Recently, Southampton Garden Club undertook a guided tour of the Madoo Conservancy’s Gardens in Sagaponack, NY. An intricate and complex garden, it has a healthy
Baptisia is a beautiful addition to the flower garden creating an impressive backdrop in the perennial border. The cut flowers and blue-green foliage are lovely
The rolling countryside of England, lush and green, is a picture-perfect ideal for countryside vistas. A place like Southampton, the first incorporated English settlement in
During Louis IV’s seventy-two reign (1638-1715) highly structured, symmetrical, and precise plantings emerged in palaces such as Versaille and defined an era in France. Across
In a fun children’s book “We are growing” by Laurie Keller, a dandelion is described as the dandiest weed. It is, indeed. Fluffy yellow dandelion
Privet (Lugustrum) is almost synonymous with the Hamptons. Surrounding beautiful estates and homes, privet hedges afford much needed privacy to residents and guests in the