A Garden on a Mountain on an Island in the Sea
On June 1, 1997, the Orto dei Semplici Elbano opened its gates to the public. The garden is meant to be a living library of plants of Italy's Tuscan A…
Topics: Gardens & Design
The Rose
A massive book, with a simple, all-encompassing title like The Rose, brings with it complex expectations, associations, and inevitable comparisons. Every year numerous books on…
The Global Migrations Of Ornamental Plants: How the World Got into Your Garden
If you could have only one gardening book (perish the thought!), hands down it would be Hugh Johnson’s classic Principles Of Gardening. In it, among…
Andrea Cochran: Landscapes
I should say from the start that I have been a fan of Andrea Cochran’s work for many years. It speaks to my own interest…
Greenscapes: Olmsted’s Pacific Northwest
The Olmsted name is synonymous with landscape architecture and planned green spaces. Frederick Law Olmsted Sr was largely responsible for the development of the profession…
Garden Allies: Spinning & Weaving Spiders
Spiders are an integral component of a healthy garden food-web and a critical element of successful garden biological control strategies. It is easy t…
Green Flowers
It has long been my dream to create a garden room featuring blossoms overly endowed with chlorophyll. You can imagine my heart racing when I…
Kinzey Faire Revisited
The garden of Kinzy Faire, in Estacada, Oregon, now extends to three acres, and Penny tends it herself. She has given up the delusion that she can sto…
Vertical Gardens
Vertical Gardens is the first publication to present a collection of important examples of the exciting trend toward planted walls in urban environments. The book…