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

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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

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Consider following the class with a stroll through the garden.


Legendary Norman McGrath Documents the Brine Garden

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Norman McGrath, the Brine Garden

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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

GardenLarge Timeline, Since 1984

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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.

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

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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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