garden designers

Nothing Should be Noticed

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Several years ago, I read and wrote about Meryl Gordon’s literate and comprehensive biography of Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon, garden designer, tastemaker and socialite, who died in 2007.  Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend took Bunny through a long and eventful life that included the accomplishment for which she is most often … Read more

Norah Lindsay

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Whenever I go to the movies, I am very aware of the fact that you have to be a superhero to get any box office traction these days.  The horticultural world is full of superheroes—past and present.  Most of them would look rather lumpy and feel downright uncomfortable in masks, tights or body armor, so … Read more