“Rich with maples and groves of native plants, the Brine Garden asks the visitor to recognize that a property is part of a larger context, that it is representative of the region.”There should be no disconnect between the property and the region,” said Brine, who teaches at the New York Botanical Garden. “When designing a garden, you should be mindful of its context as part of the area around it.”
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But there is a problem. “We are losing our regional sense of identity,” said the designer, who touts the benefits of planting native species.
In the Brine Garden, the visitor can get a feel for Brine’s sensibility. He plants native, if unusual, plants and has a flair for placing them in ways that surprise the visitor.”
– The News Times, HomeStyle, Deb Keiser
“Over the years, the Brines have turned their six-acre property into a sort of horticultural theme park, featuring all their favorite … perennials, trees and shrubs that they use in their projects.”
– Taconic Press Weekend, Mark Adams
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“The garden is personal and intimate, expansive and elaborate, everything that this creative landscape artist has managed to evoke in his fertile imagination, and bring forth on his own personal canvas.”
– The Harlem Valley Times, John Benson
“… ongoing experimentation assists him in discovering rules of design that guide his work in landscaping.
One such rule or concept is the use of ‘transparent’ plants, so that a viewer’s eye wanders ever deeper into the planting…. this vision of Brine’s is strikingly apparent as one grouping after another comes to view without obscuring the plantings behind.”
– Millbrook Roundtable, John Bensen
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