For your consideration, here are four gardens inspired by the Italian renaissance. These gardens were constructed from 1550 - 2013.
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ISLAMIC PARADISE GARDEN - IMPERFECT OR PERFECT GARDEN?
in Garden design, History, Religion
Paradise is frequently symbolized and directly referenced in Islamic art and architecture, as is the image of the perfect garden or a perfect garden design.
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Ever wonder how the lighting of Christmas trees began? In 1882, Edward Hibberd Johnson invited friends to view the first lighted tree.
Read MoreLANDSCAPE DESIGN EXHIBIT IN NYC
An LALH (Library of American Landscape History) exhibition opened in New York City last week. We take a look at the exhibits landscape photographs.
Read More5 GREAT TREES FOR WINTER INTEREST
Grey Birch. If I had to just plant one tree, this is it. I can't imagine any tree more beautiful in the the winter landscape than this native.
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I’m a fan of pea gravel in garden design. It's an attractive hardscape cover with an element of sound and it's a permeable surface to manage stormwater.
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When seeking a professional to design a garden or residential landscape, does it matter what gender a landscape designer is?
Read MoreRUSSELL PAGE on GARDEN DESIGN
Russell Page (1906–1985) is known for the development of master design plan for a site by applying principles of classical style to the gardens he designed.
Read More5 FAVORITE SHRUBS FOR WINTER INTEREST
Winter may be the most challenging season, but also the season that tests one's talents as a garden designer!
When doing a planting plan many garden designers, landscape designers, landscape architects design for the winter landscape first, then orchestrate their plant palette for the remaining three seasons afterwords.
Here are five favorite shrubs for zone 7 New York City gardens. Do you agree? Which shrubs would you add to this list?
Read MoreHORTUS CONCLUSUS
Hortus conclusus is an enclosed garden or walled garden. It protected the private from public intrusion, creating a barrier, that brought nature within its walls.
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