Music In The Garden

Where Music Meets The Natural World

During BrineGarden Open Days, classical pianist Alden Brine brings another dimension to the garden experience, his music drifting through the landscape in harmony with the sights, sounds, and rhythms of the shifting seasons.

BrineGarden Open Days October 24–25, 2026

Photograph copyright 2026 Taylor Shaw

A bridge, a garden, and a story decades in the making. Discover how fallen black locust trees found new life as one of the BrineGarden's most beloved features, returning just in time for this year's Open Days.

on “Growing Greener”

Duncan Brine, in a return visit to Growing Greener, sat down with Tom to explore the deceptively simple questions: What is naturalism in landscape design? What is a naturalistic garden? In the interview, Tom refers to Duncan as a naturalistic landscape design master.

by Duncan Brine

The garden world is in the midst of a slow-moving shift from the purely ornamental to the ecological. Today, naturalistic gardens are popular and prevalent. They fulfill a dual function: they are no longer just about the way they look; they are also about how they function ecologically…

From The Southern Hemisphere

Duncan's old friend, MacLean (Mac) Gander, writes about his recent visit to the Burle Marx garden outside Rio de Janeiro.

Kyle Brine in NARGS Quarterly

Field botanist and member, both philosophically and literally, of the GardenLarge family, Kyle Brine, has been awarded for his work in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park.

None other than Panayoti Kelaidis, aka "PK", Director of Outreach & Senior Curator at the Denver Botanic Gardens and President of the Rock Garden Society, invited Kyle to write for the National American Rock Garden Society (#nargs) Quarterly about his experience in the unique landscape of Lassen and its regenerative ecology in the aftermath of the fire.