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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.
Neither the oldest nor the most beautiful, The Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest and most well-known Suzhou scholar gardens. It contains elements that make Suzhou gardens famous - idealistic scenes influenced by fine paintings, and an harmonious integration of architecture and nature - my first stop after landing in China...
Read MoreNothing is more fun than having a friend take you through one of their favorite landscapes. On my recent visit to the Hudson River valley, I had the luck to run into a friend who introduced me to Manitoga – pioneering designer Russel Wright’s home and studio. “What, you’ve never been to Manitoga? Let’s go!”
Read MoreTo walk around the grounds of the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands is to step back to 1700. It is so authentic that William or Mary, the joint regents who created the garden, might be around any corner. Looks can be deceiving. Het Loo is actually a new garden meant to look old...
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