Thoughts about our garden. “We desire,” the Emporer dictated, “that in the garden there should be all kinds of plants.”  Charlemagne t...

Thoughts on Noel Kingsbury's contribution and a review of his latest book with Piet Oudolf Noel Kingsbury is the great chroni...

The very nature of nature is changing. What then about our gardens? Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage at Dungeness. Photo by Micha...

I recently caught up with author and landscape architect, Travis Beck, whose recent book Principles of Ecological Landscape Design was...

I have the pleasure of talking with different groups about landscape architecture, garden design, and sustainable design.   This winter and...

I rarely write book reviews, but I am making an exception for a remarkable new book. Principles of Ecological Landscape Design , wr...

Fifteen years ago I went on this amazing hike through a Hemlock forest in the Shenandoah National Park.  Hemlock groves have a wonderfu...

Once again, Cleve West's Best in Show Chelsea garden shows what themes will dominate design in 2013 Oooh, goody!  The 2013 Garden ...

NOSTALGIA: The idea that a plant or group of plants can evoke certain emotions based upon an evolved memory of the landscapes they ar...

"The fact that human beings create such things as gardens is strange, for it means that there are aspects of our humanity which natu...

October is one of my favorite times in the garden.   The weather is pleasant and I find myself less manic than in spring .  I enjoy t...