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This week, I was fortunate to spend a perfect fall day exploring the town of Westport.  On Massachusetts’s South Coast;  Westport is a little over an hour from Boston, but maintains a peaceful feel somewhere between a seaside and farming community.  After a visit

My other stop while exploring Westport this week, was to the Westport Rivers Winery.  (I have a hard time driving by a winery without visiting!)   Westport Rivers Winery tasting room and art gallery A $10 tasting fee allowed me to sample a wide range of their wines; from spa

The nights are getting a bit chilly and the sun seems to be setting much too early; yep it’s fall in New England.  That doesn’t mean you have to head indoors, though;  with a few considerations there’s still plenty of time left in the season to enjoy your o

I just got back from a great conference in Atlanta for writers, designers and generally anyone in the garden industry that wants to use blogs and social media more effectively in their business.  It was a great opportunity to meet some people who are real leaders and taste-makers

As promised in my last post on the French Alps, in this post I’m excited to share some photos from the second part of my summer vacation.  A visit to Lake Como in Italy offered an amazing opportunity to enjoy local scenery, food, wine and of course, some gorgeous gardens! A

This summer I was fortunate to head to Europe for vacation and spent a fantastic week exploring the French Alps and the Lakes District of Italy (more on the latter in the next post). La Grave, a small town in France, served as my home base for a few days of hiking in the Alps.  W

Earlier this summer I wrapped up a really fun design project.  The owner of this beautiful Victorian home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston wanted to create a back yard for entertaining.   The starting point was a back yard that was uninspiring and featured a large

I’ve gotten interested in home beer brewing in the past few months.  Some time ago I was driving home and happened to pass a sign for a craft distillery here in Boston called Grandten.  I checked out their website and had just missed a speaking engagemen