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Italian lessons: planting The Big Rock

Design, Glen Villa, Plants, TravelBy glenadminJuly 27, 20141 Comment

I have no desire to create an Italianate garden in rural Quebec. Yet many things in the Renaissance and Renaissance-revival gardens I visited this spring are inspiring me to re-examine aspects of the garden at Glen Villa. High on the list is ensuring I have the right balance. Balance between simplicity and decoration. Between open and closed…

How a Garden Grows: The Skating Pond

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJuly 21, 20147 Comments

This post is the first of several I plan to write, describing how different sections of the gardens at Glen Villa have changed over the years. Let me know what you think. Are you interested in more posts like this one? Some people plan a garden before they begin to make it, with sketches or architectural…

What a difference: seven years and counting

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJune 29, 20145 Comments

Last year when a group came to visit Glen Villa, I asked them what I could do to make a future visit more enjoyable. Provide a map, they said. So I have. A very kind friend has revised the map of Glen Villa produced in 2007 to bring it in line with what is on…

How (not) to design a border

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminMarch 31, 20145 Comments

A few years ago, a huge tree blew down. The tree was at the edge of the lower garden, by what we call the dragon gate —  a construction of vertical and horizontal pieces of painted wood that matches architectural elements on our house. The tree and the dragon gate marked the start of a…

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A study in black and white, bowed and broken

Glen VillaBy glenadminDecember 30, 201310 Comments

After several more days of snow, our landscape is a study in black, white, and grey… Birch trees on the hillside: an arrangement in grey and black, minus Whistler’s mother. with the occasional touch of green… Spruce trees in the lower field and yellow. A touch of yellow on a broken ash tree. So many…

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The Aqueduct, Part 3: Planting It

Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJuly 15, 20134 Comments

Spring in Quebec comes late. It was mid-May before the ground was dry enough for trucks to cross the lawn. And we needed trucks to complete The Aqueduct. The Aqueduct on April 6. Snow still lingers in shady areas and everything is a mess. The reflecting pool went in — first concrete blocks, then steel…

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The Aqueduct, Part 2: Building It

Glen Villa, PeopleBy glenadminJuly 8, 2013Leave a comment

In my last blog post, I wrote about why we decided to build The Aqueduct (The Aqueduct, Part I: Why We Built It). I explained that we wanted to see and hear the stream that ran down the hill near the house, to replace some dangerous steps, and to create a water feature that harmoniously…

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