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Duncan Brine’s Naturalistic Landscape Design Seminar at the New York Botanical Garden

February 9, 2016 by Julia Brine Leave a Comment

Naturalistic Landscape Design

Annually, GardenLarge principal landscape designer, Duncan Brine, leads a popular seminar at the New York Botanical Garden.

A naturalistic garden connects to the existing conditions of its site. Discover a landscape design method that elicits responses from the site rather than imitating a conventional style or structure. Topics include connecting spaces, the relationship between background and foreground, transparency, and framing views. The instructor illustrates his talk with images of his six-acre naturalistic garden.

Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Instructor: Duncan Brine

Registration

Consider following the class with a stroll through the garden.


Filed Under: Classes/Tours, Design philosophy, Duncan Brine, GARDEN LARGE, GardenLarge, Landscape Design Firms, Landscape Designers, Naturalistic, Speakers, Structured Naturalism Tagged With: Class, Duncan Brine, naturalistic landscape design, New York Botanical Garden, NYBG, Seminar, talks

Legendary Norman McGrath Documents the Brine Garden

July 2, 2015 by Julia Brine 1 Comment

Norman McGrath, the Brine Garden

© Norman McGrath

Photographer Norman McGrath is shooting the Brine Garden in its 25th year.

Norman and his wife, Molly, had lunch at Duncan and Julia Brine’s home and toured the Brine Garden in the fall of 2014. Not long afterwards, Norman emailed,

“Very much enjoyed our recent luncheon and visit to your beautiful garden. The fruits of all your care and planning have produced a unique environment. Would you consider embarking on a year long study which would examine closely the seasonal changes which make it so special?”

The Brines were thrilled at the prospect of collaborating with such an exceptional professional.

Norman is best known as an architectural photographer and author of the definitive book, Photographing Buildings Inside and Out, which has sold over 47,000 copies. But, for the past decade Norman has been observing and creating images of the Great Swamp, part of which is just across Route 22 from the Brine Garden.

Born in London, Norman was educated in Ireland where he earned an engineering degree at Trinity College, Dublin. His father was the Australian-born architect and author, Raymond McGrath. Norman has lived in the US since 1956.

Norman has photographed the work of a wide variety of influential and well-known architects and designers, including Mies van der Rohe, Hugh Stubbins, Charles Gwathmey, Frank Gehry, and Philip Johnson. His work has been featured in every major architectural publication and a collection of his photographs has been acquired by the Library of Congress. www.normanmcgrath.com

Filed Under: Art, Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, East Coast, GARDEN LARGE, GardenLarge, Gardens, Hudson Valley Attractions, Images, Landscape Inspiration, Pawling NY, US Tagged With: Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Hudson Valley, Landscape, Landscape design, landscape photography, naturalistic landscape designer, Norman McGrath, photography

GardenLarge Timeline, Since 1984

October 11, 2014 by Julia Brine

 

Duncan and Kyle Brine, John K. Hutchens1984

GardenLarge started in Brooklyn, NY.

1990

Brine Garden started in Pawling, NY.

1991

Kyle Brine in the Brine Garden with his father, Duncan Brine, and Duncan’s stepfather, John K. Hutchens.

The Literary Garden, introduction by Duncan Brine2002

The Literary Garden, Penguin-Putnam, introduction by Duncan Brine….

NYC exhibit of the Brine Garden and Sylvester Manor of The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, by Mac Griswold. Exhibit images by Michael Dodge and Everett H. Scott.

2003

The Brine Garden selected for the New York Botanical Garden, “Creativity Tour”.

CRW_27162005

Many Splendid Things, Passport Magazine, Litchfield County Times, by Tovah Martin, photographer: Laurie Gaboardi.

2006

New England Wild Flower Society seminar at the Brine Garden….

Garden Conservancy Open Day at the Brine Garden…. Connecticut Horticultural Society talk by Duncan Brine, West Hartford, CT.

2007

A Purposeful Confusion, Best of the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Magazine, by Lynn Hazlewood, photographer: Philip Jensen-Carter….

Duncan Brine, naturalistic landscape design seminar, the New York Botanical Garden….

Butterfly in the Brine Garden

Duncan and Julia Brine, the Brine Garden, Vistas and Close-ups, Staged by a Filmmaker,The New York Times, by Anne Raver, photographer: John Lei.

2008

GardenLarge, The Big Idea, Horticulture, by Carleen Madigan, photographer: Stacy Bass….

Designer Plant Combinations by Scott CalhounDuncan Brine, Designer Plant Combinations, Storey Publishing, by Scott Calhoun….

The Large Garden of Duncan Brine, Woodstock Times, by Andrea Barrist Stern….

Duncan Brine, speaker, Hardy Plant Society, Connecticut Chapter, Wethersfield, CT.

Duncan Brine, speaker, Garden Club of America, St. Louis, MO.

American Horticultural Society'sAmerican Gardener2010

American Horticultural Society’s American Gardener, article by Duncan Brine, photographer: Rob Cardillo….

Brine Garden 20th Anniversary, Doug and Cindy Tallamy visit the Brine Garden (Bringing Nature Home and The Living Landscape)….

Duncan Brine, speaker, Berkshire Botanic Garden, Stockbridge, MA….

The Brine Garden, a chapter of Gardens of the Hudson Valley, Monacelli Press, by Susan Daley and Steve Gross, photographers, text: Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry ….

50 Beautiful Deer Resistant Plants2011

The Brine Garden on the cover of 50 Beautiful Deer Resistant Plants, Timber Press, by Ruth Rogers Clausen, photographer: Alan L. Detrick.

2012

Duncan Brine, speaker, Naturalistic Whole Property Design, Peconic Land Trust’s Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY.

2013

Duncan Brine, speaker, symposium with Rick Darke and others, SALT Conference, Connecticut College….

Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley by Jane GarmeyNative Drama, the Brine Garden’s chapter of Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley, Monacelli Press, by Jane Garmey, photographer: John M Hall….

Duncan Brine, speaker, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY.

2014

Duncan Brine, speaker, judge with Julie Moir Messervey and others, Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA….

Duncan Brine, interviewer, NY Times garden writer, Anne Raver, Mad Gardeners’ Symposium, Falls Village, CT.

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Northwest Flower & Garden Show – Duncan Brine judge and speaker, along with Julie Moir Messervy and Douglas Justice

January 29, 2014 by Julia Brine


Duncan Brine joins Julie Moir Messervy and Douglas Justice as a judge and lecturer for the 2014 Northwest Flower & Garden Show, in Seattle, Washington. Former judges include James van Sweden, Wolfgang Oehme, Piet Oudolf, Laurie Olin, Panyoti Kelaidis, and Michael Pollan.

On Wednesday, February 2 at 1:30 pm Duncan Brine will present “Naturalistic Landscape Design: Breaking Rules on Principle”.

Julie Moir Messervy is the principal of Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio in Saxtons River, VT. In 1999 she completed the award-winning Toronto Music Garden, collaborating with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the City of Toronto, to create a three-acre public park based on music by J.S. Bach. Messervy’s award-winning books include Home Outside, Outside the Not So Big House, and Contemplative Gardens. Messervy is the recipient of many awards, including the APLD 2006 Award of Distinction.

Seattle, Washington skyline

Along with duties as the Associate Director and Curator of Collections at UBC Botanical Garden, Douglas Justice teaches in both the Applied Biology and Masters of Landscape Architecture programs at UBC and is involved with public and industry extension. A former nursery manager, gardener and horticulture instructor, Douglas holds a Bachelor’s degree in horticulture and a Master’s in botany. He is an active member of a number of local, national and international plant and garden organizations and is currently writing a book on trees for the Vancouver area.

Since 1989 gardening enthusiasts have been flocking to this annual celebration which includes an acre of Show Gardens created by the most respected garden designers and landscapers of the region and a marketplace with over 300 exhibitors. The show is also renowned for offering the largest roster of free horticulture seminars of any garden show in the world.

February 5-9, 2014

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March 1: NY Times Garden Writer, Anne Raver, in Conversation with GardenLarge Principal Landscape Designer, Duncan Brine

January 29, 2014 by Julia Brine 1 Comment


A Life of Stories: In the Garden and On the Land

Seven years ago, Anne Raver interviewed Duncan Brine for her New York Times piece, “Vistas and Close-Ups, Staged by a Filmmaker” featuring his Hudson Valley garden. Since Anne’s discovery, the Brine Garden has been the subject of several books and magazines.

On March 1, as part of a symposium, Anne takes the hot seat as Duncan interviews her about her many years covering the garden “writ large”.  Anne will share her garden writer’s world with an audience of avid homeowners and professional gardeners and designers.  From her early years as a storyteller at the farm dinner table in Maryland to honing her skills under deadline at Newsday and The New York Times Anne talks gardens and gardeners, including: how she selects her subjects, reports and writes the story, but also how she presents the personal stories of the gardeners she has met that illustrate issues in horticulture past, present, and future. Anne’s garden writing approach is personal and so will be Duncan and Anne’s conversation at the symposium.

Anne Raver has written about gardening and the environment for almost 30 years.  As an award-winning columnist and feature writer for Newsday in the 1980s, and later the New York Times, she has explored the meaning of gardens from river farmers in the Amazon to urban pioneers of New York City.  She has kept a loyal following informed and inspired about the environment, from the effects of pesticides to the vagaries of climate change, often using her own gardens at her Maryland farm as the starting point.  A storyteller at heart, her love of travel, fueled by her curiosity, has taken her to little known people and places throughout the United States, South America, and England – to bring their stories to life on the page.  Anne has a master’s degree in creative writing and is a former Loeb Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, but her greatest teachers have been the gardeners and farmers who have told her their stories.  She is the author of Deep in the Green, a collection of her columns, published by Knopf, 1995.

Brine Garden Miscanthus Bed by John M. Hall

© John M. Hall

The Brine Garden is featured in its own chapter in the new book, Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley published by Monacelli Press.

 

At the upcoming symposium, Duncan and Anne will delve into various aspects of horticulture which have received Anne’s attention and journalistic treatment over the years. Duncan is a principal at GardenLarge, a landscape design and installation firm. He teaches naturalistic landscape design at the New York Botanical Gar­den; his method of “structured naturalism,” involves native plants and existing conditions. In the American Horticultural Society’s American Gardener magazine, Duncan wrote, “A naturalistic garden has a dual focus, like horticulture itself—it’s balanced between art and science.”

Brine Garden Birch Grove by John M. Hall

© John M. Hall

A grove of Betula nigra ‘Heritage’ in the Brine Garden, Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley, published by Monacelli Press.

 

Also presenting at the symposium are Ed Bowen and Dawn Pettinelli.

In his talk, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, specialty nursery owner, Ed Bowen, will discuss mass-market plant selection criteria and the limitations the process imposes on gardeners and growers.

Dawn Pettinelli, an educator at the University of Connecticut, presents Soil Sense: Let’s Stop Treating Our Soils Like Dirt – Our Lives Depend Upon It! Dawn will demonstrate various threats to healthy soil and helps gardeners respect and protect one of their most valuable assets.

The Mad Gardeners’ Symposium, titled Keeping Grounded: Life in the Garden, will take place at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village, CT, on Saturday, March 1, from 9am to 3pm. (Snow Date: Sunday, March 2)

Registration:

Pre-registration by February 26 includes lunch.

Registration: $80.

Make checks payable to: Mad Gardeners

Mail to:
Sharon Tingley, Registrar
Mad Gardeners
30 Fairchild Road
Sharon, CT 06069

To register after February 26: call 860-355-1547 or email: knelson151@sbcglobal.net

For symposium details and to download the event brochure go to  www.madgardeners.org.

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