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It’s been awhile since I’ve added gardens to the Public Garden section of this website.  I’m now adding the following seven gardens: Two gardens in Connecticut: Palmer Arboretum in Woodstock Hill-Stead Museum Garden in Farmington Two gardens associated with the … Continue reading →

Organizing a Garden Tour I’m pleased to introduce another new section to Garden Tours New England: Organizing a Garden Tour. Like many of you, I’ve gone on numerous garden tours over the years and have often marveled at the seamless … Continue reading →

In June’s blog Gardening with Tasha Tudor, I listed books about Tasha Tudor. Here are summaries of those books. Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor, A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Bethany Tudor, 1979 Bethany Tudor, Tasha’s eldest daughter, … Continue reading →

I drove out to Brattleboro, Vermont on a rainy day with wonderful vistas of the changing foliage along the way.  I was excited to be finally visiting the Tasha Tudor Museum.  As you may recall, I attended a talk about … Continue reading →

Photo gallery This would have been a fine day for one of Florence Crane’s tea parties at Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  Although by September, the summer season would be over and she would have returned to their home in … Continue reading →

Photo gallery We were just passing through this area while waiting for our son to arrive on the New London ferry.  It was just enough time to enjoy the Florence Griswold Museum garden, or Miss Florence’s garden as it is … Continue reading →

Photo gallery The drive to Fuller Gardens sets the stage nicely for the feast of the senses that this garden offers.  We came from Hampton Beach where we had dropped off our son and his friends for fun on the … Continue reading →

Photo gallery This summer’s great weather continued for the open house at Uncaoonuc Mt. Perennials, a plant nursery in Goffstown, New Hampshire.  Being the height of the summer season, the display beds and pots of plants were showing off their … Continue reading →

Photo gallery Amazed would sum up my reaction to the the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, a paradise carved out of a Maine wilderness.  Just a mile from Boothbay, the area residents and those who live close by can visit easily … Continue reading →