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New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage

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  • New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage – NYTimes.com

    • While their creations might seem out of place here, they match the ideals of Thoreau, said Alexander Gorlin, an architect whose book with the photographer Geoffrey Gross, “Tomorrow’s Houses: New England Modernism,” came out this year.

      Mr. Gorlin said the plain, functional style of modernism, meant to blend into the landscape, echoed Thoreau’s desire to live simply and in harmony with nature. Gropius, he added, was inspired by another early New England thinker, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Is either contemporary or traditional architecture inherently more suitable for rural landscape?

Brine home in Brine Garden

Visit the Brine Garden with ArtEast Open Studio Tour

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The Brine Garden is celebrating its 21st anniversary with an exhibit of photographs and watercolors. ArtEast Open Studio Tour visitors are welcome to enjoy the exhibit and stroll through the 6-acre garden.

With his original digital Canon Rebel, landscape designer Duncan Brine makes images that share the design principles of his garden, “how it works.”

The Brine Garden Entry gate, Pawling, NY © gardenlarge.com

Duncan’s wife, Julia Brine, his partner in their landscape design firm, Horticultural Design, Inc., depicts botanical and natural subjects in watercolor and pencil.

Native Euonymus atropurpureus © Julia Brine

Learn more at gardenlarge.com.

FrOGS Annual Great Swamp Celebration and Art Show Returns to Pawling, NY

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A wonderful community experience:

October 22, 11am-5pm and October 23, 1pm-4pm, at the Frances Ryan Thomas Memorial Center of Christ Church on Quaker Hill in Pawling, NY.

Join the Brines and other FrOGS to celebrate the diverse beauty of our local, majestic wetland. Enjoy work by local artists and artisans, educational displays, food, and activities.

The Great Swamp Watershed, Pawling, NY by Stancy Duhamel
© Constance Duhamel

FrOGS (Friends of the Great Swamp) is an active voice for the protection of the Great Swamp, one of the largest freshwater wetlands in New York State.

 

Anne Raver NY Times | Reveals Brine Garden as Favorite | The Horticultural Society of New York

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Anne’s Favorites:

Bill Noble and Jim Tatum in their rolling valley in Norwich, VT;
Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones at Windcliff, overlooking the Puget Sound in Indianola, WA;
Dennis and Cheryl Kamera on nearby Whidbey Island;
and closer to home, Duncan and Julia Brine, who have created six acres of wild, painterly gardens in Pawling, NY