Her message is as important today as when she wrote it. Rachel Carson, CBS documentary  

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Inviting Nature into Your Garden If you’re starting a new garden or contemplating a redesign, consider a naturalistic approach, which has renewed relevance in today’s environment. © 2011 Rob Cardillo TWENTY YEARS AGO, I left New York City with my future wife to make a garden and a new life in the country, north of [...]

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The Brine Garden is a chapter of this beautiful new book. “The line between art and nature has never seemed so blurred as it is in the Brine Garden.” — Gardens of the Hudson Valley Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry Gardens of the Hudson Valley, by co-writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner,  is the topic [...]

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Site Character: An Approach to Creative Design Discover a contextual approach to shaping landscape and garden space. A design method is outlined which bases decision-making on the characteristics of the site, not conventional style or structure. Topics include connecting spaces, the relationship between background and foreground, transparency, and framing views. The instructor illustrates his talk [...]

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