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James GoldenDecember 28, 2008clay pond, garden structure, narrative in the garden, stone wall, wet clay9 Comments

Garden Diary: Stripped Bare

James GoldenDecember 28, 2008clay pond, garden structure, narrative in the garden, stone wall, wet clay9 Comments
James GoldenDecember 27, 2008Gardens Illustrated, Mark Laurence, Nigel Dunnett, Society of Garden Designers, sustainable designComment

Sustainable Garden Design

James GoldenDecember 27, 2008Gardens Illustrated, Mark Laurence, Nigel Dunnett, Society of Garden Designers, sustainable designComment
James GoldenDecember 22, 2008curves, garden structure2 Comments

Garden Diary: Curves

James GoldenDecember 22, 2008curves, garden structure2 Comments
James GoldenDecember 21, 2008Brooklyn, Fort Greene Park, Olmstead and Vaux, Walt WhitmanComment

Solstice Greetings from Fort Greene

James GoldenDecember 21, 2008Brooklyn, Fort Greene Park, Olmstead and Vaux, Walt WhitmanComment
James GoldenDecember 19, 2008Christopher Lloyd, Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter, Guardian, Jane Perrone5 Comments

Christopher Lloyd: his Guardian columns

James GoldenDecember 19, 2008Christopher Lloyd, Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter, Guardian, Jane Perrone5 Comments
James GoldenDecember 18, 20082 Comments

Garden Diary: Sound

James GoldenDecember 18, 20082 Comments
James GoldenDecember 17, 2008dry laid stone wall, stone in the garden, structural contrast4 Comments

Garden Diary: Structure

James GoldenDecember 17, 2008dry laid stone wall, stone in the garden, structural contrast4 Comments
James GoldenDecember 14, 2008A Philosophy of Gardens, David Cooper, Fear in the garden, Hope in the garden, Mississippi, Poncirus trifoliata, Singleton8 Comments

Atmosphere and Mood in the Garden

James GoldenDecember 14, 2008A Philosophy of Gardens, David Cooper, Fear in the garden, Hope in the garden, Mississippi, Poncirus trifoliata, Singleton8 Comments
James GoldenDecember 07, 2008Gardens Illustrated, German gardening, Noel Kingsbury, Peter Janke10 Comments

What the Germans are Doing: Peter Janke

James GoldenDecember 07, 2008Gardens Illustrated, German gardening, Noel Kingsbury, Peter Janke10 Comments
James GoldenDecember 06, 2008dry laid stone wall, planning for spring13 Comments

Garden Diary: Reminders for Spring

James GoldenDecember 06, 2008dry laid stone wall, planning for spring13 Comments
James GoldenDecember 03, 2008Battery Conservancy, Gardens of Remembrance, Piet Oudolf, The Battery BosqueComment

Battery Bosque: a follow-up from the Director of Horticulture

James GoldenDecember 03, 2008Battery Conservancy, Gardens of Remembrance, Piet Oudolf, The Battery BosqueComment
James GoldenNovember 30, 2008Gardening books, Ken Druse, Planthropology3 Comments

Planthropology: The Myths, Mysteries, and Miracles of my Garden Favorites by Ken Druse

James GoldenNovember 30, 2008Gardening books, Ken Druse, Planthropology3 Comments
James GoldenNovember 24, 2008A Large Piece of Turf, Durer, naturalistic garden9 Comments

Durer's Large Piece of Turf

James GoldenNovember 24, 2008A Large Piece of Turf, Durer, naturalistic garden9 Comments
James GoldenNovember 23, 2008Anchusa azurea, Corn poppy, Hawksbit, Italian bugloss, Italy, Leontodon, Matrix planting, Papaver rhoeas, Sanguisoba, Todi, Umbria, groundcover1 Comment

Groundcovers: lessons from Italy

James GoldenNovember 23, 2008Anchusa azurea, Corn poppy, Hawksbit, Italian bugloss, Italy, Leontodon, Matrix planting, Papaver rhoeas, Sanguisoba, Todi, Umbria, groundcover1 Comment
James GoldenNovember 18, 2008A Philosophy of Gardens, David Cooper, Gardens Illustrated, Noel Kingsbury, Tim Richardson, Vista lecturesComment

James GoldenNovember 18, 2008A Philosophy of Gardens, David Cooper, Gardens Illustrated, Noel Kingsbury, Tim Richardson, Vista lecturesComment
James GoldenNovember 15, 2008Camellia sasanqua, Fairweather Gardens, May Dreams Gardens3 Comments

Federal Twist Bloom Day

James GoldenNovember 15, 2008Camellia sasanqua, Fairweather Gardens, May Dreams Gardens3 Comments
James GoldenNovember 09, 2008Garden blogging5 Comments

Thinking about Gardens

James GoldenNovember 09, 2008Garden blogging5 Comments
James GoldenNovember 07, 2008Garden making, Lenni Lenape4 Comments

What's the story?

James GoldenNovember 07, 2008Garden making, Lenni Lenape4 Comments
James GoldenNovember 02, 2008Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, Society of Garden Designers, Tate Britain, The New Conceptualist Garden, Tim Richardson1 Comment

Gardens Illustrated - Conceptual Gardens Podcasts and Galleries

James GoldenNovember 02, 2008Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, Society of Garden Designers, Tate Britain, The New Conceptualist Garden, Tim Richardson1 Comment
James GoldenNovember 02, 2008Chanticleer, Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail', Tricyrtis5 Comments

Certainly not native, but ...

James GoldenNovember 02, 2008Chanticleer, Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail', Tricyrtis5 Comments
James GoldenNovember 01, 20082 Comments

That time of year

James GoldenNovember 01, 20082 Comments
James GoldenOctober 25, 20084 Comments

Drat!

James GoldenOctober 25, 20084 Comments
James GoldenOctober 25, 2008John Brookes, Michael King, Microstegium vimineum, Nigel Dunnett, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Richard Hansen, Rick Darke, William Hunt4 Comments

Statement of Principle

James GoldenOctober 25, 2008John Brookes, Michael King, Microstegium vimineum, Nigel Dunnett, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Richard Hansen, Rick Darke, William Hunt4 Comments
James GoldenOctober 21, 2008Pensthorpe, Piet Oudolf, shirlsgardenwatch6 Comments

Shirl's visit to Pensthorpe

James GoldenOctober 21, 2008Pensthorpe, Piet Oudolf, shirlsgardenwatch6 Comments

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