Carol Pessin’s art cards capture nature’s beauty
byPhotographs by John Rizzo Walking into the Whole Foods Market in Port Chester, shoppers are immediately greeted by a burst of blooms. The…
MAY 2015
Passion flowers
Second life for photographer Gordon Parks
byIt’s been said that the artist never dies. And the same for the art produced. The late Gordon Parks, whose collection has found a…
Richard Ottinger: Pioneering environmentalist
bySince its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has provided more than 110 million youngsters with a strong foundation in nature study…
Edmund Hollander’s upcoming book, “The Good Garden”
byAll images from “The Good Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Edmund Hollander Design” (The Monacelli Press), with principal photography by Charles Mayer. Edmund Hollander,…
Stacy Bass publishes new photography book, “Gardens at First Light”
byPhotographs by Stacy Bass, courtesy the photographer. Photograph of Stacy Bass by Pamela Einarsen. Stacy Bass is definitely a morning person. “There’s something about…
The language of the Japanese garden
byPhotography by L. Laken. Courtesy the Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden. A garden is like speech: It will talk to any observant viewer…
Frida Kahlo in the garden
byPhotographs courtesy The New York Botanical Garden. When we think of Frida Kahlo, we tend to think of a life (1907-54) that was as…
A Jersey girl at heart
byIt’s a rare topographical paradise that can accommodate both cranberry bogs and peach trees — not to mention cornstalks, tomato plants and strawberry patches….