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The NE Grows conference kicked off today with a fabulous presentation from Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home. Doug offered a strong message that our current open spaces are not enough to support the diversity of wildlife we need to deliver ecological benefits (like support

It’s been brutally cold this week, good weather for indoor activities.  Yesterday morning I took a trip over to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, a perfect way to spend a chilly day (and free for MA residents Saturdays from 10am-12pm) My first stop was the Rothko exhibit to see th

It’s a grey, rainy day here in Boston, but I’m still on Cloud 9 after my wedding this past weekend to the most wonderful guy I know!  I’m really a very private person, and don’t often post about myself, but I’m still giddy… so why not! Of course, given my

Last week, on a fairly brisk morning, I took a walk along the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston.  I specifically went out to gather inspiration for a potential design project.  I had met, a few days earlier, with residents of a multi unit condo building in South Boston.  Their property

One of my favorite design projects this year tackled a very common problem in residential landscapes; a sloping yard that renders outdoor space pretty much unusable.  That was the condition at this residence in Watertown when I first visited the site.  The back yard was a generous siz

Last week I was in Orlando for the annual conference of the APLD (Association of Professional Landscape Designers).  It is one of my favorite weeks of the year, where I get to connect with designers from all around the country (and world), hear great speakers, see gardens and generall

I have some wonderful clients who are building a new home in Concord (an historic town west of Boston).  Their front steps are beautiful slab granite, and we’ve been talking about what kind of railing would look substantial enough for the front entrance, and also have a bit of h

An interview in the Boston Herald with Principal designer Andrea Nilsen Another growing residential landscaping trend is low-mow or no-mow lawns, said Andrea Nilsen of Boston’s Nilsen Landscape Design. “Traditional lawns are intensely needy — water, fertilizing, chemicals, mowing,” Ni