grounded design by Thomas Rainer: Best New Blog: Black Walnut Dispatch

Friday, December 2, 2011

Best New Blog: Black Walnut Dispatch

Black Walnut Dispatch, written by Virginia based gardener and garden designer Mary Gray, is one of the best new garden blogs I’ve come across in a long time. Full of heart and humor, Mary has already started an impressive number of high quality entries, from mocking oversized outdoor kitchens, to a satirical ode to L.L. Bean catalogues, to a moving manifesto about why we garden. The writing sizzles. It is like Garden Rant with a wry sense of humor. I recently subscribed by email so I won't miss a single post. Be sure to check out Black Walnut Dispatch. You will not be disappointed.

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AnonymousDecember 02, 2011 10:11 AM
Wow, Thomas, you are like a god. All morning I have been obsessively checking my site stats because I'm getting all these new hits and followers thanks to you. I can't thank you enough for your plug!! (What is it called when you plug a blog? A plog? A blug?)

Mary
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maria horvathDecember 03, 2011 12:07 PM
Thank you for introducing us to this wonderful blog. I think I shall enjoy it as much as I do yours.
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"(Thomas' lecture at NYBG) was a turning point for the next generation of garden designers that take into consideration both the art and ecology of great garden making. Thomas has a new contemporary voice."

"How about stopping by Mr. Rainer’s influential garden blog, Grounded Design, where he has taken to speaking apostasy against the dogma of green landscaping." The New York Times

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"As a general rule, I don't tell people what to do, or what websites to visit, but this is a 'must read' blog. I've been in this field over 40 years . . . I rarely read anything about gardens, gardening, or design that I don't know. When I see there's a new post on Thomas Rainer's blog, I get excited . . . I've yet to be disappointed."

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"I enjoyed it so much we read all the way back to the first posting, and then subscribed."

"The good earth viewed by a visionary pair of eyes. "

"Thomas doesn't write every day or even every week -- he is, after all, a busy landscape architect -- but you won't want to miss any of his posts. It's one of the most relevant and fascinating and informative blogs on the subject of landscape design and/or architecture that's out there. You will not be disappointed." Garden Design Online

"I love your blog--it is like reading an excellent garden book! Only better, if that is possible."

"An exciting convergence of landscape design and art, narrated by a visionary gardener-poet. By far, this is my favorite gardening blog."

"This is no mere garden blog. With each posting, he takes the reader on a journey from which few would want to return."

"The posts are exceptionally well written, and I almost always come away from them heady with new ideas and new ways of seeing."

"I just LOVE Thomas Rainer’s blog, Grounded Design. It’s not that he just writes great things about gardening. It is HOW he writes that really has me hooked. There is nothing boring or superficial about this blog. Rainer digs deep into the human aspects of gardening." Metro DC Lawn & Garden

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Best New Blog: Black Walnut Dispatch

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