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FASHION INSPIRED BY THE GARDEN: HAUTE COUTURE AND HORTICULTURE
The garden has been an inspiration to fashion designers for centuries. Garden dresses, garden shoes, garden party hats are just the threshold of garden fashion costume.
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There is a history of enjoying tea in the landscape of a New York City garden. 18th century tea gardens were added to taverns evoking the English tradition.
Read MoreEVOLUTION OF THE LAWN
It is estimated that the total amount of monocultured lawn in the United States exceeds the size of the state of Pennsylvania. Why?
Read MoreWALLED GARDENS
The Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum has two unique gardens boundaries created years apart. Each is a brilliantly executed walled, enclosed space.
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Alexander Pope said ‘‘all gardening is landscape-painting.’’ He laid the widely agreed principles of landscape architecture and design.
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In gardening like baseball, with spring comes a new planting season and hope springs eternal. What should you plant?
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For your consideration, here are four gardens inspired by the Italian renaissance. These gardens were constructed from 1550 - 2013.
Read MoreISLAMIC PARADISE GARDEN - IMPERFECT OR PERFECT GARDEN?
Paradise is frequently symbolized and directly referenced in Islamic art and architecture, as is the image of the perfect garden or a perfect garden design.
Read MoreLIGHTS IN THE LANDSCAPE
Ever wonder how the lighting of Christmas trees began? In 1882, Edward Hibberd Johnson invited friends to view the first lighted tree.
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