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Oct. 1 — “Roaming Seminar”– New England Wild Flower Society in the Brine Garden

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New England Wild Flower Society to visit the Brine Garden | Garden Large

The New England Wild Flower Society to visit the Brine Garden

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 – now in its 21st year – resembles a public garden, with multiple areas, each with its own character.

Duncan Brine teaching in the Brine Garden, Miscanthus Bed © gardenlarge

America’s first native plant group, The New England Wild Flower Society of Framingham, Massachusetts is to visit the Brine Garden this fall.

Native plants from Horticultural Design’s nursery help the Brine Garden blend with adjacent naturalistic areas and preserved lands. Anne Raver of The New York Times recently described the garden as a “dream-like landscape.” Author Ruah Donnelly describes The Brine Garden as “a naturalistic display garden of remarkable artistry and diversity.” Prolific garden book author, Tovah Martin, writes that at the Brine Garden, “elements of concealment and surprise are written into the landscape.” This roaming seminar will include a discussion of Duncan Brine’s landscape design process, and respond to your observations and questions.

Leader: Duncan Brine is the Principal of Horticultural Design, Inc., Pawling, NY, as well as an instructor for the New York Botanical Garden.

Fall 2011

Saturday, October 1, from 1pm to 4p

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The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day at the Brine Garden | Oct. 8

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  • 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.”

       

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      The Brine Garden – Duncan & Julia Brine

      2011 Open Day
      Saturday, October 8, from 12pm to 6pm, rain or shine
      Pawling, NY

Hudson Valley Food Lovers Festival | We’re exhibiting– Say Hello

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Gardening Alert: Nut Glut and Lyme’s Disease Relate

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  • Acorn glut signals Lyme risks | poughkeepsiejournal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal – Annotated

     

    • In the 20 years we’ve been monitoring tree seed production, this is the first time we’ve seen such an acorn glut.

       

    • We have been tracking acorn production by Hudson Valley oaks for 20 years and have consistently seen a spike in cases of Lyme disease in Dutchess County residents two years after large acorn mast years.

       

    • If oak trees produced a modest acorn crop each year, they’d run the risk of having every one consumed and leaving no descendants. But if they make few seeds in most years, then let loose with a bumper crop, it’s likely some acorns will survive the onslaught of hungry consumers. This is called “predator satiation” and is exactly what we find in our northeastern forests.

       

 

GardenLarge at Dover Earth Day

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GardenLarge and the Brine Garden enjoyed participating in the seventh annual Earth Day celebration at Dover High School. At the GardenLarge exhibit we talked about native plants, insects, and the environment. Students also learned about recycling, conservation, forestry, beekeeping, gardening, animal rehabilitation, wildlife preservation, and eco-friendly art.

 

Dover Earth Day
Dover Earth Day Owl

Julia Brine at Garden Dover Earth Day by Barbara Slocum

Julia and the Brine Garden exhibit © Barbara Slocum