Garden
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Books
An Ode to Gardens That’s Also a Bouquet of Ideas
In her latest book, Olivia Laing makes an impassioned case for the garden — as repository of natural beauty, as…
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Real Estate
How One Couple Turned Their Backyard Into an Arboretum
Their passion for fruit you’ve never heard of started small. Now they have a botanical garden that’s open to the…
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Real Estate
Your Chance to Snoop: It’s ‘Open Days’ Season in the Garden
This year, more than 360 private gardens across the country are opening to visitors. Don’t miss your chance to learn…
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World
In Los Angeles, a Hilltop Garden Party With a Tower of Crudités
Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson — the chef-owners of the restaurant Kismet — hosted a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern feast…
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Books
A Quite Contrary Alphabet Book Asks, How Did Our Gardens Grow?
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING FOR COLORED CHILDREN: An Alphabetary of the Colonized World, by Jamaica Kincaid. Illustrated by Kara Walker.…
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Real Estate
Is Your Garden Missing Something? You May Need a Large Pot (or Several).
An imposing work of pottery can be as important to the design of a landscape as any well-placed plant. And…
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World
Gardens of Stone, Moss, Sand: 4 Moments of Zen in Kyoto
Once, when the Buddha was asked to preach about a flower he was presented, he instead “gazed at it in…
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World
Is There Something Radical About Painting Flowers?
Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait.
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World
How to Host a Proper English Pub Lunch
The chef Margot Henderson on gathering friends for a meal at the Three Horseshoes inn in Somerset and the perfect…
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Books
Frick Leader to Step Down After a 14-Year Run
Having seen the museum’s controversial renovation through to completion, Ian Wardropper plans to retire in 2025.