Maria von Brincken Landscape Garden Design

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  • Bloom Garden a Gem at Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank

    Seeking images for a lecture in development I journeyed to several Boston area public gardens.  By far the best  and most inspiring is the Adrian Bloom Garden at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. MHS can be found at Elm Bank  in Wellesley, MA . See http://www. masshort.org .  Great planting design and awesome combinations. Go see it and apply its… Read more

  • Dragonfly Visits Favorite August Plant Combination

    July’s carnival of Daylilies and Astilbes partying in my garden segues into a quieter reverie. August blooming Daylilies combine with Hosta, Phlox, Beebalm, Veronica, Joe Pye Weed, Astilbes, Hydrangea, Geranium, and more.  My favorite combination just now is the tall lavendar scapes of Hosta ‘Krossa Regal’ dancing with the scapes of the yellow Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Minaret’ and the… Read more

  • Shredded Umbrella Plant

    Or Syneilesis aconitifolia. How is that pronounced? Try, Genus: Syneilesis (sin-eel-ES-is) Species: aconitifolia (a-kon-eye-tih-FOH-lee-uh).  I confess to plant collecting.  Like many gardeners I cannot resist some impulse buys.  However as a designer I know to tuck these experiments within well-organized plantings so I can evaluate them. This plant turns out to have better foliage than flowers and… Read more

  • Bugs for Birds

    One morning I noticed a lone distant bird greeting the new day. My waking thought was–why so far away?  Noting it was still dark, I had no idea why I was awake to hear the solo recital. But as I listened  more avian voices joined the solistist as one by one the song advanced closer and closer to the trees… Read more

  • Container ‘Make-Over’ Brightens Composition

      Remember the dreary rain bedraggled annual flower composition from an earlier blog? In the photo below the nasturtiums saved the day adding cheerful orange and yellow and its pale green leaves to brighten the somber composition of rust coleus and purple petunias. In the revised arrangement above, I’ve tucked in the low growing yellow… Read more

  • Outdoor Rooms We Love

    Green walls form outdoor rooms as well as wood. From HGTV, a garden I submitted to Rate My Space on page 5 of  “Outdoor Rooms We Love From Rate My Space” illustrates this concept. Happily its one of  eight favorite garden rooms selected by viewers.  See it at http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/outdoor-rooms-we-love-from-rate-my-space/pictures/page-5.html Read more