Garden History
Helen Dillon writes in her book, “In the Irish Garden” (1998), “It is often said that there are two types of gardener, collector and maker of garden pictures. I can never decide which one I am. In the end the plants must come first…” “I think it is better to go against all gardening rules […]
Biodiversity is the buzz word Biodiversity is the buzz word at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show 2010. The plants and garden designs are stunning, as always, but one can hear the gentle sounds of bees, or at least bees that should be there. Chelsea underscores that need for biodiversity to sustain our pollinators, […]
Lost Gardens of the Bandywine runs through July 25th at Winterthur Museum and Gardens. During the clamorous years before World War II, American gardens developed into a high art. Through the use of antique garden furniture, rare color photography, and never-before-seen family images of garden life, this ehibition explores how Wilmington became a focal point […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s current installation of Big Bambu created by Doug + Mike Starn is an exhilerating experience to climb on the Met’s sculpture garden rooftop. The 4,000 pieces of bamboo frame the structure that lifts you above the tree tops of Central Park, Manhattan. The work is still in progress by the […]
Co-presented with The Poetry Society of America Friday, April 30–Sunday, June 13, 2010 Discover the gardener who became the poet. Experience the life and works of one of America’s most treasured poets as never before at the New York Botanical Garden. Her Garden: Tour her Victorian Homestead re-created in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with […]
Breezeway Iris Garden is a family business started by George Bacon and his mother Doris Bacon. The garden is located just outside of Madison, Wisconsin at the family home on 80 rolling acres we have owned since 1960. Our current house was built in the spring and summer of 2003 and the first Iris were […]
