful sub-titles. I realized when I traveled alone that not speaking the local language felt disorienting and isolating. So the occasional garden sign that featured English felt welcoming. Best of all, Chinese translations are poetic, provocative, and fun....
Read MoreFor many things in life, bigger isn’t always better. Beatrix Farrand’s garden at Bellefield, in Hyde Park, New York, is a good example. Despite its relatively small size, Farrand employed many of her signature techniques. The garden at Bellefield is full of practical ideas that can be adapted to our gardens today...
Read MoreVisiting Innisfree in Millbrook, New York, is like stepping into another world. Actually many different worlds. This amazing landscape uses Chinese garden techniques in a very modern American context. Innisfree has been on my garden visit list for some time. I was intrigued by people’s description of the garden. It is considered one of the “world’s ten best gardens”...
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