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Botanic Notables: The Cypress Guitar
By Anna Laurent
Landscaped entirely out of cypress and eucalyptus, the enormous guitar is one Argentine farmer's love letter to his late wife, a young woman who loved the guitar.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | Argentina | botanic notables | cypress | Design | eucalyptus | plants | Travel | Trees | tribute
Botanic Notables: Florida's 'The Senator' Cypress
By Anna Laurent
'The Senator,' a 3,500 year old cypress in the swamplands of central Florida, burned and collapsed in January. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | botanic notables | cypress | Florida | historic | oldest | Travel
Botanic Notables: The Tree That Owns Itself
By Anna Laurent
A legendary white oak in Athens, Georgia, known as "The Tree that Owns Itself," is the only tree in the world to have been granted legal ownership to itself and its surrounding land.  
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | botanic notables | georgia | oak | Travel
Sea and Stone: A Croatian Island Garden
By Lise Funderburg
Interior designer Lucien Rees Roberts and his partner, architect Steven Harris, bought an island paradise in Croatia. This is the story of how they, along with landscape architect David Kelly, transformed an overgrown property into an amazing summer home with timeless Mediterranean views.
Related Topics: Places | Blue | Gray | Green | Pink | Croatia | Europe | garden photos | landscape architecture | Travel
Botanic Notables: The Oldest Tree House
By Anna Laurent
The famous Tree House at Pitchford is said to be the oldest one in the world. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | grey | botanic notables | botanic superlatives | Britain | Travel | treehouses
Botanic Notables: The Ancient Cypress of Saint Francis
By Anna Laurent
An 800-year old cypress tree grows in the cloister of a hilltop Franciscan convent in Italy; legend says that Saint Francis planted the tree from his own walking staff. 
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | Anna Laurent | botanic notables | cypress | Italy | legend | saint francis | Travel
Helen and Brice Marden's Caribbean Hotel
By Paul O'Donnell
On the Caribbean island of Nevis, the diverse styles of artists Helen and Brice Marden and landscape architect Raymond Jungles yield a singular vision.
Related Topics: Travel | Green | Red | artists | Caribbean | hotel | inns | palms | Raymond Jungles | Travel | tropical
Helen and Brice Marden's Caribbean Hotel, Slide Show
By Paul O'Donnell
A gallery of photographs of artists Helen and Brice Marden's inn in Nevis, in the Caribbean, with gardens designed by Raymond Jungles, including close-up of many of the tropical plants on the property.
Related Topics: Places | Green | Orange | Red | Dramatic | artists | Caribbean | hotel | inns | palms | Raymond Jungles | Travel | tropical
Botanic Notables: The Tree of Hippocrates
By Anna Laurent
It is believed that Hippocrates taught under the canopy of a plane tree on a Greek island. Today, a descendent of that tree is hollowed and hallowed and its cuttings and seeds have been grown throughout the world.

 

Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | Anna Laurent | botanic notables | greece | plane | sycamore | Travel | Tree
Art + Botany: Haute Holiday Trees
By Anna Laurent
Designers around the world have created whimsical Christmas trees inspired by lotus flowers, French macarons, and children's story books. Check out this assortment of unusual trees around the world.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Pink | Red | White | Yellow | Anna Laurent | art botany | christmas | Christmas trees | Design | holiday | hotel | Travel | Trees
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