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Ramblings of a New American Gardener
James GoldenDecember 25, 2012Garden Conservancy, Reflecting pool, Thuja occidentalis, boxwood19 Comments

Garden Diary: Reflections

James GoldenDecember 25, 2012Garden Conservancy, Reflecting pool, Thuja occidentalis, boxwood19 Comments
James GoldenDecember 14, 201224 Comments

Celebration!

James GoldenDecember 14, 201224 Comments
UncategorizedgoldenDecember 13, 20122 Comments

Celebration!

A celebration of light, frost and the Federal Twist garden.

UncategorizedgoldenDecember 13, 20122 Comments
Celebration!
James GoldenDecember 05, 2012A Philosophy of Gardens, Alexander Pope, David E. Cooper, Mystery in the garden, The genius of the place, Thomas Rainer, grounded design23 Comments

Second life

James GoldenDecember 05, 2012A Philosophy of Gardens, Alexander Pope, David E. Cooper, Mystery in the garden, The genius of the place, Thomas Rainer, grounded design23 Comments
James GoldenNovember 28, 2012Autumn light, Chanticleer14 Comments

Just turning from ...

James GoldenNovember 28, 2012Autumn light, Chanticleer14 Comments
James GoldenNovember 18, 2012Fallen trees, Hurricane Sandy27 Comments

Hurricane, change

James GoldenNovember 18, 2012Fallen trees, Hurricane Sandy27 Comments
James GoldenNovember 02, 2012Andropogon virginicus, Aster tartaricus 'Jin Dai', Autumn, Editing, Horizontal layering, Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Ligularia japonica, Miscanthus, Molenia, Silphium laciniatum34 Comments

Fountains of light, abstract patterns, taking a chance on chance

James GoldenNovember 02, 2012Andropogon virginicus, Aster tartaricus 'Jin Dai', Autumn, Editing, Horizontal layering, Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Ligularia japonica, Miscanthus, Molenia, Silphium laciniatum34 Comments
James GoldenOctober 27, 2012Bill Grundmann, Garden Conservancy, Helen Grundmann, Maude Odgers, Michael Gordon, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, Tovah Martin45 Comments

Garden visitors

James GoldenOctober 27, 2012Bill Grundmann, Garden Conservancy, Helen Grundmann, Maude Odgers, Michael Gordon, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore Perennial Plant Conference, Swarthmore, Tovah Martin45 Comments
UncategorizedgoldenOctober 27, 2012Garden Conservancy, Helen Grundmann, Maude Odgers, Michael Gordon, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore Perennial Plant Conference, Tovah MartinComment

Garden visitors

Welcome visitors to the Federal Twist garden.

UncategorizedgoldenOctober 27, 2012Garden Conservancy, Helen Grundmann, Maude Odgers, Michael Gordon, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore Perennial Plant Conference, Tovah MartinComment
Garden visitors
James GoldenOctober 23, 2012Andropogon virginicus, Broomsedge, Croton capitatus, Dogfennel, Eupatorium capillifolium, Mississippi, Wolly croton6 Comments

Field

James GoldenOctober 23, 2012Andropogon virginicus, Broomsedge, Croton capitatus, Dogfennel, Eupatorium capillifolium, Mississippi, Wolly croton6 Comments
James GoldenOctober 13, 2012Rowan Oak, William Faulkner15 Comments

Faulkner's place

James GoldenOctober 13, 2012Rowan Oak, William Faulkner15 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 29, 2012Anne Wareham, Filipendula 'Venusta', Gardening with light, Miscanthus giganteus, Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Panicum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Salix koriyanagi 'Rubikins', Sanguisorba canadensis24 Comments

Tracking fall

James GoldenSeptember 29, 2012Anne Wareham, Filipendula 'Venusta', Gardening with light, Miscanthus giganteus, Panicum 'Dallas Blues', Panicum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Salix koriyanagi 'Rubikins', Sanguisorba canadensis24 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 24, 2012Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar', Marc Rosenquist, Panicum 'Shenandoah', Pycnanthemum muticum, Rudbeckia maxima, Silphium, Sorgastrum nutans, omphalos12 Comments

In another light

James GoldenSeptember 24, 2012Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar', Marc Rosenquist, Panicum 'Shenandoah', Pycnanthemum muticum, Rudbeckia maxima, Silphium, Sorgastrum nutans, omphalos12 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 21, 2012Aster punicus, Chelone, Great blue lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica, Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba tenuifolia, Swamp aster14 Comments

In the balance

James GoldenSeptember 21, 2012Aster punicus, Chelone, Great blue lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica, Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah', Rudbeckia maxima, Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba tenuifolia, Swamp aster14 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 13, 2012Brooklyn garden, Urban garden35 Comments

Kitsch or useful visual ornament?

James GoldenSeptember 13, 2012Brooklyn garden, Urban garden35 Comments
James GoldenSeptember 04, 2012Camperdown elm, Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture15 Comments

Courtyard Gardens at Grounds for Sculpture

James GoldenSeptember 04, 2012Camperdown elm, Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture15 Comments
James GoldenAugust 26, 2012Eupatorium maculatum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', Joe Pye Weed, Rudbeckia maxima10 Comments

August 19 - Straight, Tilted, Curved

James GoldenAugust 26, 2012Eupatorium maculatum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', Joe Pye Weed, Rudbeckia maxima10 Comments
James GoldenAugust 15, 2012Chanticleer, The Teacup Garden, The Tennis Count Garden21 Comments

... of hammered gold and gold enameling ...

James GoldenAugust 15, 2012Chanticleer, The Teacup Garden, The Tennis Count Garden21 Comments
James GoldenAugust 04, 2012Bronze fennel, Brooklyn garden, Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme', Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Chance, Pennisetum, Pycnanthemum muticum, Selaginella, Tetrapanax, The unexpected24 Comments

Garden Diary: Flexible Trees, Slow Decisions

James GoldenAugust 04, 2012Bronze fennel, Brooklyn garden, Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme', Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Chance, Pennisetum, Pycnanthemum muticum, Selaginella, Tetrapanax, The unexpected24 Comments
James GoldenJuly 28, 2012Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Joe Pye Weed, Liatris spicata, Prairie garden, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Incredible Shrinking Man, daylilies, wet prairie34 Comments

The Incredible Shrinking Man

James GoldenJuly 28, 2012Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Joe Pye Weed, Liatris spicata, Prairie garden, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, The Incredible Shrinking Man, daylilies, wet prairie34 Comments
James GoldenJuly 19, 2012Chanticleer, Steampunk, Tea Cup Garden, neo-Victorian19 Comments

The Neo-Victorian Garden?

James GoldenJuly 19, 2012Chanticleer, Steampunk, Tea Cup Garden, neo-Victorian19 Comments
James GoldenJuly 07, 2012Bruce Gangawer, Paxson Hill Farm10 Comments

Paxson Hill Farm

James GoldenJuly 07, 2012Bruce Gangawer, Paxson Hill Farm10 Comments
James GoldenJuly 02, 2012Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Pontederia cordata, Rudbeckia maxima, Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne', Silphium laciniatum, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum3 Comments

Queen of the Prairie

James GoldenJuly 02, 2012Inula racemosa 'Sonnenspeer', Pontederia cordata, Rudbeckia maxima, Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne', Silphium laciniatum, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum3 Comments
James GoldenJune 23, 2012meaning in the garden, memento mori, metaphor, theater in the garden11 Comments

Not Nature, an Entertainment

James GoldenJune 23, 2012meaning in the garden, memento mori, metaphor, theater in the garden11 Comments

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