Now ranting!

Now ranting!

Garden Rant has definitely got exciting, outspoken and thoughtful writers. It has just had a major website revamp and has also invited two new contributors: me and Dan Hinkley.

Bring Me Stories, Bring Me Songs, by Caleb Melchior

Bring Me Stories, Bring Me Songs, by Caleb Melchior

This is effectively the third post about Conceptual gardens. Or at least, about concepts and gardens. Does it take us forward? Anne Wareham, editor          Bring Me Stories, Bring Me Songs: Growing a Richer Garden Ethic by Caleb Melchior. I...
You may do unexpected things – a book review by James Golden

You may do unexpected things – a book review by James Golden

This looks like an unusually exciting book. (It’s on order..) I’m begining to wonder if America has all the best gardens now? Anne Wareham, editor A review of The Art of Gardening:  Design Inspiration and Innovative Planting Techniques from Chanticleer by...
Try formality? by Susan Cohan

Try formality? by Susan Cohan

Our last piece was by Michael King and suggested that the New Perennial or Naturalistic style was getting everywhere and being used insensitively. Susan Cohan goes slightly further than that and dares to express an admiration for formality; indeed, four hundred year...
Your Views about Views? by Susan Cohan

Your Views about Views? by Susan Cohan

There has been discussion in the British press recently, I believe, about whether we should specifically protect important views, before they are all covered by wind power stations. Views, as borrowed landscape, are vital to many gardens.  However – when we...
Killing Groundhogs by Pamela Ruch

Killing Groundhogs by Pamela Ruch

We all identify with the fury garden pests can rouse in us. But what’s the morality in dealing with them? A hot topic, I bet…and what on earth does a groundhog look like?? Anne Wareham, editor Pamela Ruch: I don’t remember the exact date a groundhog first...

The 9/11 Memorial Park in New York reviewed by Sheppard Craige

A poignant piece about a very particular site, sensitively written. Thank you, Sheppard. Anne Wareham, editor. Sheppard Craige: The still unfinished 9/11 Memorial Park in lower Manhattan has already been seen by more than a million visitors. It is a powerful...
The High Line: more than the sum of its parts

The High Line: more than the sum of its parts

“But it wasn’t Piet Oudolf who got most of the early press about the High Line. New Yorkers are far more interested in architects and landscape architects than garden designers, and in this case it was the elevated rail line itself, and its very costly rehabilitation, that was the focus of public and media hype. Now that the aerial garden has been opened to the public for over a year, the plantings themselves are garnering more public acclaim.”

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