Do Cottages Grow in Your Garden?

A recent visit to the Berkshire Botanical Gardens in Stockbridge, MA turned up these charming cottages scattered throughout the landscape. Five designers, working with the same stock garden shed, came up with very different ideas. This is a pastiche on an 18C privy - it's a four-holer in there.

The Newport Flower Show is 15 years old this year. Susan was part of the very first one, when she decorated a bedroom at Rosecliff, the Newport mansion where the show is held (above). Fifteen years later, the show is impressive with many many entries in design, horticulture and photography. Cascades of white tented booths radiate out from the mansion toward Bellvue Avenue and toward the Atlantic, housing booths of marvelous garden tools, plants, gifts, jewelry, hats and more. While a jaunty band plays on the waters edge, people of all ages congregate at small tables and have lunch.

Talented Laura Haley, of Harrison NY, stands next to her entry in "High and Mighty", an interpretation of the Aswan Dam. Laura not only won the class but also the coveted GCA Certificate of Excellence!

Newport Flower Show

This masterful arrangement won a class called: "Floral Delights - Earth"