The Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum has two unique gardens boundaries created years apart. Each is a brilliantly executed walled, enclosed space.
Read MoreWALLED GARDENS
10 TIPS FOR BROWNSTONE GARDEN DESIGN
Part of my practice in NYC is designing and installing Brooklyn brownstone gardens. Here are a few ideas for small garden design.
Read More5 BEST PERENNIALS FOR FALL
What are some of the favorite fall perennials for garden designers? Here are a few landscape ideas that are best for fall gardens.
Read MoreGENIUS LOCI
Alexander Pope said ‘‘all gardening is landscape-painting.’’ He laid the widely agreed principles of landscape architecture and design.
Read MoreALLERGY FREE GARDENING
in Horticulture, Health
In the 1940’s the USDA recommend growing separate sexed trees from cuttings, budding or grafting with only male wood. They caused a health epidemic.
Read MoreDREAMING OF GARDENS
In gardening like baseball, with spring comes a new planting season and hope springs eternal. What should you plant?
Read MoreWHAT IS A SPRING EPHEMERAL?
Garden designers orchestrate flower bloom interest throughout all the seasons. Spring ephemerals fill an early void in the spring landscape design in the garden.
Read MoreWHAT IS TU BISH'VAT?
Tu Bishvat is a celebration to revere and respect our land, our soil, our environment. Tu BiSh'vat is a tree-centric celebration which promotes arboriculture.
Read More7 SOLUTIONS TO DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE GARDEN
As a New York City garden designer, managing water by remediating existing drainage problems is a challenge. Here are 7 solutions I've learned.
Read MoreFAVORITE GARDEN BOOKS or FAVORITE LANDSCAPE BOOKS
in Philosophy, Books
I am always reading lists of the "100 books you must read." Here's a list of my most revered books on landscape and garden design.
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