Garden History Quote of the Week

"Democrats favored the formal European approach while Republicans opted for the picturesque English style." from a discussion of t...

The Viele Map

"In connection with this brief account of the origin of the Central Park, it seems appropriate here to notice the topographical atlas o...

Garden History image of the week...Victorian plant markers

From a sale of Victoriana (including some garden items) by Simon Chorley auctioneers . I must start saying that my plants were 'found in...

Map Regressions, Time Travel and the Mikhailovsky Garden

The Summer Gardens and the Mars Field. A project of architect J-B. Leblond, 1716-1717 The general layout of the Mikhailovsky Garden and the...

Bellwood Plantation and the Southern Swept Yard

If you can bear one more post derived from Bellwood... I'm particularly fascinated by the two yards created in this landscape, as define...

Bellwood Plantation - the Gazebo

Tutor (driving like Jehu): Look at that gazebo! Me: (scanning rapidly for something made of wood, roughly octagonal, with a pointed roof and...

Bellwood Plantation - the House and its Axis

The house itself is a modification of the Greek Revival style whose popularity had drifted across the pond from the likes of James 'Athe...

Bellwood Plantation - the Wilderness

I'm still thinking about Bellwood Plantation, pictured in the previous post . A quick google turns up many Bellwoods, but unfortunately ...

Previous Art Installation in Madison Park and the New York Public Library Image Collection

A previous art installation at Madison Park was this high-rise birdhouse, from an 1871 print in the collection of the New York Public Librar...