The Edit
Our take on pairings, trends and folly in the garden!
Ode to the Dog
The truth I do not stretch or shove, When I state that the dog is full of love. I've also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest....
Gardens Balls, Large and Small
Decorative Orbs, be they of carved stone, wrought iron or mold-cast lead, beautifully embellish gardens of all styles....
Labyrinths: To Confound…Or Clarify
There are examples of labyrinths from all eras, spread across the entire world....
The Charm of the Unexpected
There’s a fine line separating Just Enough and Too Many … between Utterly Perfect and Totally Wrong! ...
Garden Whimsy – Lessons from Ms. Jekyll
Munstead Wood, Gertrude Jekyll’s home, was designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1896, and there, you won’t find a single Serious Statue. ...
Bits & Bobs
While we‘re focusing upon acquiring significant architectural centerpieces for our gardens, we should also consider those little treasures that can be extracted from a rubble pile......
Garden Gates: a TALE and a TEASE
Every old gate tells you tales of the past while it suggests that there’s something marvelous, just ahead....
Slow down Look down
When you choose routes for your pathways, you frame views within your garden. But you can also impose subliminal speed limits upon those who will wander there....
The Magic of Woodland Gardens
Follow Simplicity and Restraint as your woodland-design principles, and you can’t go wrong....
Eyecatchers
Thoughtfully-planned gardens, both large and small, all need at least one significant vertical ornament....
Strictly for the Birds
Essential to ecosystems, birds feed upon insects while they also pollinate flowers…our gardens couldn’t exist without these miraculous creatures....
Steal a View
If you’re lucky enough to have a garden which overlooks somebody else’s great-looking landscape, the quickest way to capture what is famously called a “Borrowed View”......
The Power of Peekaboo
Positioning an ornament so that it’s partially hidden by foliage adds the elements of delight and drama to a garden....
Animal Instincts: Mild or Wild?
During Greece’s Hellenistic period, animals became acceptable subjects for sculptors, and ever since gardens have been graced by likenesses of non-human creatures....
Staddle Stones
A clever British farmer became weary of battling the varmints who invaded his granary....
New Arrivals
Large Antique Wood Sieve
Vintage American Salt Barrel
Massive Antique Barrel Butter Churn
Antique English Garden Sundial
Antique Iron Table with Marble Top
Antique Cast Iron Bench, Kramer Bros.
Popular Collections
Finials & Obelisks
Figures
Urns & Vases
Planters
Wellheads
Staddle & Millstones
Troughs & Sinks
