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Category Archives: USA

Getty Center, Los Angeles – A tale of Two Gardens

Posted on October 14, 2019 by admin
Museum from the Arrival Plaza

If you put a fine, thorough-bred Arab stallion and a cutesy, shaggy donkey together in the same pasture you can appreciate their respective characters and charms, but they are bound to be compared to the detriment of one or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged California, J Paul Getty, Los Angeles, Richard Meier, Robert Irwin, United States, West Coast

Lotusland – ‘The Enemy of the Average’

Posted on November 29, 2019 by admin
Dragon Trees – Dracaena circle

Lotusland is a garden that I have long wanted to visit; a botanical fantasy created by a wealthy failed opera singer with the added allure of very restricted opening times. Set high in the hills above Santa Barbara it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Botanical Gardens, Cactus Gardens, California, Desert Gardens, Frank Fuji, Ganna Walska, Los Angeles, United States

Mendocino, California – Find Your Happy

Posted on February 11, 2019 by admin

I stumbled across Mendocino by accident. We had arrived in San Francisco the weekend of Gay Pride where we were confronted with a difficult decision. Were we going to party with about half of the city or do what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged California, Pacific North West, San Francisco., United States

Portland – Lan Su – That Rare Thing, A Great Chinese Garden

Posted on November 16, 2018 by admin
The Moon-Locking Pavilion

  So-called as the reflection of the moon appears to be trapped in the pavilion’s shadow on the pond. It has always struck me as strange that Chinese gardens in the West are rare, but Japanese gardens are comparatively common. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Oregon, Pacific North West, Suzhou, United States

Portland Japanese Garden – A World Renowned Masterpiece

Posted on November 25, 2018 by admin
The Natural Garden

It may seem strange that a middle-sized American city has what is widely acclaimed to be the finest Japanese garden in the United States but also considered to be the most beautiful and authentic in the world outside of Japan. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Oregon, Pacific North West, United States

Seattle 1 – The Japanese Garden

Posted on September 1, 2018 by admin

It should not be surprising that some of the very best examples of Japanese gardens outside of Japan are to be found in the Pacific North-West, in view of the region’s close cultural ties with the Far East and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Japanese gardens, Pacific North West, Washington State

Seattle 2 – Chihuly Garden and Glass

Posted on September 7, 2018 by admin

I was first captivated by Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures in an exhibition of his work at the Palm House in Kew Gardens in 2005, and so the visit to the Chihuly Garden and Glass was always going to be one … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Dale Chihuly, Pacific North West, Washington State

The New York High Line: Re-Imagining The City

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin
Elevated Walkway Over Planted Railroad Tracks

‘Not since Central Park opened in 1857 has a park reshaped New Yorkers’ thinking about public space and the city more profoundly.’ New York Times 20 September 2014                          … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged New York, Piet Oudolf, United States

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