Genius of Place by Justin Martin

Genius of Place- The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Justin Martin

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Genius of Place by Justin Martin This book came out in 2011, and the subtitle is The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Darlings, ditch those dusty biographies and prepare to be swept away by the whirlwind life of Frederick Law Olmsted! Imagine, my dears, a man who not…

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April 26, 2019 Placement of Early Spring Bloomers, Eugene Delacroix, Charles Townes, Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff, John J. Audobon, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, Justin Martin, Photo Friday, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, and the Michigan State Flower

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How close are your earliest bloomers to your front door? Your crocus, snowdrops, iris, daffodils, tulips, forsythia, daphnes, and magnolias? When I redid my front garden last year, the designer had put all my earliest bloomers right near the front porch and walk. When I asked her reasoning, she reminded me of our long winters.…

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