Chanticleer – A Tour With Dan Benarcik

– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Plants

“Garden making is fundamentally not an intellectual enterprise. Most people come to gardens to experience some form of beauty.” Chris Woods Chanticleer, a 47 acre garden in the suburbs of Philadelphia, was the personal estate of Adolph Rosengarten, Sr. and was passed down to his son, Adolph Jr. and daughter, Emily. As Adrian Higgins writes[...]

Micro-Gardening: How It Transforms Philadelphia Into An Urban Jewel

– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Travels

Green roofs and walls, urban agriculture, planting trees, and large swathes of native plantings are what most gardeners discuss when the topic of gardening in urban areas arises. What often goes unnoticed is small space gardening – window boxes, containers, and entryways. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a celebration of color with a variety of[...]

Biomimicry – How Doing It Nature’s Way Will Change The Way We Live

– Posted in: Garden Design, Perennials, Sustainable Gardening

The disappearance of a major natural unit of vegetation from the face of the earth is an event worthy of causing pause and consideration by any nation. Yet so gradually has the prairie been conquered by the breaking plow, the tractor, and the overcrowded herds of man…that scant attention has been given to the significance[...]

Piet Oudolf – An Interview

– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings

With the publication of Piet’s latest book in collaboration with Noel Kingsbury, Planting: A New Perspective, I thought it worth re-visiting a 3 Part Interview about Piet that I wrote in 2009. Fran Sorin When I first saw Piet Oudolf’s work several years ago, it startled and provoked me. Since that time, I’ve bought every[...]