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Ramblings of a New American Gardener
James GoldenDecember 26, 2010Emily Dickinson17 Comments

Emily Dickinson: Radically complex and cryptic

James GoldenDecember 26, 2010Emily Dickinson17 Comments
James GoldenDecember 18, 2010Autumn colors, Rick Darke, plants for wet clay28 Comments

Light and Color

James GoldenDecember 18, 2010Autumn colors, Rick Darke, plants for wet clay28 Comments
James GoldenDecember 04, 2010Andrew Keys, Anne Wareham, Horticulture magazine, Lynn Felici-Gallant, Radio Garden4 Comments

These fragments I have shored against my ruin

James GoldenDecember 04, 2010Andrew Keys, Anne Wareham, Horticulture magazine, Lynn Felici-Gallant, Radio Garden4 Comments
James GoldenDecember 03, 2010Ken Druse, Mark Ziegler, Meaning of the garden, Real Dirt, ThinkinGardens, garden philosophy51 Comments

Is gardening only a hobby?

James GoldenDecember 03, 2010Ken Druse, Mark Ziegler, Meaning of the garden, Real Dirt, ThinkinGardens, garden philosophy51 Comments
James GoldenNovember 25, 2010Arts and Crafts, Doylestown, Fonthill, Henry Chapman Mercer, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, William Beckford, reading landscape23 Comments

Heartbreak Landscape: Arts and Crafts in Doylestown

James GoldenNovember 25, 2010Arts and Crafts, Doylestown, Fonthill, Henry Chapman Mercer, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, William Beckford, reading landscape23 Comments
James GoldenNovember 11, 2010Dutch Wave, Friedrich Stahl, Henk Gerritsen, Michael King, New Perennials style, New Wave, Noel Kingsbury, Perennials and their Garden Habitats, Piet Oudolf, Richard Hansen, Romantic24 Comments

Garden Diary: October 24 - Coming Home

James GoldenNovember 11, 2010Dutch Wave, Friedrich Stahl, Henk Gerritsen, Michael King, New Perennials style, New Wave, Noel Kingsbury, Perennials and their Garden Habitats, Piet Oudolf, Richard Hansen, Romantic24 Comments
James GoldenNovember 08, 2010High Line6 Comments

High Line: Another view

James GoldenNovember 08, 2010High Line6 Comments
James GoldenOctober 23, 2010Carex pensylvanica, Chelsea, Frank Gehry, High Line, Jean Nouvel, Piet Oudolf, Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis41 Comments

High Line: More than the sum of its parts

James GoldenOctober 23, 2010Carex pensylvanica, Chelsea, Frank Gehry, High Line, Jean Nouvel, Piet Oudolf, Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis41 Comments
James GoldenOctober 11, 2010Mary Keen, ThinkinGardens makeover12 Comments

ThinkinGardens: a Makeover

James GoldenOctober 11, 2010Mary Keen, ThinkinGardens makeover12 Comments
James GoldenOctober 05, 2010Eastern Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor, Tree frog13 Comments

Tree frog on window

James GoldenOctober 05, 2010Eastern Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor, Tree frog13 Comments
James GoldenOctober 02, 2010Arrowleaf, Cattail, Pontadera cordata, Sagittaria latifolia, Typha latifolia, clay pond, natural pond6 Comments

Man at work: pond cleanup

James GoldenOctober 02, 2010Arrowleaf, Cattail, Pontadera cordata, Sagittaria latifolia, Typha latifolia, clay pond, natural pond6 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 30, 2010Miscanthus 'Silberfeder', Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', River Birch, Sanguinaria canadensis, Twilight18 Comments

Twilight in late September

James GoldenSeptember 30, 2010Miscanthus 'Silberfeder', Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', River Birch, Sanguinaria canadensis, Twilight18 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 23, 2010Iris, Lespedeza, Ludwigia alternifolia, Marc Rosenquist, Miscanthus 'Gracillimus', Miscanthus 'Silberfeder', Miscanthus purpurescens, Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Sanguisoba14 Comments

Autumn

James GoldenSeptember 23, 2010Iris, Lespedeza, Ludwigia alternifolia, Marc Rosenquist, Miscanthus 'Gracillimus', Miscanthus 'Silberfeder', Miscanthus purpurescens, Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Sanguisoba14 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 23, 2010Hot air balloon10 Comments

Nothing to do with gardens

James GoldenSeptember 23, 2010Hot air balloon10 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 19, 2010Praying mantis6 Comments

Praying Mantis

James GoldenSeptember 19, 2010Praying mantis6 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 16, 2010Japanese Fan Tail Willow, Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar', Miscanthus 'Gracillimus', Patrinia scabiosifolia, Salix Sachalinensis 'Sekka', Sanguisorba tenuifolia, Scirpus cyperinus, Thuya occidentalis24 Comments

Rusty browns, spots of color, waving fans

James GoldenSeptember 16, 2010Japanese Fan Tail Willow, Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar', Miscanthus 'Gracillimus', Patrinia scabiosifolia, Salix Sachalinensis 'Sekka', Sanguisorba tenuifolia, Scirpus cyperinus, Thuya occidentalis24 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 08, 2010Fear in the garden, coyote9 Comments

Coyote at evening

James GoldenSeptember 08, 2010Fear in the garden, coyote9 Comments
James GoldenAugust 31, 2010Dante, Gravel path, In a dark wood, Meaning of the garden16 Comments

Garden Diary: Practical Paths, Visual Structure, Metaphorical Leanings

James GoldenAugust 31, 2010Dante, Gravel path, In a dark wood, Meaning of the garden16 Comments
James GoldenAugust 17, 2010Approaching autumn, August in the garden17 Comments

Garden Diary: I think it's reached a peak

James GoldenAugust 17, 2010Approaching autumn, August in the garden17 Comments
James GoldenAugust 16, 2010Mien Ruys, Peter Holt, grid paving4 Comments

Garden Diary: Linear motif

James GoldenAugust 16, 2010Mien Ruys, Peter Holt, grid paving4 Comments
James GoldenAugust 15, 2010Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Eupatorium purpureum, Hemerocallis, Joe Pye Weed, Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Silphium laciniatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, drought10 Comments

Garden Diary: Starting August

James GoldenAugust 15, 2010Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Eupatorium purpureum, Hemerocallis, Joe Pye Weed, Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Silphium laciniatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, drought10 Comments
James GoldenAugust 10, 2010Gail Deery, Marc Rosenquist, Sculpture in the garden, garden sculpture12 Comments

Marc Rosenquist: Getting it in

James GoldenAugust 10, 2010Gail Deery, Marc Rosenquist, Sculpture in the garden, garden sculpture12 Comments
James GoldenAugust 04, 2010Federal Twist Garden8 Comments

Garden Diary: July 18 Walkabout

James GoldenAugust 04, 2010Federal Twist Garden8 Comments
James GoldenJuly 28, 2010Burpee Seed Company, Fordhook Farm, George Ball, Heronswood, Hybrid, Noel Kingsbury, Steve Tobin, Trinity Root26 Comments

Connections: Trinity Root and a Visit to Fordhook Farm

James GoldenJuly 28, 2010Burpee Seed Company, Fordhook Farm, George Ball, Heronswood, Hybrid, Noel Kingsbury, Steve Tobin, Trinity Root26 Comments

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