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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.
Do you have a favorite romantic garden? For many people, the answer to that question is the Garden of Ninfa. (Definitely, one of my favorite.) This got me wondering, what is a romantic garden? “Scenic vistas, winding paths, bucolic meadows, and rustic retreats suitable for solitary contemplation are just a few of the alluring naturalistic features...
Read MoreGardens have the ability to transport us to a different place and time. Visiting the Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in central Wisconsin is a powerful example. This landscape takes us on a mini-vacation to the delights of Thai culture and ecology. An 8,000 mile journey never felt so close.
Read MoreThis kitchen garden has style. Villa La Pietra is a reminder that ornamental gardens can be productive, and vegetable gardens can be ornamental. Simple criss-crossing paths are laid with crushed stone, a central fountain features a mythical mer-boy, and at one end sits a covered structure to...
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