What is a formal garden? originally appeared on Dengarden. A formal garden sounds grand and imposing, evoking images of huge, impeccably manicured gardens attached to European palaces. But what if we ...

The idea of French country design may conjure images of rustic-chic farmhouses, but the landscape outside may be a bit more of a blur. The gardens outside of French country houses incorporate elements ...

Lynn Geesaman photographed the gardens of France, the parks of England, the canals of Belgium. But her favorite location was the darkroom of her Edina home. There, she gave her measured, formal ...

Most French Quarter gardens are hidden from public view, secreted behind masonry walls, glimpsed only through an open gate. Removed from the scrutiny of passersby, they provide their owners with a ...

Vast and expansive, like the mansions they engulf, the local gardens of the rich and famous are to this day maintained meticulously. They are as necessary to the buildings as the people who once lived ...

The rich history and design of New Orleans gardens will be the focus of the Beautiful Spaces Symposium coming up Sept. 14 at the BK House and Gardens in the French Quarter. Four experts will share ...

While sculpture remained central to his artistic practice, Isamu Noguchi’s (1904–1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for ...

The scenery has improved in the century since Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver founded the first landscape architecture firm owned and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest. Home gardeners who ...