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Ramblings of a New American Gardener
James GoldenDecember 30, 2011City garden, New York City, garden space, grid paving, stone in the garden15 Comments

My left foot

James GoldenDecember 30, 2011City garden, New York City, garden space, grid paving, stone in the garden15 Comments
James GoldenDecember 21, 2011City garden, Dan Pearson, Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst', Gleditsia triacanthos, Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City, Paley Park, Peter Holt, Sanctuary in the City, Urban garden31 Comments

Garden Diary: Small city garden

James GoldenDecember 21, 2011City garden, Dan Pearson, Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst', Gleditsia triacanthos, Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City, Paley Park, Peter Holt, Sanctuary in the City, Urban garden31 Comments
James GoldenDecember 03, 2011Amalia Robredo, Juan Grimm, South America, Uruguay, conceptual design29 Comments

Juan Grimm: a garden in Uruguay

James GoldenDecember 03, 2011Amalia Robredo, Juan Grimm, South America, Uruguay, conceptual design29 Comments
James GoldenNovember 26, 2011Bertoia, Manhattan, New York City, Paley Park, Urban garden9 Comments

Paley Park by mobile phone

James GoldenNovember 26, 2011Bertoia, Manhattan, New York City, Paley Park, Urban garden9 Comments
James GoldenNovember 14, 2011Battery Conservancy, Gardens of Remembrance, New Perennial style, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Piet Oudolf, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Battery Bosque, Trycirtis, World Trade Center16 Comments

Battery Bosque by mobile phone

James GoldenNovember 14, 2011Battery Conservancy, Gardens of Remembrance, New Perennial style, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Piet Oudolf, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Battery Bosque, Trycirtis, World Trade Center16 Comments
James GoldenNovember 10, 2011Anne Wareham, Approaching autumn, Autumn colors, Gardening with light, New Perennials style, Picturesque, fall, light in the garden, morning sunlight25 Comments

Garden of Light

James GoldenNovember 10, 2011Anne Wareham, Approaching autumn, Autumn colors, Gardening with light, New Perennials style, Picturesque, fall, light in the garden, morning sunlight25 Comments
James GoldenNovember 01, 2011Friends of the High Line, High Line, Piet Oudolf, Rick Darke, Wild plant communities16 Comments

Rick Darke on the High Line

James GoldenNovember 01, 2011Friends of the High Line, High Line, Piet Oudolf, Rick Darke, Wild plant communities16 Comments
James GoldenOctober 29, 2011Autumn colors, First snow, Morning in the garden, morning sunlight18 Comments

Is this the end?

James GoldenOctober 29, 2011Autumn colors, First snow, Morning in the garden, morning sunlight18 Comments
James GoldenOctober 26, 2011Approaching autumn, Autumn, Federal Twist Garden10 Comments

Progress of autumn

James GoldenOctober 26, 2011Approaching autumn, Autumn, Federal Twist Garden10 Comments
James GoldenOctober 18, 2011Andy Sturgeon, Chelsea Flower Show, Cleve West, Dan Pearson, Gardens Illustrated, New Perennials style, Noel Kingsbury, Tim Richardson22 Comments

Talking Gardens

James GoldenOctober 18, 2011Andy Sturgeon, Chelsea Flower Show, Cleve West, Dan Pearson, Gardens Illustrated, New Perennials style, Noel Kingsbury, Tim Richardson22 Comments
James GoldenOctober 16, 2011High Line, human ecology, layered planting16 Comments

Contradictions? Not here ... plant and human ecology on the High Line

James GoldenOctober 16, 2011High Line, human ecology, layered planting16 Comments
James GoldenOctober 06, 201115 Comments

Look about ...

James GoldenOctober 06, 201115 Comments
James GoldenOctober 05, 2011Anne Wareham, Anselm Kiefer, The line between naturalistic and messy, William Martin, meaning in the garden10 Comments

As the rains ...

James GoldenOctober 05, 2011Anne Wareham, Anselm Kiefer, The line between naturalistic and messy, William Martin, meaning in the garden10 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 29, 2011Lobelia siphilitica, Ludwigia alternifolia, Seedbox, native plants, plants for wet clay10 Comments

Plants for Wet Clay: Ludwigia alternifolia (Seedbox)

James GoldenSeptember 29, 2011Lobelia siphilitica, Ludwigia alternifolia, Seedbox, native plants, plants for wet clay10 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 25, 2011Art Deco, Earthworks, Fletcher Steele, Mabel Choate, Naumkeag, The Blue Steps15 Comments

Naumkeag

James GoldenSeptember 25, 2011Art Deco, Earthworks, Fletcher Steele, Mabel Choate, Naumkeag, The Blue Steps15 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 06, 2011Germaine Greer, Hurricane Irene, Lower maintenance, Maintenance, Marc Rosenquist, Penelope Hobhouse, Pulling back, Robert Webber, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Hegarty Webber Partnership24 Comments

Garden Diary: Aftermath of Irene (in the country)

James GoldenSeptember 06, 2011Germaine Greer, Hurricane Irene, Lower maintenance, Maintenance, Marc Rosenquist, Penelope Hobhouse, Pulling back, Robert Webber, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Hegarty Webber Partnership24 Comments
James GoldenAugust 28, 2011Garden surprises, Hurricane Irene, Storm damage33 Comments

Garden Diary: All changed, changed utterly

James GoldenAugust 28, 2011Garden surprises, Hurricane Irene, Storm damage33 Comments
James GoldenAugust 25, 2011Brooklyn, City garden, Dan Pearson, Sanctuary in the City, Urban garden25 Comments

Garden Diary: Growing older in the garden ... a little navel gazing

James GoldenAugust 25, 2011Brooklyn, City garden, Dan Pearson, Sanctuary in the City, Urban garden25 Comments
James GoldenAugust 15, 2011Garden after rain, Thomas Rainer, grounded design, rain garden32 Comments

Garden Diary: After Rain

James GoldenAugust 15, 2011Garden after rain, Thomas Rainer, grounded design, rain garden32 Comments
James GoldenAugust 07, 2011Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, Heronswood, Liatris Pycnostachya, Marc Rosenquist, Sculpture in the garden, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Vernonia fasiculata16 Comments

Garden Diary: Yellow to Mauve, with Sound

James GoldenAugust 07, 2011Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, Heronswood, Liatris Pycnostachya, Marc Rosenquist, Sculpture in the garden, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Vernonia fasiculata16 Comments
James GoldenAugust 02, 2011Exhibitionism in the garden, High Line, Piet Oudolf, Voyeurism in the garden29 Comments

High Line: Urban Theater in the Garden

James GoldenAugust 02, 2011Exhibitionism in the garden, High Line, Piet Oudolf, Voyeurism in the garden29 Comments
James GoldenJuly 25, 2011Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center, Edges, Garden Writers Association, Martha Brookes Hutcheson, Morris County Parks Commission, The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Willowwood Arboretum8 Comments

Edges

James GoldenJuly 25, 2011Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center, Edges, Garden Writers Association, Martha Brookes Hutcheson, Morris County Parks Commission, The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Willowwood Arboretum8 Comments
James GoldenJuly 17, 2011Rosemont, NJ 08559, USAAstilbe taquetii 'Purpurlanze', Hemerocallis, Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Marc Rosenquist, Rudbeckia maxima, Silphium laciniatum, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Twilight30 Comments

Garden Diary: twilight with yellow, orange, green, white

James GoldenJuly 17, 2011Rosemont, NJ 08559, USAAstilbe taquetii 'Purpurlanze', Hemerocallis, Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Marc Rosenquist, Rudbeckia maxima, Silphium laciniatum, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Twilight30 Comments
James GoldenJuly 11, 2011Hawk moth, Hemaris gracilis, Hemaris thysbe, Hummingbird moth15 Comments

Hummingbird Moths

James GoldenJuly 11, 2011Hawk moth, Hemaris gracilis, Hemaris thysbe, Hummingbird moth15 Comments

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