The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day at the Brine Garden | Garden Large The Garden Conservancy opens the gates of America‘s finest private gardens by inviting the public to visit. The Conservancy’s Open Days Program encourages appreciation of “gardens as living works of art.”   © gardenlarge The Brine Garden – Duncan & Julia Brine 2011 [...]

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The invasive species war – The Boston Globe When it comes to what we should actually do for the environment, the two sides of this debate might not be quite as far apart as their denunciations of one another might indicate. Just as most ecologists accept that only a fraction of non-native species are harmful, [...]

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Garden Rant: Native vs. invasive once again—it’s Tallamy’s turn I am not a purist and I don’t expect many other people will be either. I think taking the hard line and insisting on all natives will go a long way toward killing the movement. —Doug Tallamy, Garden Rant interview, 12/12/07 Mild-mannered Doug Tallamy, author of [...]

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Facebook Brine Garden page Monday: Anne Raver talk on her FAVES at the Horticultural Society “closer to home, Duncan and Julia Brine, who have created six acres of wild, painterly gardens in Pawling, NY.? “   The Horticultural Society of New York www.hsny.org April 11, 2011 Anne’s Favorites: Bill Noble and Jim Tatum in their [...]

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Inviting Nature into Your Garden If you’re starting a new garden or contemplating a redesign, consider a naturalistic approach, which has renewed relevance in today’s environment. © 2011 Rob Cardillo TWENTY YEARS AGO, I left New York City with my future wife to make a garden and a new life in the country, north of [...]

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