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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“The line between art and nature has never seemed so blurred as it is in the Brine Garden.” Legendary American landscape design figures—Alexander Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Beatrix Farrand, and Fletcher Steele—all worked in the Hudson Valley.   Gardens of the Hudson Valley celebrates the historic and artistic landscape. Photographers Steve Gross and Susan [...]

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  The Garden Conservancy, which makes America’s finest private gardens available to the public, presents the Brine Garden and the Scherer Garden in Pawling, NY, this Saturday, October 2, from 2-6 pm, rain or shine ($5 admission per garden). In fall, rather than focusing on flowers, these gardens feature the ambiance created by vistas, their [...]

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A wonderful community experience: October 23, 11am-5pm and October 24, 1pm-4pm, at the Frances Ryan Thomas Memorial Center of Christ Church on Quaker Hill in Pawling, NY. Join the Brines and other FrOGS to celebrate the diverse beauty of our local, majestic wetland. Enjoy work by local artists and artisans, educational displays, food, and activities. [...]

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