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David Austin's Garden Roses
By Lindsey Taylor 12
The British rose breeder David Austin has been breeding old-rose plants since 1961. These gorgeous and profusely petaled flowers had fallen out of fashion as cut flowers because of their short vase life, but in 2004, David Austin introduced eight varieties of old-fashioned roses that will last as...Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Pink | Red | Yellow | David Austin roses | Floral Arrangements | Floral Design | Flower guide | peach | Roses | weddings
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Gardens That Grow On Walls
By Lindsey Taylor 6
Floral wallpapers are being revived with daring designs that draw on historical prints, botanical texts, and pure delight.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Black | Blue | Red | White | Decor | interior decorating | interiors | wallpaper
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Inventing the Modern Garden: The Miller House and Garden
By Ted Loos 9
The Miller House, designed by Eero Saarinen, has a landmark Modernist garden designed by Dan Kiley. This month, May 2011, the house and garden are opening to the public for tours for the first time in 50 years, allowing visitors to walk through this triumph of mid-century Modern design.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Pink | Red | architecture | Daniel Urban Kiley | Eero Saarinen | garden photos | History | Indiana | mid-century modern | Public gardens
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Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments
By Paul O'Donnell 5
A new book by interior designer Florence De Dampierre, Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments ($60, Rizzoli), chronicles our impulse to decorate with frescoes, paneling, tapestry, or wallpaper, often devoted to flora.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Blue | books | Decor | decoration | frescoes | interiors | wallpaper
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The Well-Edited Garden: Sakonnet, Rhode Island
By Paul O'Donnell 2
One June 18, this Saturday, the Sakonnet Garden in Little Compton, Rhode Island, opens for a symposium titled “Lofty Aspirations of Down-to-Earth Gardeners.” John Gwynne, who has been working on the one-acre plot with Mikel Folcarelli, his partner of 30 years, says, "We started collecting just to...Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Purple | garden photos | Garden tours | private gardens | Rhode Island | Travel
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My Topiary Alligator
By Caroline Seebohm 1
When topiary goes bad: A true story of how a gift of a topiary alligator ended up haunting one gardener.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | essays | gardening humor | Topiary
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Q&A With Piet Oudolf
By Cynthia Kling 39
Our Q&A with well-known garden designer Piet Oudolf, whose new book Landscapes in Landscapes, has just been published.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Black | White | books | Designers | piet oudolf
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Great Spring Plant Sales
By Alex Erikson 6
May is a banner month for public garden plant sales. This year at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, curator Don Mahoney is growing the fragrant luculia shrub, for which, he says, “a local nursery had a waiting list 35 people long.” At the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge,...Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Purple | Red | White | Flower guide | flowers
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Modern Lines
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Four mid-century modern planters add a Mad Men touch to any garden.Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Green | Orange | Silver | White | Containers | Decor | garden accessories | mid-century | Modern | outdoor garden | planters
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Jacqueline van der Kloet's Favorite Tulips
By Katie Mendelson 2
Our guide to nine of Jacqueline van der Kloet's tulip bulbs (and where to buy them). Perfect for planting now!Read More »
RELATED TOPICS: Pink | Red | Yellow
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