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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: on the Front Page in the Hamptons

March 20, 2012 by Duncan Brine Leave a Comment

    • Advice Offered On Creating A Naturalistic Landscape Design – 27east

      Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press

      By Anne Halpin

      Gardeners interested in a more natural look for their landscapes were treated to an inspiring and insightful talk on Sunday afternoon at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton by Duncan and Julia Brine.

      The Long Bridge at the Brine Garden © gardenlarge.com

      The principal designer and his wife and partner in the Pawling, New York-based Garden Large, a naturalistic landscape design firm…

      Their talk focused on the process of making a naturalistic garden personal and unique to each site…

      The first step in the process involves acquiring a sense of the region and the characteristics of your particular property, what Mr. Brine calls “the givens.”

      Mr. Brine used his own family’s property in Dutchess County to illustrate the design process…

      For Mr. Brine, naturalistic landscape design responds to the native plants already in place. The landscape is understood as an environment, the plantings part of a whole—a bigger picture than a traditional garden bed or border…

      For the Brines, the goal of a naturalistic garden is to, in Mr. Brine’s words, “idealize and partner with nature’s potential in a place.”

      A large garden such as theirs can replicate the different ecosystems of slopes, and wet lowlands, the plantings visually integrating with views of their neighbor’s property and the distant ridgelines. On a small property, a naturalistic garden can’t invoke an entire ecosystem, but it can serve as a fragment of nature, a quotation of a natural environment.

      The naturalistic garden…can offer a refuge and respite for the senses. And because the plants are chosen to suit the givens, the garden will look like it belongs there, and the plants will thrive. It’s a low-maintenance, resource-conservative place that can nourish the gardener’s soul as it helps nature along…

      These are excerpts, for the full article, go to http://www.27east.com/

Filed Under: Bridge Gardens, Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, East Coast, Gardens, Hamptons, Speakers, US Tagged With: Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Environment, favorite, Julia Brine, Landscape design, landscape photography, Native Plants, naturalistic landscape design, Nature, Pawling NY, Principles, Public Gardens, speaker, Sustainabilty, The American Gardener

Join us in the Hamptons this weekend?

March 16, 2012 by Julia Brine Leave a Comment

Hudson Valley’s Duncan Brine, aka Garden Large,
Speaks in the Hamptons on Sunday, March 18 at 1pm

The Peconic Land Trust announces its third annual lecture series at Bridge Gardens, in Bridgehampton, NY. On March 18 at 1:00pm, Duncan Brine, principal of Garden Large, presents his naturalistic landscape design process, expanding on his recent article in “American Gardener” magazine.

“A naturalistic garden combines a gardener’s needs and desires with nature’s dictates; its design cannot be premeditated because its inherent beauty is inextricably linked to the landscape on which it is created.”

Mr. Brine is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the New England Wild Flower Society. Garden Large specializes in native plants and whole property gardens. Visit www.gardenlarge.com, for more about Garden Large, Duncan Brine, and the Brine Garden.

Long Bridge at the Brine Garden, Pawling, NY© gardenlarge.com
The Long Bridge at the Brine Garden, Pawling, NY 

Scott Medbury, president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Vincent Simeone, director of Planting Fields Arboretum, and others, are also featured in the speaker series. Reservations are required and the fee is $15 per person. Refreshments will be served following each program.

For reservations and additional dates and details on the speaker series, go to Bridge Gardens on www.PeconicLandTrust.org.

The Peconic Land Trust

The Peconic Land Trust was established in 1983 to conserve Long Island’s working farms and natural lands.  The nonprofit Trust has worked in concert with landowners, local government, partner organizations, and communities to conserve over 10,000 acres in NY, on Long Island. The Trust’s professional staff carries out the necessary research and planning to identify and implement alternatives to development. While working to conserve the productive farms, watersheds, woodlands, and beach front of Long Island, the Trust is also protecting the unique rural heritage and natural resources of the region. The Trust has Stewardship Centers in Southold, Cutchogue, Bridgehampton and Amagansett and its Main Office is in Southampton, NY. The public is invited to enjoy a wide variety of fun and educational activities through the Trust’s “Connections” programs which strive to connect people to the natural lands of Long Island’s East End.

Bridge Gardens

Bridge Gardens was established in 1988 by Harry Neyens and Jim Kilpatric, who designed and installed the gardens over the ensuing 10 years. In 1997, Bridge Gardens Trust was created as a charitable corporation to maintain and preserve the gardens. In 2008, Neyens and Kilpatric donated Bridge Gardens to the Peconic Land Trust. Rick Bogusch, a landscape architect with a long career at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, NY,  is the garden manager.

Bridge Gardens covers over five acres and consists of an Inner Garden and an Outer Garden. Developed first, the Inner Garden features a large, meticulously-trimmed knot garden surrounded by beds of 180 different culinary, medicinal, ornamental, and textile and dyeing herbs. Overlooking these plantings, the garden house is the manager’s residence/education center. In the Outer Garden, the favorite attraction is a collection of antique and modern roses. Bridge Gardens also contains animal topiaries, a lavender parterre, perennial beds and borders, a water garden, woodland paths, a hidden bamboo room, double hedgerows of privet with viewing ports, and specimen shrubs and trees.

Filed Under: Classes/Tours, Design philosophy, Duncan Brine, East Coast, GARDEN LARGE, Gardens, Hamptons, Images, Landscape Designer, Landscape Designers, Landscape Inspiration, Native Plants, Naturalistic, Nature, Not-for-Profits, Plants, Private Gardens, Public Gardens, Public Lands, Speakers, Structured Naturalism, Sustainability, US Tagged With: Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Environment, Hudson Valley, Julia Brine, Landscape design, landscape photography, Native Plants, naturalistic landscape design, Nature, Pawling NY, Principles, Public Gardens, Public land, speaker, Sustainabilty, talks, The American Gardener

Duncan Brine aka Garden Large | New York Botanical Garden Seminar

February 6, 2012 by Duncan Brine Leave a Comment

  • Duncan Brine Instructor | New York Botanical Garden Seminar | Garden Large

    • Discover a contextual approach to shaping landscape and garden space. A design method
      is outlined which bases decision-making on the characteristics of the site, not 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 6-acre naturalistic garden.

       

      Instructor: Duncan Brine

       

      Friday, February 24, 2012, 10am – 12pm

       

       

       

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Filed Under: Brine Garden, Classes/Tours, Design philosophy, Design Technique, Duncan Brine, Environment, Images, Landscape Inspiration, Native Plants, Naturalistic, Nature, New York NY, Private Gardens, Structured Naturalism, Tallamy Tagged With: Brine Garden, Duncan Brine, Environment, favorite, Landscape design, landscape photography, Native Plants, naturalistic landscape design, Nature, New York Botanical Garden, Principles, Private Gardens, talks

Photographer Norman McGrath Honored at the Library of Congress

March 16, 2016 by Julia Brine Leave a Comment

Norman McGrath, who has spent the past year documenting the Brine Garden, will speak at the Library of Congress regarding their acquisition of an archive of his work.

Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress presents a lecture by Norman McGrath:

What Makes Architectural Photography Different?

Norman McGrath discusses the challenges in modern architectural photography and the transition from film to digital media.

Thursday, March 17, 12 – 1pm
Pickford Theater (limited seating)
3rd floor, Madison Building
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540

Contact: Mari Nakahara
(202) 707-2990
mnak@loc.gov

Filed Under: Architecture, GARDEN LARGE, Speakers Tagged With: Architectural Photography, Brine Garden, landscape photography, Library of Congress, Norman McGrath, speaker, talks

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