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The Great Outdoors!

By Anne Halpin
April 2, 2021

One of the most healing things we can do during times of upheaval is to get close to nature. No matter what happens in the world around us, the cycles and rhythms...

Welcome Spring – Your Perennial Garden Will Brighten The Early Spring Scene

By Anne Halpin
March 5, 2021

In flower gardens and landscapes, spring begins with bulbs. Here on the East End some of the earliest — and most welcome — color in our landscapes and gardens comes from bulbs.

The Garden in Fall

By Anne Halpin
October 26, 2020

Now that we’ve been spending so much of our time at home, many of us have taken up home-based activities like cooking, baking, woodworking and gardening.

Seaside Gardens

By Anne Halpin
September 23, 2020

East End gardens near the water require careful consideration of growing conditions...

Your Tropical Paradise

By Anne Halpin
August 19, 2020

Who knows if we’ll be able to head to the islands this winter? But you can create your own tropical getaway right here outside your house, on your deck or patio, or in your garden...

Heavenly Scents

By Anne Halpin
July 22, 2020

Colorful flowers in a summer garden are pure delight and for many of us, an essential part of the joy of the season...

Deck Decor

By Anne Halpin
June 24, 2020

Colorful plantings help Bring the deck into the landscape...

A Garden Grows on the East End

By Anne Halpin
May 15, 2020

In spring and summer flower gardens come back to life across the East End. Spring is the season of bulbs and perennials, and the earliest annual flowers...

Whether your house is new or old, whether its style is formal or informal, modern, contemporary or historic, it’s not really complete without landscaping. The landscape unites the home with its setting, anchoring the house to the land and making the property a coherent whole...

Winter is Coming

By Anne Halpin
October 23, 2019

As the days grow shorter and temperatures dip, landscapes across the Hamptons prepare for winter. The landscape sheds the finery of its summer flowers and brilliant autumn foliage and reveals its bones...