A synopsis of existing articles about design aspects of my favorite gardens here in New England and along the eastern coast of the United States.
A reader wrote and asked right after the first of this year about the third part in my series of Traditions and Styles of Landscape Design. "Has it come out yet?" he asked.
He sent the following quote from the article to me:
The first series of gardens, presented here, create a virtual field trip that mostly illustrates the garden design concepts of formal written about in Article 1. The second series, which will be posted soon, contains examples of informal gardens, while the third series will contain those with which I am particularly fascinated, and return to time and again. Happy Traveling!
I am happy to say that I did write about the second series of gardens of Tradition and Styles of Landscape Design. This series presented an historical and virtual field trip of examples of informal landscape gardening. Both of these series that appeared in 2002 were a synopsis of western garden styles from antiquity to modern times with emphasis on the formal versus informal design concepts.
Now I can also report that recently I've written several articles about design aspects of my favorite gardens. Here is a list of the most recent articles about my favorite gardens:
- Chateau Country Landscapes: Landscape gardeners can find examples of significant European and American landscape styles without traveling to Europe. The Brandywine Valley (PA and DE) beckons to those interested in garden history. Visit the four Du Pont country estates and gardens of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill: Urban Garden Retreats and Small Shade Gardens in Boston MA. Beacon Hill (Boston, MA) residents fashion hidden backyard gardens. Garden retreats come into being from small pieces of degraded urban soil and shaded settings.
- Beacon Hill Public Garden Spaces: Residents of Beacon Hill's North Slope (Boston, MA) and civic and government groups work to transform derelict spaces and passageways into neighborhood garden spaces.
- Historic Gardens and Landscapes: New England - Survey of Selected 17th-18th Century Garden Landscapes. Historic and traditional garden landscapes in New England range from colonial times to modern times. This is a survey of selected 17th to18th century landscape styles.
- Historic Landscapes and Gardens: New England - Survey of Selected 19th Century Gardens. Historic and traditional garden landscapes in New England range from colonial times to modern times. This is a survey of selected 19th century landscape styles.
- Historic Landscapes: New England - Survey of Selected 20th Century Gardens. Twentieth century New England garden landscapes show diversity that demonstrates society's expanding financial and social bases. Four such historic designs are described here.
