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The Right Landscape

By Anne Halpin
March 11, 2020

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...

Wee Trees

By Anne Halpin
September 20, 2019

Flowers bless the world with their colors for just a short time – most perennials bloom for only a few weeks and annuals are gone in fall. But woody plants – ...

Glorious Grasses

By Anne Halpin
August 26, 2019

Are you in search of the perfect seashore plants – plants with an informal, beachy feel that are easy to grow, don’t need much in the way of care, and look great all summer long – even into fall? Plants that don’t need spraying or primping, that aren’t ...

Vines By Design

By Anne Halpin
July 24, 2019

Climbing, trailing and cascading plants add romance to any garden, whether they are grown in pots or in the ground. Vining plants enable gardeners...

The Charm Of A Cottage Garden

By Anne Halpin
June 26, 2019

Cottage gardens have a special charm. These lively, colorful combinations of old-fashioned plants are the very essence of...

Garden Blues

By Anne Halpin
June 4, 2019

Blue is the most unusual color in the plant world, and one to be treasured. Blue flowers and foliage bring special qualities to the garden. Cool colors ...