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Essential Perennials

April 8, 2015 by Julia Brine Leave a Comment

We’re excited about our friends’ invaluable new book, Essential Perennials.

Essential Perennials

“ The long-awaited update of a classic guide to perennials!”

—P. Allen Smith, award-winning gardening expert, author, and TV host

 

“ Finally, a guide to navigating the staggering possibilities among perennials.”

—Margaret Roach, awaytogarden.com

 

Perennials are the mainstay of any garden. But how do you choose from the thousands available, and care for the ones you already have? Essential Perennials is the complete reference for any gardener looking to make smart plant choices for a garden that blooms for years to come.

Trusted experts Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher help you decide exactly which plants will bring you the beauty you want and thrive in the conditions you can provide. This A-to-Z guide is packed with more than 2,700 plants, with each entry listing flower color, bloom time, foliage characteristics, size, and light and temperature requirements. Each profile is supported by stunning color photography that showcases the flower and foliage that make each plant unique.

Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference
to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden
By Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher
Photographs by Alan L. Detrick & Linda Detrick
ISBN: 9781604693164

Filed Under: Books, GARDEN LARGE, Images, Landscape Inspiration, Plants Tagged With: Book, favorite, Gardeners, Perennials, Ruth Rogers Clausen, Timber Press, Tom Christopher

New Landscape Book to Love: Lauded by Louv and Tallamy

December 18, 2011 by Duncan Brine Leave a Comment

  • UPNE – Integrated Landscaping: Lauren Chase-Rowell

    • “A first-rate model for forward thinking landscapers everywhere. It’s time to bring nature back into our lives, and this book shows us how.”—Richard Louv, author, The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods

      “From initial design to plant choice to installation, this book will guide you in the creation of a beautiful, functional, and enriching landscape, regardless of the size of your property or budget.”—Douglas W. Tallamy, author, Bringing Nature Home

       

      A new way of thinking about landscaping home grounds and public spaces, Revised and Expanded

       

      Most landscape manuals describe a linear sequence of processes: design, plant selection, installation, and ongoing maintenance. Integrated Landscaping is different. It uses natural ecosystems as models, taking a nonlinear, holistic approach that addresses these processes simultaneously. Integrated Landscaping treats each site as a system of plant and animal communities, considering their interrelationships with each other and their environment.

       

      Click here for TABLE OF CONTENTS

    • Brine Garden: Stream in fall

Filed Under: Books, Design philosophy, Design Technique, Enlightening, Environment, Gardens, Landscape Inspiration, Naturalistic, Private Gardens, Public Gardens, Sustainability, Tallamy Tagged With: Book, Environment, Landscape, Landscape design, Louv, Native Plants, naturalistic landscape design, Nature, Principles, Private Gardens, Public Gardens, Sustainabilty, Tallamy, Wildlife

New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage

December 6, 2011 by Duncan Brine Leave a Comment

  • 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?

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Filed Under: Architecture, Cultural properties, Design philosophy, Enlightening, Nature, Northeast, The New York Times Tagged With: architecture, Book, functional, Gropius, modernism, Nature, Principles, The New York Times, Thoreau

Watch Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring CBS documentary

November 29, 2011 by Julia Brine Leave a Comment

Her message is as important today as when she wrote it.

Rachel Carson, CBS documentary

Rachel Carson, author, Silent Spring

 

Filed Under: Birds, Environment, GARDEN LARGE, Insects, Nature, Sustainability, Wildlife Tagged With: Book, Carson, Environment, favorite, Nature, Principles, Sustainabilty, Tallamy, US, video, Wildlife

“Gardens of the Hudson Valley” at Rocky Hills Lecture Series

March 28, 2011 by Julia Brine 1 Comment

Gardens of the Hudson Valley Cover

The Brine Garden is a chapter of this beautiful new book.

“The line between art and nature has never seemed so blurred as it is in the Brine Garden.”
— Gardens of the Hudson Valley
Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry

Gardens of the Hudson Valley, by co-writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner,  is the topic of this spring 2011 Rocky Hills Lecture.  Photography of some of the valley’s iconic and historic gardens, both public and private, by Sue Daley and Steve Gross, will be featured.

Rocky Hills, the garden of Henriette and William Suhr, is a Garden Conservancy Preservation Project in Mount Kisco, New York. The Rocky Hills Lecture Series is presented by the Friends of Rocky Hills.

Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Chappaqua Public Library
195 South Greeley Avenue
Chappaqua, New York
Free admission

Filed Under: Books, Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Enlightening, Garden Conservancy, GARDEN LARGE, Gardens, Hudson Valley Attractions, Images, Landscape Inspiration, Northeast, Private Gardens, Public Gardens, Speakers Tagged With: Book, Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Gardens of the Hudson Valley, Hudson River School, Hudson Valley, landscape photography, Nature, New York Botanical Garden, Private Gardens, Public Gardens, speaker, talks

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