Carlisle
The authors, Jill Duchess of Hamilton, Penny Hart & John Simmons in their book, The Gardens of William Morris, published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1998, state, “Willow was one of Morris’s (the father of the Arts and Crafts movement in England) favorite plants.” His willow designs are reflected in his famous wallpaper and fabrics: […]
The morning sun is slanting on the shore of this creek, a tributary of the Miles River, in Easton, Maryland. It is the 40th WaterFowl Festival, the second weekend in November, a celebration of the Eastern Shore traditions: goose and duck calling, labrador retrieving, and the savors of good seafood eating. Waterfowl paintings and duck […]
“George Washington was a statesman, agriculturist, but most of all, he was a farmer for 45 years of his life,” Dean Norton, Head Horticulturist at Mont Vernon, in Virginia, explained at a lecture given at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland. “He believed that the land should be farmed with proper cultural practices and with […]
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, his partner, did not plan to have a structure in Central Park. Structures were to be subservient to nature but they modified their original plan and built a terrace, the central staircase that lead to the park’s only fountain, and a lake beyond. Jacob Wrey Mould was an assistant […]
“No great city can long exist without great suburbs,” said Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., the designer of Sudbrook Park, a suburb of Baltimore County, MD. The 204 acre estate of James Howard McHenry was one of three still surviving residential designs of Olmsted Sr.’s, including Riverside in Chicago, IL and Druid Hill in Atlanta, GA. […]
