In the Garden – Pushing for Sustainable Landscapes – NYTimes.com

By ANNE RAVER

The report  includes a point system for rating a landscape, much like the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, which rates the sustainability of buildings. The LEED system, created by the United States Green Building Council, a private group [...]

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In the Garden – A Garden Where Foliage Eclipses Flowers – NYTimes.com

ANYTHING GOES Nancy Ondra’s garden in Pennsburg, Penn.

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In the Garden – An Executive’s 2nd Act – Tending an Upstate Oasis – NYTimes.com

By ANNE RAVER
Published: June 19, 2008

COPAKE FALLS, N.Y.

MY friend Suzanne and I headed out of the city last week for a leisurely wallow in an upstate garden: Margaret Roach’s personal paradise in the [...]

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Rhapsody in Blue – New York Times – Annotated

By ANNE RAVER
Published: March 27, 2008

NATURAL Landscapes, a wholesale nursery, supplies the Delaware Nature Society’s native plant sale,

The New England Wild Flower Society’s Nasami Farm, in Whately, Mass.

Online sources include Wayside Gardens

Edible Landscaping

Forestfarm

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No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter – New York Times Annotated
 
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.
 
United States Botanical Garden (usbg.gov) in Washington
 
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (gardnermuseum.org)
 
Wave Hill (wavehill.org) an estate turned public garden in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
 
Tower Hill Botanic Garden (towerhillbg.org), in Boylston, Mass.
 
Planting [...]

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