What happens when a successful lifestyle designer takes control of an abandoned quarry? The designer was Russel Wright and the site was the Old King’s quarry. It was there that he created his home and studio: Manitoga...
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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.
What happens when a successful lifestyle designer takes control of an abandoned quarry? The designer was Russel Wright and the site was the Old King’s quarry. It was there that he created his home and studio: Manitoga...
Read MoreGardens are continually evolving. Sometimes it is about fine-tuning, other times, a complete redesign is needed to reflect a new passion. The Giardino Bardini in Florence, Italy is a great example. What started as a medieval cloister garden became an Italian renaissance landscape and then an Anglo-Chinese garden...
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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