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Sarah Price's Gardens
By Joanna Fortnam 13
Photos of English garden designer Sarah Price's gardens, including her 2007 RHS Chelsea Flower Show entry, "A City Garden," with detailed plant photos, as well as a sketch of Price's plans for her entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Purple | Red
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The Brothers Bawa Photo Gallery
By Caroline Seebohm 34
A photographic tour of the beautiful gardens of two Sri Lankan brothers: architect Geoffrey Bawa's Lunuganga, an English-style folly, and Bevis Bawa's Brief Garden, an unusual series of jungle garden rooms. Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Red | Yellow | asia | geoffrey bawa | History | hotels | landscape architecture | landscape design | profiles | Public gardens | sri lanka | Travel | tropical
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CSI: Garden Edition
By Debra Prinzing 29
Marg Helgenberger, longtime star of CSI, gives her classic Los Angeles garden a second life as a glamorous Mediterranean-style retreat with plenty of space and style for backyard entertaining.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Orange | Red | White | Contemporary | California | celebrities | Los Angeles | Mediterranean | outdoor entertaining | southern california | Succulents
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A Star Is Reborn
By Debra Prinzing 9
When Marg Helgenberger, the longtime star of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was shopping for a new home five ears ago, she found the perfect place in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood—but the gardens were overgrown and needed to be rethought. Architect Barbara Schnitzler, interior...Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Blue | Green | White | California | celebrities | Los Angeles | Mediterranean | Places | southern california
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Q&A with Sarah Price, Garden Designer
By Joanna Fortnam 8
English garden designer Sarah Price—who made a splash at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2007 and 2008—returns to the spotlight with a new garden for the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show. Our interview with this garden designer who brings a subtle artistry to her gardens and who says, "I love the ephemeral...Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Chelsea Flower Show | Garden designers | interview | Q and A | Sarah Price | U.K.
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The Brothers Bawa
By Caroline Seebohm 19
In mid-20th-century Sri Lanka, two siblings—the Brothers Bawa—took their own inimitable paths to redefining the tropical garden. This is their story.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Red | Yellow | asia | geoffrey bawa | History | hotels | landscape architecture | landscape design | profiles | Public gardens | sri lanka | Travel | tropical
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Lessons from Chanticleer
By Adrian Higgins 57
On the grounds of a former estate outside of Philadelphia, a cadre of master gardeners presides over an oasis of earthly delights. We've put together some ideas—paired with photos—from Chanticleer that any home gardener can use to design their own spaces. Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Blue | Green | Orange | Purple | Chanticleer | Garden Inspiration | Ideas | landscape design | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | plants | Public gardens
Stacy Bass In The Garden
In the Garden, by Stacy Bass
By Lise Funderburg 9
A review of Stacy Bass's new book, In the Garden, a portfolio of 18 luxurious Connecticut gardens. Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Brown | Green | Red | book reviews | books | Connecticut | Garden Inspiration | photography
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Vertical Ascent
By Lindsey Taylor 11
There's a modern way to become upwardly mobile: Two new planters for plants that want to reach for the sky. Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Black | Green | White | Container gardening | Containers | planters | Trellis Structures | vegetables
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Fine Vine: Purple Bell Vine
By Lindsey Taylor 15
The Rhodochiton atrosanguineum, or Purple Bell vine, a native of southwestern Mexico, is hardy to zone 9 and offers much to covet. It's also easy to start from seed indoors in cooler climates.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Red | I Love This Plant | plants | Vines
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