Garden Large » Native Plants http://www.gardenlarge.com Horticultural Design, Inc., Duncan Brine and the Brine Garden Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:48:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cross-pollinated Connecticut Chestnut Comeback http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/12/cross-pollinated-connecticut-chestnut-comeback/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cross-pollinated-connecticut-chestnut-comeback http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/12/cross-pollinated-connecticut-chestnut-comeback/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:49:08 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/12/cross-pollinated-connecticut-chestnut-comeback/

  • Forest management efforts in Connecticut paying off as American chestnut tree makes a comeback | The Republic

  • via Ct Environmental Headlines

    • Scientists have been working on restoration since the 1930s, and in the last several years, American chestnut specialist Sandy Anagnostakis has been breeding blight-resistant trees by crossing the American species with its Chinese cousin, which carries a resistant gene.

       

      Some 200 of those blight-resistant seedlings were planted on 2.5 acres at Belding in 2009, and while mortality is eventually expected to reach 50 percent due to die-off from natural competition, Seymour said the vast majority of the trees are thriving.

    • Eventually, the native trees will reach maturity and begin cross-pollinating with the newly planted blight-resistant strain, creating seedlings genetically similar to trees native to the site that also carry genes resistant to blight.

    • ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/12/cross-pollinated-connecticut-chestnut-comeback/feed/ 0     Piet Oudolf: Where Ecology Meets Design http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/01/piet-oudolf-where-ecology-meets-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=piet-oudolf-where-ecology-meets-design http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/01/piet-oudolf-where-ecology-meets-design/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:31:08 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/01/piet-oudolf-where-ecology-meets-design/

  • Piet Oudolf Where Ecology Meets Design | Ecology Global Network

  • by Fran Sorin

    • Over the last decade, Piet Oudolf has become a ‘superstar’  in the gardening world. But few people have knowledge of the man who creates magnificent works of art. I was compelled to set up an interview with him exactly for that reason. I wanted to better understand his process, priorities, vision, response to his completed designs….in other words, Piet’s ‘gestalt’.
    • Piet might like this autumnal detail in the Brine Garden.

    • ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/12/01/piet-oudolf-where-ecology-meets-design/feed/ 0     Oct. 1 — “Roaming Seminar”– New England Wild Flower Society in the Brine Garden http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/26/oct-1-roaming-seminar-new-england-wild-flower-society-in-the-brine-garden-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oct-1-roaming-seminar-new-england-wild-flower-society-in-the-brine-garden-2 http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/26/oct-1-roaming-seminar-new-england-wild-flower-society-in-the-brine-garden-2/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:50:49 +0000 Julia Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/?p=2969 New England Wild Flower Society to visit the Brine Garden | Garden Large

    The New England Wild Flower Society to visit the Brine Garden

    The Brine Design:
    Landscape and Garden Principles in Practice

    Join an on-site seminar at landscape designer Duncan Brine’s own six-acre garden. The Brine Garden – now in its 21st year – resembles a public garden, with multiple areas, each with its own character.

    Duncan Brine teaching in the Brine Garden, Miscanthus Bed © gardenlarge

    America’s first native plant group, The New England Wild Flower Society of Framingham, Massachusetts is to visit the Brine Garden this fall.

    Native plants from Horticultural Design’s nursery help the Brine Garden blend with adjacent naturalistic areas and preserved lands. Anne Raver of The New York Times recently described the garden as a “dream-like landscape.” Author Ruah Donnelly describes The Brine Garden as “a naturalistic display garden of remarkable artistry and diversity.” Prolific garden book author, Tovah Martin, writes that at the Brine Garden, “elements of concealment and surprise are written into the landscape.” This roaming seminar will include a discussion of Duncan Brine’s landscape design process, and respond to your observations and questions.

    Leader: Duncan Brine is the Principal of Horticultural Design, Inc., Pawling, NY, as well as an instructor for the New York Botanical Garden.

    Fall 2011

    Saturday, October 1, from 1pm to 4p

    Registration

    ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/26/oct-1-roaming-seminar-new-england-wild-flower-society-in-the-brine-garden-2/feed/ 0     The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day at the Brine Garden | Oct. 8 http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/20/the-garden-conservancys-open-day-at-the-brine-garden-october-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-garden-conservancys-open-day-at-the-brine-garden-october-8 http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/20/the-garden-conservancys-open-day-at-the-brine-garden-october-8/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:03:48 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/20/the-garden-conservancys-open-day-at-the-brine-garden-october-8/

  • The Garden Conservancy’s Open Day at the Brine Garden | Garden Large

    • The Garden Conservancy opens the gates of America‘s finest private gardens by inviting the public to visit. The Conservancy’s Open Days Program encourages appreciation of “gardens as living works of art.”

       

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      The Brine Garden – Duncan & Julia Brine

      2011 Open Day
      Saturday, October 8, from 12pm to 6pm, rain or shine
      Pawling, NY

    • ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/20/the-garden-conservancys-open-day-at-the-brine-garden-october-8/feed/ 0     ALB Trashes More than Ash – US National Science Foundation (NSF) http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/06/alb-trashes-more-than-ash-us-national-science-foundation-nsf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alb-trashes-more-than-ash-us-national-science-foundation-nsf http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/06/alb-trashes-more-than-ash-us-national-science-foundation-nsf/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:55:32 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/06/alb-trashes-more-than-ash-us-national-science-foundation-nsf/

  • nsf.gov – National Science Foundation (NSF) News – Are New England’s Iconic Maples at Risk? – US National Science Foundation (NSF)

    • On city streets, the ALB invades many different types of hardwood trees.  But in forests, the beetle disproportionately attacks large maple trees.

    • ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/09/06/alb-trashes-more-than-ash-us-national-science-foundation-nsf/feed/ 0     A Wonderful Summation — the Complexity of Invasive Species http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/07/30/a-wonderful-summation-the-complexity-of-invasive-species/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-wonderful-summation-the-complexity-of-invasive-species http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/07/30/a-wonderful-summation-the-complexity-of-invasive-species/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:10:15 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/07/30/a-wonderful-summation-the-complexity-of-invasive-species/

  • The invasive species war – The Boston Globe

    • When it comes to what we should actually do for the environment, the two sides of this debate might not be quite as far apart as their denunciations of one another might indicate. Just as most ecologists accept that only a fraction of non-native species are harmful, the anti-nativists, when pressed, will admit that unequivocally destructive species like the Asian longhorned beetle should be reined in., how we justify our interventions and how we label the species we want to eradicate.
    • A Path through Phragmites in the Brine Garden.
    • (Occasionally, making use of adversaries.)

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    ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/07/30/a-wonderful-summation-the-complexity-of-invasive-species/feed/ 0     Garden Large’s Natives Man Tallamy on Favorite Garden Website http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/14/garden-larges-natives-man-tallamy-on-favorite-garden-website/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=garden-larges-natives-man-tallamy-on-favorite-garden-website http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/14/garden-larges-natives-man-tallamy-on-favorite-garden-website/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:52:24 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/14/garden-larges-natives-man-tallamy-on-favorite-garden-website/

  • Garden Rant: Native vs. invasive once again—it’s Tallamy’s turn

    • I am not a purist and I don’t expect many other people will be either. I think taking the hard line and insisting on all natives will go a long way toward killing the movement.
      —Doug Tallamy, Garden Rant interview, 12/12/07

      Tallamy_d Mild-mannered Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, is still smiling but he’s also a bit exasperated at the backlash he’s noticing against native plant advocacy, the latest example of which was found in a New York Times op-ed entitled Mother Nature’s Melting Pot.

       

       

    • “Most people garden in a very small percentage of their yard and the rest is barren. Have your hobbies, grow what you want, but also put in some of the trees that used to be there to support the birds that you probably still do like. … I’d like to keep the discussion scientific and keep the emotion out of it. Just don’t tell me that these choices have no consequences and that any plant is as good as any other plant.”

       

    • More information and inspiration on the Brine Garden page

    ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/14/garden-larges-natives-man-tallamy-on-favorite-garden-website/feed/ 1     On Naturalistic Design in “The American Gardener” by Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/04/on-naturalistic-design-in-the-american-gardener-by-duncan-brine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-naturalistic-design-in-the-american-gardener-by-duncan-brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/04/on-naturalistic-design-in-the-american-gardener-by-duncan-brine/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:10:34 +0000 Julia Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/?p=1910 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.

    Native perennial Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'
    © 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 the city. There I found inspiration in moving away from the status quo of traditional gardens and toward a career creating naturalistic gardens….

    Read the full article

    For more information please check out our Brine Garden page

    ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/04/04/on-naturalistic-design-in-the-american-gardener-by-duncan-brine/feed/ 0     The Brine Garden is a chapter of “Gardens of the Hudson Valley” http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/03/08/brine-garden-chapter-of-gardens-of-the-hudson-valley-talk-at-the-horticultural-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brine-garden-chapter-of-gardens-of-the-hudson-valley-talk-at-the-horticultural-society http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/03/08/brine-garden-chapter-of-gardens-of-the-hudson-valley-talk-at-the-horticultural-society/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:31:30 +0000 Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/03/08/brine-garden-chapter-of-gardens-of-the-hudson-valley-talk-at-the-horticultural-society/ Gardens of the Hudson Valley

    Brine Garden is a chapter of this beautiful new book.

    The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a unique character. From the early gardens of riverfront estates like Clermont and Montgomery Place, with their sweeping lawns and spectacular views of the river and far-off mountains, to the Beaux Arts masterpiece Kykuit and the 1950s gardens at Manitoga, the historic gardens highlight the significant r…ole of the Hudson Valley in the development of American landscape design. Many of the major figures worked here, including Andrew Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Beatrix Farrand, and Fletcher Steele, and their ideas continue to resonate in the 21st century. Included are a number of private, contemporary gardens that are informed by both the history and topography of the valley; the grand themes evoked in the larger historic properties are echoed in these smaller, more modest landscapes.

    Hort members $10; non-members $15

    Register online at: www.hsny.org/programs_workshops_talks_tours.html#gardens_hudsonvalley

    For more information please check out our Brine Garden page

    ]]>     http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/03/08/brine-garden-chapter-of-gardens-of-the-hudson-valley-talk-at-the-horticultural-society/feed/ 0     The New York Botanical Garden Seminar with Duncan Brine http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/02/15/the-new-york-botanical-garden-seminar-with-duncan-brine-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-york-botanical-garden-seminar-with-duncan-brine-2 http://www.gardenlarge.com/2011/02/15/the-new-york-botanical-garden-seminar-with-duncan-brine-2/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:54:22 +0000 Julia Brine http://landscapedesignweb.com/?p=1634 hdincherohero_170.jpg

    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 with images of his 6-acre naturalistic garden.

    Instructor: Duncan Brine

    Friday, February 25, 2011 from 10 am -12 pm.

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    Registration

    If you’re able to get to this class, consider following it with lunch on Arthur Ave. or a stroll through the garden (weather permitting).

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