Creating Paradise From The Ground Up

A marvelous article about the gardens in Litchfied Magazine with glorious photographs, including the roses in their full glory.

Review in North American Rock Garden Society Journal

I was delighted to see Alicia Whitaker’s wonderful review of Heroes of Horticulture in the North American Rock Garden Society Journal, a/k/a Nargs!   Best of all, she quoted the hilarious limerick Frank Cabot wrote called The ARGS Hymn or The Alpine Gardeners Lament.  Alicia is the President of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons which …

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Berkshire Style

Kathryn Boughton wrote a delightful article in advance of my book talk for the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon in Berkshire Style, a web based publication sharing news about happenings in and around the Berkshires.   You can read the article here

Fine Arts Connoisseur (January/February 2019)

I am thrilled to report that Fine Arts Connoisseur (January/February 2019) just out has a wonderful article about my book, Heroes of Horticulture: Americans Who Transformed the Landscape.  How wonderful to have this highly prestigious, international publication that focuses on the fine arts, usually limited to paintings, drawing and sculpture, appreciate the underlying art theme …

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The Garden Conservancy Newsletter

The Garden Conservancy’s recent Newsletter was kind enough to profile a story about my new book and me.   See the first part above and the rest below.  It appeared just before their annual elegant Christmas dinner for Fellows at the Knickbocker Club in New York, and shortly after their big holiday party in California.  Most …

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Book Review in Hortus – Autumn Issue No. 127 2018

Judith Tankard has written a  wonderful review of my book in her American Book Notes article in British quarterly, Hortus, A Gardening Journal, along with several others.  In addition she has taken two photographs from my book, the one of Dan Hinkley and the glorious aerial photograph of Central Park, the only two images in …

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Review in Hortus, A Gardening Journal — No. 127 Autumn 2018

Judith B. Tankard has written a wonderful review in her American Book Notes in the British quarterly, Hortus, a Gardening Journal in the Autumn 2018 issue.  Here is her review and she has also included on the next page the glorious Aerial view of Central Park from my book.