How Does Your Garden Grow

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farmer's markets. Community gardens. Composting. Chicken coops in our own backyards. More and more people want to control what goes into their food and into their bodies. Families want their children to understand the relationship between caring for our earth and caring for our health. Not all of us have the time, space or inclination to cultivate large gardens full of fruits or vegetables, but it is not too hard to grow tomatoes or herbs in containers. The best cucumbers I've ever eaten were the ones my children and I grew in our yard. Even if you don't grow the food you eat, dining <i>al fresco</i> seems to make everything taste a bit better. I offer some photos for gardening inspiration . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw1OpOxQ-IhXzh0L4mMFZIRAdjoTdP8WpSRnMPzbaCdemwCjxMKIL0PpD14FgWKmF9D-95YuLYCmBimZju2d_Z3SWQPrddkm7YrF5QvrFTHdPZ9YvIs7tr29OjsDGHuXqemFCy2D965Sq/s1600/253_e_1010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw1OpOxQ-IhXzh0L4mMFZIRAdjoTdP8WpSRnMPzbaCdemwCjxMKIL0PpD14FgWKmF9D-95YuLYCmBimZju2d_Z3SWQPrddkm7YrF5QvrFTHdPZ9YvIs7tr29OjsDGHuXqemFCy2D965Sq/s1600/253_e_1010.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Here I keep hens, up to 250 of them, the free-est range known to poultry.' The Duchess of Devonshire, on the game larder on her 35,000-acre estate. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's resolute, charming and forward-thinking - and has been known to feed her chickens while wearing a ball gown. (Our kind of girl.) Meet The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, overseer for 50-plus years of the grandest estate in all of England, <a href="http://www.chatsworth.org/" target="_blank">Chatsworth</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: The Duchess and her friends, 1995, by Bruce Weber.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<a href="http://www.papercitymag.com/Article/2063/Round-about-with-the-Duchess-of-Devonshire/" target="_blank">Round About With the Duchess of Devonshire - Our Primer on All Things Debo</a>" by Rob Brinkley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.papercitymag.com/" target="_blank">Papercity</a> (September 28, 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagG-j5WeOPn8WgQmgXgDo5qw1NoqEH-ouHcp4Do9c9Lu2Ag1oCvNesloHshtN45tAHkrSiSFbPpOWvtWXQWYZoTwgehrJBMbttMA0c30F2-1p0hTbgxHyDPxgwHlcPXV745U2NKhyphenhyphen7pxi/s1600/0910-bianchi-outdoor-patio-dining-08-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagG-j5WeOPn8WgQmgXgDo5qw1NoqEH-ouHcp4Do9c9Lu2Ag1oCvNesloHshtN45tAHkrSiSFbPpOWvtWXQWYZoTwgehrJBMbttMA0c30F2-1p0hTbgxHyDPxgwHlcPXV745U2NKhyphenhyphen7pxi/s1600/0910-bianchi-outdoor-patio-dining-08-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mille Fleur bantam chickens roam about on a pea-gravel terrace where [Penelope] Bianchi arranged a spot for entertaining."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Barbara, California, house of interior designer Penelope Bianchi.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Penelope Bianchi, <a href="http://mccormickinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Penelope Bianchi and McCormick Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/patina-interiors-decor-0910#slide-8" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Patina</a>"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (September 2010). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcmu-MuMnC6UYa2bucTrZI1zQpmkqV93nMJd-jse0SSseTElqkZ92O2zTC-A6we4FSzHG6YTLDEvFR-7R9qIcb6_RtonNYVEDMQ3AQqBdTV6KxeaE8dFtBQMezpQBi_cAeq4cgoiybOEK/s1600/chickens-in-chicken-coop-exterior-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcmu-MuMnC6UYa2bucTrZI1zQpmkqV93nMJd-jse0SSseTElqkZ92O2zTC-A6we4FSzHG6YTLDEvFR-7R9qIcb6_RtonNYVEDMQ3AQqBdTV6KxeaE8dFtBQMezpQBi_cAeq4cgoiybOEK/s1600/chickens-in-chicken-coop-exterior-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"People aren't the only ones who eat chickens, Be sure to line coops with hardware mesh to protect birds from dogs, cats, coyotes, opossums, snakes, and raccoons."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Matthew Benson, Robbie Caponetto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/raising-chickens-00417000079166/" target="_blank">Raising Chickens in the South</a>" by Steve Bender.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a> (August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0IDoJWfpZG28nUMDm50ToERtAwGolnBMM4CoVFMemO-c0mpxhPOFTBdCNdY0Y7Je_tj533AyMlG1SuoYvOaepLqaMpTi8RylhcfqiE5OUA-6QxK74ulhg9Vlpjsd2kWiwgLsHuq6Tniv/s1600/chicken-coop-exterior-m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0IDoJWfpZG28nUMDm50ToERtAwGolnBMM4CoVFMemO-c0mpxhPOFTBdCNdY0Y7Je_tj533AyMlG1SuoYvOaepLqaMpTi8RylhcfqiE5OUA-6QxK74ulhg9Vlpjsd2kWiwgLsHuq6Tniv/s1600/chicken-coop-exterior-m.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nestled into well-designed gardens, coops have come a long way."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Rob Brinson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/raising-chickens-00417000079166/" target="_blank">Raising Chickens in the South</a>" by Steve Bender.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a> (August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuHNy_e6OzXQ4JfCnVOrZ6CThqSQ5X1tYNeReHK5yLfOeoLZluKCecAd82QRDiSj03JuyqWAUmqAmYyq_YC3Phx9ayZAy2MH_mPWfCJBuMetC5BjrghvK1nY7bUmAFRQFEMsllCN6MMA9/s1600/CLX0907Basia05-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuHNy_e6OzXQ4JfCnVOrZ6CThqSQ5X1tYNeReHK5yLfOeoLZluKCecAd82QRDiSj03JuyqWAUmqAmYyq_YC3Phx9ayZAy2MH_mPWfCJBuMetC5BjrghvK1nY7bUmAFRQFEMsllCN6MMA9/s1600/CLX0907Basia05-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Every morning I get up and open the chicken coop, which I fashioned from a former playhouse,' says Basia. 'The hens and my prize rooster, Walter, wander about the property.' Basia's two dogs and her cat live in her stone house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basia Halik's Neustadt, Ontario, farm and gardens. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robin Stubbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/ontario-home-0907?click=img_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">Choosing the Country</a>" by Bethany Lyttle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftWe-GFFETYYQd-JE2Q0mc4VaU-1ESW65dJn6x3FyxHDZC2M-1SyawyOzsOklQtRvnAM3CUD4Nt0mTTJSiCbBw3lS3g3ujQNA9W60CEXm4aPgePhFFJOi8LTGaFuymgWwBn3LPLglMI5Q/s1600/CLX0907Basia01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftWe-GFFETYYQd-JE2Q0mc4VaU-1ESW65dJn6x3FyxHDZC2M-1SyawyOzsOklQtRvnAM3CUD4Nt0mTTJSiCbBw3lS3g3ujQNA9W60CEXm4aPgePhFFJOi8LTGaFuymgWwBn3LPLglMI5Q/s1600/CLX0907Basia01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'Every morning I get up and open the chicken coop, which I fashioned from a former playhouse,' says Basia. 'The hens and my prize rooster, Walter, wander about the property.' Basia's two dogs and her cat live in her stone house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basia Halik's Neustadt, Ontario, farm and gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Robin Stubbert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/ontario-home-0907?click=img_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">Choosing the Country</a>" by Bethany Lyttle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUNuVN3nzQxwEpj2zVadGFYxv1F0b-tvaB_bRQ7tAJjiT_xTsL7SrXRlY4SEKNnFNEROoCeZuuzXb4j5rz0NuhbtoYxGhTJSmVE4zmZhTzPl8JyBzpN9uhhB1l7Qj26cWqHSdpz8IRgzM/s1600/emilia-fanjul-pfeifler-locust-valley-08_145718819623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUNuVN3nzQxwEpj2zVadGFYxv1F0b-tvaB_bRQ7tAJjiT_xTsL7SrXRlY4SEKNnFNEROoCeZuuzXb4j5rz0NuhbtoYxGhTJSmVE4zmZhTzPl8JyBzpN9uhhB1l7Qj26cWqHSdpz8IRgzM/s1600/emilia-fanjul-pfeifler-locust-valley-08_145718819623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The vegetable garden at the property's southern end includes a greenhouse where the family grows everything from zucchini to green beans to arugula."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Locust Valley, New York, estate of Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler and her family of five.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Frank de Biasi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Oberto Gili.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fashion editor: Miranda Brooks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sittings editor: Sara Ruffin Costello.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/a-peaceable-kingdom-emilia-fanjul-pfeiflers-home-in-locust-valley-new-york/#/magazine-gallery/a-peaceable-kingdom-emilia-fanjul-pfeiflers-home-in-locust-valley-new-york/8" target="_blank">A Peaceable Kingdom</a>" by Chloe Malle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (January 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQtTM-quFe6yRKN3M4z1Qy8Hq7x9aZXInkwsUkqmas0okheRk0UKudBlvCfjO7bdJZYVmFzsAxinnzB9RzbJqvVCkkjVmgOpuZkL6gj5LwTgs0ObjH0mduqOy7TzvOagV7J7xEPy6U6h0/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.eco-tips-10-gisele-bundchen-chicken-coop-composting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQtTM-quFe6yRKN3M4z1Qy8Hq7x9aZXInkwsUkqmas0okheRk0UKudBlvCfjO7bdJZYVmFzsAxinnzB9RzbJqvVCkkjVmgOpuZkL6gj5LwTgs0ObjH0mduqOy7TzvOagV7J7xEPy6U6h0/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.eco-tips-10-gisele-bundchen-chicken-coop-composting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Says Gisele Bundchen: " 'Leftovers go either to our compost or to the chickens. The children love going into the chicken coop and feeding the chickens. And it's a blast to pick up fresh eggs for our breakfast in the morning.' "</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Los Angeles, California, home of Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady and their children.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Interiors by Joan Behnke and Associates.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Architecture: Landry Design Group.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design: the late Dennis Hickok.<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2013/gisele-bundchen-tom-brady-los-angeles-eco-conscious-home-slideshow_slideshow_Online-Exclusive---Chicken-Coop_29" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Comforts of Home</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2013).</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ2ZQuaDMZEUb_fJ6QjkZtO_oU2jh3Xk9vxygOdQefjFmwHg9xXlr-w1h3kdP9y17T7FT0XFkkgiBDWHtyzyWIVYpWuf54HJKiHB3U5YKLrJOv4Aig8XIEctBFJ96qd7u_F8eM4X31Tm9/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.eco-tips-09-gisele-bundchen-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQ2ZQuaDMZEUb_fJ6QjkZtO_oU2jh3Xk9vxygOdQefjFmwHg9xXlr-w1h3kdP9y17T7FT0XFkkgiBDWHtyzyWIVYpWuf54HJKiHB3U5YKLrJOv4Aig8XIEctBFJ96qd7u_F8eM4X31Tm9/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.eco-tips-09-gisele-bundchen-garden.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Says Gisele Bundchen: " 'We grow 85 percent of our fruits and vegetables. Not only do we know where our produce comes from, but our children experience firsthand the connection between the earth and their food.' "</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Los Angeles, California, home of Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady and their children.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Interiors by Joan Behnke and Associates.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Architecture: Landry Design Group.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design: the late Dennis Hickok.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2013/gisele-bundchen-tom-brady-los-angeles-eco-conscious-home-slideshow_slideshow_Online-Exclusive---Chicken-Coop_27" target="_blank">Comforts of Home</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.81818199157715px;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5sE3WUJcptC6VB80V2CBKsMvQ3g9Y8cUR9aTy3ycjfXTkoQIrSL_haVU8-6DuDbFBiKVkl7JE54QOD-7dIZnh4MX4391bJ5l_7FI730U-KTm8aCSDDDSezKCMYL4U7nHoZp63WZ5nRkr/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-12-conservatory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5sE3WUJcptC6VB80V2CBKsMvQ3g9Y8cUR9aTy3ycjfXTkoQIrSL_haVU8-6DuDbFBiKVkl7JE54QOD-7dIZnh4MX4391bJ5l_7FI730U-KTm8aCSDDDSezKCMYL4U7nHoZp63WZ5nRkr/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-12-conservatory.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A custom-made Amdega conservatory adjoins the parterre."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clay Hill, jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke's 1816 Federal-style home in Virginia hunt country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorator: Alison Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Andy Lewis, Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape designer: Sue Bowman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Josh McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Michael Reynolds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-10/elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item11_12" target="_blank">Elizabeth Locke's Virginia Farmhouse</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-ryRkMl0x0kR4OzaQ9GVcy53KUtRWopeAPfmJ7NdiLmT4TVK-8hKEwPXmlCpnS1zzTZ-CxEmd6zAcLcTYQD6-FXRB24-_aLJmAiq1AiroRYo1Y3TrSeMsvZ-cEpvGDTDu5cSaQg5aXKZ/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-02-portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-ryRkMl0x0kR4OzaQ9GVcy53KUtRWopeAPfmJ7NdiLmT4TVK-8hKEwPXmlCpnS1zzTZ-CxEmd6zAcLcTYQD6-FXRB24-_aLJmAiq1AiroRYo1Y3TrSeMsvZ-cEpvGDTDu5cSaQg5aXKZ/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-02-portrait.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect Andy Lewis "collaborated with garden designer Sue Bowman on a new landscape plan, which features brick pathways, stone walls, and Italian-inspired boxwood parterres. . . . The centerpiece is a 19th-century-style conservatory. 'It's no folly,' [Bowman] insists: 'A lot of clients want a greenhouse and never use it, but when Elizabeth comes back from a business trip, she is trimming, pruning, and fertilizing.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clay Hill, jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke's 1816 Federal-style home in Virginia hunt country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decorator: Alison Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Andy Lewis, Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape designer: Sue Bowman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Josh McHugh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Michael Reynolds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-10/elizabeth-locke-virginia-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Elizabeth Locke's Virginia Farmhouse</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2011). </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcytreOxkUY2GtjQsRGhcfRmvgmmraeFRgjP1KjILuu2vDWxgVtocqouQOgNw-Y7yEnA4JrvLynQ2Di-RWu3C1wlNvl00VYtdHM79clZnAvg9g5qKdVfPWRGn51cwWZvR3ecMtF-_6ddT/s1600/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcytreOxkUY2GtjQsRGhcfRmvgmmraeFRgjP1KjILuu2vDWxgVtocqouQOgNw-Y7yEnA4JrvLynQ2Di-RWu3C1wlNvl00VYtdHM79clZnAvg9g5qKdVfPWRGn51cwWZvR3ecMtF-_6ddT/s1600/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-05-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus bushes outside the berry garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With their chickens, pigs, lambs, and sheep, the McNallys don't have to do a lot of shopping for food. 'We use our own bacon and ham from the pigs for breakfast,' McNally says proudly. Apples, peaches, plums, and cherries come from the orchards, and there's a berry garden with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The vegetable garden is also vast, with plenty of fresh asparagus, Sun Gold tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, peppers, fennel, and haricots verts. And, yes, there's compost, too."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windy Gates, the island farm of New York restaurateur Keith McNally and his family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/a-marthas-vineyard-escape#slide-5" target="_blank">A Martha's Vineyard Escape</a>" by Kate Betts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July/August 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQROYZ6EIll94Rbj29x4gK-ZgAaihFYTPuGsCeohbQSq9vCcPV2vnmJ_GfuNY_DiBtXIyRyZRpzX0y2RfQ8vPEOqJ4kYVGLuGgeThxeBfmP9UnHTVNrGQtVjNO3SanKtQf-gDuljUQAdX/s1600/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQROYZ6EIll94Rbj29x4gK-ZgAaihFYTPuGsCeohbQSq9vCcPV2vnmJ_GfuNY_DiBtXIyRyZRpzX0y2RfQ8vPEOqJ4kYVGLuGgeThxeBfmP9UnHTVNrGQtVjNO3SanKtQf-gDuljUQAdX/s1600/keith-mcnally-martha-vineyard-home-ed-0711-08-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Alice and the family's hens outside the guest cottage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windy Gates, the island farm of New York restaurateur Keith McNally and his family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/a-marthas-vineyard-escape#slide-8" target="_blank">A Martha's Vineyard Escape</a>" by Kate Betts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July/August 2011).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDbAXCbMh7xwLBLq0JZQHLXppWBpQIdHpcEeBu-zTeL7waWM4MIEv_22nQ19nAaBjuZuYH9aOGXcPxgci52uATXbmUGBvUxYN6c73yhrY5wvGXoflP3dYrYQhbqGVMyoOORJG5TXiKJY5/s1600/Exterior-potting-shed-door-HTOURS0705-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDbAXCbMh7xwLBLq0JZQHLXppWBpQIdHpcEeBu-zTeL7waWM4MIEv_22nQ19nAaBjuZuYH9aOGXcPxgci52uATXbmUGBvUxYN6c73yhrY5wvGXoflP3dYrYQhbqGVMyoOORJG5TXiKJY5/s1600/Exterior-potting-shed-door-HTOURS0705-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The chicken coop features Mary's stained glass in the door."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Port Georgia, Nova Scotia, cottage of Mary and Bill Bell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Donna Griffith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/homes/house-tours/nova-scotia-country-house-0705?click=img_sr#slide-10" target="_blank">Nova Scotia Country House</a>" by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTjSYTDZI5C2YBkTsuOLtK0FI0dtz0k1IQ75lbCQORwVKOSzoNGMYVq6ryzgRQgw9VmLjZiug-uOzusAUnqPmZg2n2w8qZx18tYTNPTSZOohlHn-xcN8OOKJ4va0qp1qAKDuVObHdW6Ke/s1600/hbx-garden-dining-table-bench-0511-bynon02-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTjSYTDZI5C2YBkTsuOLtK0FI0dtz0k1IQ75lbCQORwVKOSzoNGMYVq6ryzgRQgw9VmLjZiug-uOzusAUnqPmZg2n2w8qZx18tYTNPTSZOohlHn-xcN8OOKJ4va0qp1qAKDuVObHdW6Ke/s1600/hbx-garden-dining-table-bench-0511-bynon02-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Rustic yet refined, a 10-foot-long table and benches sit in the center of landscape designer Lisa Bynon's vegetable and cutting garden in Southampton, New York. The Belgian oak furniture, Tuscan stoneware, handblown goblets, vase, and linen napkins all come from Bloom, the Sag Harbor tabletop and antiques shop of Bynon's partner. Mona Nerenberg." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape designer Lisa Bynon's vegetable and cutting garden in Southampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">An Amazing Outdoor Dining Room</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2011).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aF3hDu76ICsVDVy2Vze0reEXKOJUmV6qTdGprJ66czsZmP8f2kXHdYRnXSDW6wPcG8bC4uEeTWE4KN-YD20BiG3C8DYuQsJVD4FwdlPUsxqVEkDRSl9XVfl3NFsb6j6lTLt3T4u9Vj0b/s1600/hbx-vegetable-garden-gate-0511-bynon01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aF3hDu76ICsVDVy2Vze0reEXKOJUmV6qTdGprJ66czsZmP8f2kXHdYRnXSDW6wPcG8bC4uEeTWE4KN-YD20BiG3C8DYuQsJVD4FwdlPUsxqVEkDRSl9XVfl3NFsb6j6lTLt3T4u9Vj0b/s1600/hbx-vegetable-garden-gate-0511-bynon01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A graphic cedar deer fence encloses formal raised planting beds." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape designer Lisa Bynon's vegetable and cutting garden in Southampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">An Amazing Outdoor Dining Room</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2011).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV9S9LRExPKDArIH5Gak7WNy8xflVZ8ttPgxHz9DhKaz5aSCNsDM16hy3MDH8m2_nMptrjFyt8159tXq0vwcknejr4e-00NFfnKB1cburN7AokdFmZZOX_wEEQPTklOhSlkOElpseDfxK/s1600/vegetable-garden-sunflower-outdoor-0511-bynon04-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV9S9LRExPKDArIH5Gak7WNy8xflVZ8ttPgxHz9DhKaz5aSCNsDM16hy3MDH8m2_nMptrjFyt8159tXq0vwcknejr4e-00NFfnKB1cburN7AokdFmZZOX_wEEQPTklOhSlkOElpseDfxK/s1600/vegetable-garden-sunflower-outdoor-0511-bynon04-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A vintage French zinc planter holds bushy lavender, which [Lisa] Bynon prized for its scented gray foliage. Turk paths encourage guests to stroll among the beds, picking vegetables, herbs, and flowers for the table. Plantings like sunflowers and tomatoes trained on bamboo structures reinforce the garden's architecture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape designer Lisa Bynon's vegetable and cutting garden in Southampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">An Amazing Outdoor Dining Room</a>" by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/outdoor-dining-rooms-0511?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3jMhyTXCFUvM3Kt1Ngz-8Jj7HuJhQVM_VpNOqV0TKCHfNzkuBCYUIc6aliYHkeUWCV4jQBPM361yPhaln6WK34ObeZZKxgcgatxj7a80Tjf1sR-bt5QevhRlQ9wZPsblrgwzpy1Mh5xJ/s1600/house-home-classic-bistro-terrace-jnicolay-may2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3jMhyTXCFUvM3Kt1Ngz-8Jj7HuJhQVM_VpNOqV0TKCHfNzkuBCYUIc6aliYHkeUWCV4jQBPM361yPhaln6WK34ObeZZKxgcgatxj7a80Tjf1sR-bt5QevhRlQ9wZPsblrgwzpy1Mh5xJ/s1600/house-home-classic-bistro-terrace-jnicolay-may2012.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Display classic terracotta pots of all sizes and fill them with practical, fragrant herbs. A Virginia creeper forms a leafy cover on this terrace's west-facing wall. A classic bistro table and chairs provide a shady place to sit on sunny summer days. Cotswold stone, an English limestone, looks beautifully aged thanks to its irregular edges and worn grey tones."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer: Sophie Burke.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Janis Nicolay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://houseandhome.com/design/european-style-terrace" target="_blank">European-Style Terrace</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/" target="_blank">Canadian House and Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6n7eUK9gZoc8brBRmbFXSI-D1SOVuiXiAw4fD7LTrge5zbSnIUBooD8pVYx5I1zeco0jZqo6YAN81kqCJjN16fxOo3dtZuAmMrU-HrFb_IfWtzyOfNQUH37x2mCCUNLFN3TBzGplwgQp/s1600/hbx-well-lillian-heekin-barber-outdoor-garden-white-table-112011-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6n7eUK9gZoc8brBRmbFXSI-D1SOVuiXiAw4fD7LTrge5zbSnIUBooD8pVYx5I1zeco0jZqo6YAN81kqCJjN16fxOo3dtZuAmMrU-HrFb_IfWtzyOfNQUH37x2mCCUNLFN3TBzGplwgQp/s1600/hbx-well-lillian-heekin-barber-outdoor-garden-white-table-112011-mdn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The couple often entertain in their kitchen garden, between raised vegetable and flower beds [Caleb] Barber made out of red cedar from a garage they tore down. 'We love the idea of the weekend country-house party in the European style, where everyone sits around the farmhouse table having long, leisurely meals, eating food made from the garden and drinking interesting and honest wine."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barnard, Vermont, cottage of Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barker, founders of Studio Due and owners of a vineyard, a winery, an organic garden, and a restaurant and wine bar in the village of Woodstock.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ditte Isager.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/vermont-country-cottage-1111#slide-11" target="_blank">A Cozy Vermont Cottage</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (November 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SThs3BgLcyoov0rVS6yVnPsZx-4Y8F0ExnvDstLn2TuVQxyDWBg6Pd2uYuaCRB9b7sLLlv9veJ8DHuNu7bH_ZF81tQi47oh9lW32G4Hq_iI6egDkWADESJKo-cBcHP2_XdW-8rEiXs-D/s1600/CLX0804TOVAH06-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SThs3BgLcyoov0rVS6yVnPsZx-4Y8F0ExnvDstLn2TuVQxyDWBg6Pd2uYuaCRB9b7sLLlv9veJ8DHuNu7bH_ZF81tQi47oh9lW32G4Hq_iI6egDkWADESJKo-cBcHP2_XdW-8rEiXs-D/s1600/CLX0804TOVAH06-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Flanked by twin Renaissance-inspired garden sheds, the entryway features boxwood-edged parterres as a visual appetizer before vegetables galore. Herbs like lavender, along with similarly hued bunching onions, make a colorful presence."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linda Allard's 70-acre property in Connecticut.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Richard Felber.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/connecticut-potager-0804?click=img_sr#slide-7" target="_blank">Garden of Earthly Delights</a>" by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDtaxyw_5Uxv7BwXlHz_8z11OduNVhv6akMOYJhGZFhq4_IPASIQwD59JieWT1jQhyH12n8ZYYGTqqZf3HRbWh90uVPVtrQDtRxjo8qQElKlqHswqFN7baqq94ZiBZ-RKnoP_VRRY_Gky/s1600/backyard-entertaining-ideas-MH0509-garden-1-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDtaxyw_5Uxv7BwXlHz_8z11OduNVhv6akMOYJhGZFhq4_IPASIQwD59JieWT1jQhyH12n8ZYYGTqqZf3HRbWh90uVPVtrQDtRxjo8qQElKlqHswqFN7baqq94ZiBZ-RKnoP_VRRY_Gky/s1600/backyard-entertaining-ideas-MH0509-garden-1-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Pale, wavy chives flank a garden path, while the white fence doubles as a grape arbor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Goldman's 200-acre farm in New York's Hudson Valley where she grows heirloom edibles. Ms. Goldman is the author of</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Heirloom-Tomato-Portraits-Beautiful/dp/159691291X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391484643&sr=8-1&keywords=the+heirloom+tomato" target="_blank">The Heirloom Tomato</a></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Bloomsbury, 2008). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeff McNamara.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/heirloom-garden#slide-4" target="_blank">Heirloom Garden</a>" by Peter Hellman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (May 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSmYR_xuR_ct-6SCLhyphenhyphenrtKPkn8egMV11_LPsOn4TrYWpzFZBUaPZtBOiHTLhXdZv_sbWLSMWYhiRlmjiH5gCN7V7DzF-GNK6mAdFQDRTI0up7X7NMdNVmtXUHIcbhlLZWhwhPcTwDO9xU/s1600/backyard-entertaining-ideas-MH0509-garden-11-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSmYR_xuR_ct-6SCLhyphenhyphenrtKPkn8egMV11_LPsOn4TrYWpzFZBUaPZtBOiHTLhXdZv_sbWLSMWYhiRlmjiH5gCN7V7DzF-GNK6mAdFQDRTI0up7X7NMdNVmtXUHIcbhlLZWhwhPcTwDO9xU/s1600/backyard-entertaining-ideas-MH0509-garden-11-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Amy] Goldman keeps experimental plants free of cross-pollination from the farm's larger garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Goldman's 200-acre farm in New York's Hudson Valley where she grows heirloom edibles. Ms. Goldman is the author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Heirloom-Tomato-Portraits-Beautiful/dp/159691291X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391484643&sr=8-1&keywords=the+heirloom+tomato" target="_blank">The Heirloom Tomato</a></i> (Bloomsbury, 2008). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeff McNamara.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/heirloom-garden#slide-3" target="_blank">Heirloom Garden</a>" by Peter Hellman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metropolitan Home (May 2009).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcdkos9iCIJ7y8DeWZqnOpE8C2KUAnFr_OAsSFzzjng5iyZJm_P09CMItWVWDdwJlhEQOMxjwXLbKXFNrDD60NC5Z_gQ97TfHjc3LTiB04DJrINi-brvkGcKX4fxOMgP2k5UPQrvjfCsW/s1600/17-wadedemattei-0509-xlg-62593722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcdkos9iCIJ7y8DeWZqnOpE8C2KUAnFr_OAsSFzzjng5iyZJm_P09CMItWVWDdwJlhEQOMxjwXLbKXFNrDD60NC5Z_gQ97TfHjc3LTiB04DJrINi-brvkGcKX4fxOMgP2k5UPQrvjfCsW/s1600/17-wadedemattei-0509-xlg-62593722.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wine, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, lavender and flowers, a vineyard-and-mountain view from the outdoor dining area; it's classic Napa Valley. Metal bistro chairs are from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a>; terra-cotta planter is from Vintage Home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Napa Valley ranch of David DeMattei and Patrick Wade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jose Picayo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/wade-demattei-napa-design?click=img_sr#slide-16" target="_blank">Napa Valley Home with New Traditional Style</a>" by Barbara King.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxN63Ft3mipuULQsiYGbbMaEEK_k1sez-oxYy6mWpZs7N1WSPlMpaf4fU4FXAiGo0IUnRVtnZCRAH3oZDeWf16fe5vN4VonPx1rL0uBcDrejKMSvP9AzXuqPewP3EKKz4d6RJVdCTcBQ_d/s1600/Vegetable-Garden-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxN63Ft3mipuULQsiYGbbMaEEK_k1sez-oxYy6mWpZs7N1WSPlMpaf4fU4FXAiGo0IUnRVtnZCRAH3oZDeWf16fe5vN4VonPx1rL0uBcDrejKMSvP9AzXuqPewP3EKKz4d6RJVdCTcBQ_d/s1600/Vegetable-Garden-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Enclosed by an ornamental wooden fence, the primary vegetable garden features a spiral finial mounted on a pole for beans, impromptu bamboo gazebos lashed together with zip ties, and geometric raised beds filled with vegetables." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hortulus Farm (Latin for "small garden"), the Pennsylvania farm of Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Sacco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/pennsylvania-garden-0805?click=img_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A Pennsylvania Garden</a>" by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsBx7NC0by3G89tPd8k5GDwNwMtHgRA0HfHT5B-tRI77hrFqTv6hMjnYtF2-iA4ED30AlauV3bN8yhsmTvB9quDygDO8YEV-U62kNHqz2hN_zPq47kwSkRXTltp0wgCf_4UpG2OqMtbzP/s1600/Geese-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsBx7NC0by3G89tPd8k5GDwNwMtHgRA0HfHT5B-tRI77hrFqTv6hMjnYtF2-iA4ED30AlauV3bN8yhsmTvB9quDygDO8YEV-U62kNHqz2hN_zPq47kwSkRXTltp0wgCf_4UpG2OqMtbzP/s1600/Geese-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"All manner of fowl share the farm, including the 'guard geese' - Sebastopols and Embdens - that keep deer at bay."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hortulus Farm (Latin for "small garden"), the Pennsylvania farm of Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Sacco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/pennsylvania-garden-0805?click=img_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">A Pennsylvania Garden</a>" by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bbk5Nv5-MnlzEHitZxuSyNPuOiUFpSojMYgLXU-bxtUqH0j1Aorj3_cGQ4gqDis20P6VKefit1FeDHiP_7E5m0K41w8BODVNpLA0pI6auAHciGgM2QR2RwXDZ8OmPZOi3ZXjn9gHGobA/s1600/Pergola-Table-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bbk5Nv5-MnlzEHitZxuSyNPuOiUFpSojMYgLXU-bxtUqH0j1Aorj3_cGQ4gqDis20P6VKefit1FeDHiP_7E5m0K41w8BODVNpLA0pI6auAHciGgM2QR2RwXDZ8OmPZOi3ZXjn9gHGobA/s1600/Pergola-Table-GARDEN0805-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jack and Renny's outdoor 'room with a view' is canopied by a trumpet vine, golden hops, and rose-bowered pergola, with concrete pavers laid down checkerboard style."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hortulus Farm (Latin for "small garden"), the Pennsylvania farm of Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Sacco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/outdoor/garden-tours/pennsylvania-garden-0805?click=img_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">A Pennsylvania Garden</a>" by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLOgG2jDwR4BKj9vKTczNYhDBIqbdElyXG9GDC2eTZCAi_s0QswONdfVIum_AEHFTD4FDVaWnTLLJDRNIFxTeMrHA6NlNDRnIH4Y0UmgIkZfcmH2Eym9sFIwxwrUoODhM6SfwsQNX8SZ3/s1600/BlogConservatoryVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLOgG2jDwR4BKj9vKTczNYhDBIqbdElyXG9GDC2eTZCAi_s0QswONdfVIum_AEHFTD4FDVaWnTLLJDRNIFxTeMrHA6NlNDRnIH4Y0UmgIkZfcmH2Eym9sFIwxwrUoODhM6SfwsQNX8SZ3/s1600/BlogConservatoryVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antique wooden doors from Burgundy, tole chandelier, bistro chairs, iron urns and Anduze jars, all Chateau Domingue. Vintage toile tablecloth. Hydrangeas, boxwood and olive topiaries. Myrtle standards in urns." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas, home of Ruth Gay, founder of <a href="http://www.chateaudomingue.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Domingue</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and interior design by Pamela Pierce, <a href="http://www.ppiercedesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pierce Designs and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/outdoor-rooms?click=main_sr#slide-9" target="_blank">Photography by Peter Vitale</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Inventing Beauty" written by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</span></div>

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