Garden Design. 2006. May

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great ideas for
gracious outdoor living
santa barbara style
Plant a Tropical Garden
on the Weekend
Hydrangeas:Timeless
Beauties, New Hotties
Almost-Instant
Water Features
Turn Bouquets into
Art Belgian Style

contents
MAY 2006
58
72
Features
70 La Dolce Vita
58
Nestled in a geographically blessed Mediterranean climate,
Santa Barbara and its suburb of Montecito offer an abundance
of ideas and inspiration for gracious outdoor living and cre-
ative gardening. This elegant approach to living with nature is
inspirational wherever you are.
BY DONNA DORIAN
BelgiumWow
72
“Cutting-edge floral design”rings true in Belgium,where
designers are pushing far past the flowers-in-a-vase paradigm.
Meet Daniel Ost,Geert Pattyn and Nico De Swert,three
pioneers in this born-again art form,and take in the beauty
and curiosity of their designs.
BY JENNY ANDREWS
On the Cover 80 Short but Sweet
A stone bancoin a Montecito Cross over the Maine border into York and all bets are off.
garden exemplifies Santa A creative culinary couple and their landscape designer’s inven-
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Barbara style (see page 58). tive way with annuals created a garden that leaves conservative
Photo by Steve Gunther. Northeast tradition in the dust.BY TOVAH MARTIN
When the sun is out and the wind is still,you’re one month on in the middle of May—ROBERT FROST GARDEN DESIGN 5
contents
Departments
12 Reader Letters
15 Dirt Left- and right-coast
museums and their must-see
landscapes.Sitting in minia-
ture.Cottage Garden in Piasa,
Illinois.Midcentury-modern
garden goodies in Pound
Ridge,NewYork.And more.
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26 Growing The magnifi-
cent and versatile hydrangea.
35 Décor This coastal get-
away is a place for luxurious
but casual outdoor living.
40 Style Water features that
are new in material and con-
temporary in design.
45 Entertaining Maximiz-
54 ing your garden for a party:
Designer Dan Zelen offers
40 guest-pleasing tabletop ideas.
50 Groundbreaker
The inside track on Philippe
Starck’s outdoor furniture.
54Abroad
ExploringVancouver Island’s
horticultural heaven.
35
89 SageAdvice
You asked and Jack Ruttle an-
swers.Versatile bamboo.A Na-
tiveAmerican meditation gar-
den.Tropicals in New Jersey.
112 Details
A Mogul garden brings Moor-
ish tradition to the Hamptons.
For more,check out
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www.gardendesign.com.
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