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[ad_1] We’ve been writing about Tama Matsuoka Wong for more than a decade—first in 2013 when we joined her for a foraging (and eating) adventure on...
[ad_1] I’ve always known in theory that if you plant spring-flowering bulbs (such as tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and alliums) you can fill your garden with successive...
[ad_1] My clients are often in love with gravel, or at least with the idea of gravel. But as a landscape designer, I have a love-hate...
[ad_1] If you’re lucky enough to have a garden in a big city, you learn to accept the fact that while you’re out there, you’re in...
[ad_1] All week, we’re republishing some of our favorite Garden Visits that have a personal connection to our writers. No public gardens here, no vast estates,...
[ad_1] “There isn’t another site like this available anywhere near Portland, Maine,” said Russell Tyson of Whitten Architects, “and it’s the site that makes this house so unique.” He’s...
[ad_1] Hindsight is a wonderful thing: After you’ve planted, say, a tree in the wrong spot, everything becomes clearer and more crystallized—including where you should have...
[ad_1] Too often pathway gaps are neglected and become a home for weeds. But where some may see awkward spaces between stepping stones, I see potential. Plants between pavers...
[ad_1] A career in art direction is a useful grounding for anybody wishing to go into garden design. Sheila Jack’s career shift was not so much...
[ad_1] After all the planning for the garden layout is done, being able to buy (or grow) your plants feels like something of a victory, the...
[ad_1] It’s always a good idea to give the gift of courtesy to your neighbors. Even if they’re not the type to fly into a yard...
[ad_1] You’d think choosing plants was easy enough—just find the ones you like, right? And for single specimens in a pot or a monoculture of, say....
[ad_1] Have you ever swam in a natural swimming pool? There’s no chlorine, no chemical taste or smell, nothing to sting your eyes. Recently architect Alan...
[ad_1] ‘But what shall I do with the garden?’ As an avid gardener with friends who have little or no experience in cultivating plants or designing...
[ad_1] As rain events have become more intense and more frequent, you may have noticed stormwater from the street flooding your property, rainwater from downspouts carving...