Call for Applications: The 2010 ADAM Architecture Travel Scholarship

I mentioned in the last post that my investigations of the Art Deco garden were funded by a travel grant from Robert Adam Architects (now AD...

Man Ray in the Garden

The artist Man Ray is best known as an experimental photographer but figures in garden history for his documentation, both still and film, o...

Landscapes of the 1950s

Also, I'll be speaking about 'atomic gardens' at a study day on landscapes of the 1950s to be held at my alma mater, the Univers...

2010 Garden History Society Essay Prize

The essay prize of the Garden History Society was established to encourage vibrant, scholarly research in the field of garden history.  It i...

The Gardens of Bakhchisaray Palace and the Fountain of Tears, Crimea

My native land abandoned long, I sought this realm of love and song. Through Bakchesaria's palace wandered, Upon its vanished greatness ...

Roundhay Garden Scene, 1888

Did you know the earliest surviving motion picture takes place in a garden?  No, nor did I! All of 2.11 seconds long (when viewed at modern ...

Updates on Bellwood Hall, Upson County, Georgia

Southern historians are a nice group of people...I've been the recipient of several updates and new information on Bellwood, the Georgia...