“Eden Reconsidered” A Passionate Appreciation of the Brine Garden by Marilyn Bethany At once naturalistic and theatrical, Brine’s garden challenges every assumption.  A knowledgeable plantsman who teaches off-season at the New York Botanical Garden, he confidently tosses together commonplace natives with rare and exquisite exotics, mass plantings with specimens, fine tuning each close-up but always [...]

[Read more →]

Plant an Insectary to Invite Insects to Your Garden: An insectary is a garden plot just for the insects. The right variety of plants will attract beneficial bugs to the neighborhood. It can be a separate landscape bed right near your garden, or several small plantings interspersed among the veggies. So what do you plant [...]

[Read more →]

Erik Kiviat’s Hudsonia is an important resource for environmental research and education in the Hudson Valley. Get an eyeful of his perspective here. http://www.townofdover.us/HudsoniaPresentation.pdf

[Read more →]

The Brine Design: Landscape and Garden Principles in Practice Join an on-site seminar at landscape designer Duncan Brine’s own six-acre garden. The Brine Garden resembles a public garden, with multiple areas, each with its own character. © HD Native plants from an on-site nursery were incorporated to help the garden blend with naturalistic areas and [...]

[Read more →]

Hot Off the Press: Designer Plant Combinations Awarded, accomplished, and colorful author,  Scott Calhoun traveled the country searching for the freshest, most exciting plant groupings. He visited the gardens of top designers from coast to coast and chose more than 100 combinations to include in his photographic celebration. Riots of complementary colors, masses of grasses, [...]

[Read more →]