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Chelsea Flower Show Gripes

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments

http://www.hortweek.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=HOW.News.Article.Bulletin&sPageName=dailybulletin&nNewsID=1005574 Native Euonymous at the Brine Garden

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Tags: Awards/Competitions · Europe

Naturalism or Prettied-up Countryside? Is Rural Landscape is a fiction?

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

A native digs deep with relish… “The English sticks have been subjected to a makeover, a wash and brush up. Dirt farms have turned into clean farms. Canals in desuetude have been redug and refilled. Cottages have been restored to a state of “authenticity”.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/17/british-countryside-transformed

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Tags: Europe · History · The Guardian

Duncan Brine interviewed in the Notable British Blog Thinking Gardens

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Nine Questions – Duncan Brine June 4, 2010 An interview led and reported by Susan Cohan In America, we have separate words for what most Brits call ‘a garden’.  It can be a yard, a garden, or a landscape depending on who you talk to.  Landscape designer, Duncan Brine, who is based in New York’s [...]

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Tags: Design philosophy · Design Technique · Duncan Brine · Europe · Garden Blogs · Images · Landscape Designers · Landscape Inspiration · Naturalistic

On the Primacy of Beauty in Gardens

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Although the new decade will put different demands on gardens, don’t sacrifice beauty for sustainability Rachel de Thame   What to do with our gardens in 2010? Certainly, I’ve got practical plans for my own in west Oxfordshire, and my focus for the future could remain firmly rooted within this corner of the Cotswolds. However, [...]

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Tags: Design philosophy · Enlightening · Environment · Europe · Landscape Inspiration · Private Gardens · Sustainability

As Climate Warms, Species May Need to Migrate or Perish

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

As Climate Warms, Species May Need to Migrate or Perish by Carl Zimmer: Yale Environment 360 With global warming pushing some animals and plants to the brink of extinction, conservation biologists are now saying that the only way to save some species may be to move them. This strategy — which goes by various names [...]

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Tags: Climate Change · endangered species · Environment · Native Plants · Plants · Sustainability · World · Yale Environment 360