TARA DILLARD

Studying Landscape Design in Italy, a day was set aside for Venice.  No gardens.  A dreaded day.  Money was tight & study was the purpos...

Thought you would like to see the depth between building & view, from previous post. Yes, the bench does have a view. Tuscany. . Garden...

Weaned on cover shots of Smith & Hawken sales catalogues ca. 1980's, and Horticulture magazines of the same era I've never wante...

Olive trees sold long ago. These stones have retained this slope for centuries. No mortar. A new Drystack Stone wall begun by a recent DIY...

Tea Olive Terrace, below, yesterday morning, pic taken from my upstairs office window. Why shouldn't I copy what I loved while studying ...

Every garden must have at least 1 cone shaped evergreen. Draw eyes to the sky. More about this Italian garden, above, here . Gertrude Jeky...

Italian director & screenwriter Mario Monicelli , 1915-2010, made comedic films. He created a genre, 'Italian-style comedy'. T...

Simplicity. Flat wall softened into 3-D with: light fixture, bell, foliage, arbor. Kinetics of bell, gate, foliage, light, invitation fo...

At the property line, below, a hedge & faux gate. Look close, it's mirrored. Hints of an English cottage garden, below. Double ax...

Invite people thru your garden with doorways. Use a pair of pots, pair of vertical stones, pair of plinths, pair evergreen shrubs, arbor &a...

When the setting is right a pot display is de rigueur. Choice morsels to delight the eye and invite perusal. . Garden & Be Well, X...

In Italy, centuries ago, when a late freeze threatened the lemon crop, smudge pots were lit. saving the lemons. . Garden & Be Well, ...

Deep winter dormant, I still know what this garden looks like. And why it works. Formal hardscape: hedges & lines contrasted with chao...