I learn something new every time I visit a garden. What struck me the most about Russel Wright’s home and studio, Manitoga, was how he used garden paths as his organizing principle for the landscape. Everything is selected and arranged so that the visitor has a deliberate experience...
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Looking for inspiration for your parterre garden? In 1722 Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville offered advice to aspiring parterre designers in his book La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage. “The broderie of a parterre should be neither too heavy nor too light.” Here's an example of what he meant...
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For shear boldness, color, and fragrance, it’s hard to beat a visit to a Dutch bulb farm during the flowering season. Thanks to the bulb farmers like these in Lisse, the Netherlands we get to enjoy these beauties for less than $1 a piece. Where did they come from and how did they get here?
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