Early Renaissance Gardens
What were early Renaissance gardens like and how were they different from Medieval gardens? Home » Plants & Animals » Garden Design » Early Renaissance Gardens This article is the second in a series on Renaissance gardens. The first [... more]
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High Renaissance Gardens
The High Renaissance didn't produce many important gardens, but two gardens of this period had a powerful influence on European gardens. Home » Plants & Animals » Garden Design » High Renaissance Gardens During the second half of [... more]
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The Roots of Renaissance Gardens
The gardens of Renaissance Italy were rooted in the gardens of ancient Rome. The gardens of Renaissance Italy are rooted in the gardens of ancient Rome. When we think of Roman civilization, we tend to focus on the cities. While the Roman Empire ... [... more]
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Gardens of the Late Renaissance
While the 1527 sack of Rome is often seen as the end of the High Renaissance, most of the great Renaissance gardens were created after 1527. Early Renaissance gardens were settings for philosophical discussions, and for the enjoyment of simple ... [... more]
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Gardens of the Northern Renaissance
Renaissance gardens in France, England, Germany, and the Netherlands. This is the fifth and final article in a series about Renaissance gardens. The previous 4 articles were all about Italian gardens. I decided to write a separate article about ... [... more]
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A Basilica Garden
Garden designer Hugh O'Connell has returned to the architectural roots of Italian Renaissance gardens, and instead of imitating earlier gardens, he has created a garden that is both classically beautiful and strikingly original. In his ... [... more]
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Savage Garden
 Excellent: About three years ago, British author Mark Mills debuted with "Amagansett", a critically acclaimed murder mystery set in post-World War II Long Island, notable in the off-the-beaten track setting and period and in Mill's slick and [... more]
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The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian Gardens and the ...
From Amazon.com: In the hearts of the elaborate Renaissance gardens of Italy, writes essayist John Hanson Mitchell, lie small patches of untended ground, overgrown with moss and tangled undergrowth, called boscos. These wild patches are there to remind [... more]
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Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden
Woman's work.....: Eleanor Perenyi's book GREEN THOUGHTS is a memoir of sorts. She apparently never wrote another book on gardening, but as Alan Lacy says, sooner or later every writer who gardens will write a book about gardening. At the time her book [... more]
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