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Ethne Clarke

Journalist, author, editor, Ethne has gardened in England and four US climate zones, most recently in Colorado Springs where she is loving the challenge of planting on a prehistoric sand dune at the foot of Pikes Peak. Best known for her books on the history of landscape and garden design, Ethne’s latest book, The Midcentury Modern Landscape was recently published in the USA by Gibbs Smith USA, and in the UK by Frances Lincoln as The Mid-century Modern Garden: Capturing the Classic Style.

Midcentury Modern Plants and Gardens

By Ethne Clarke

<em><a href=”https://www.amazon.com/Midcentury-Modern-Landscape-Ethne-Clarke/dp/1423645804″>The Mid-Century Modern Landscape</a></em> is the title of my recent book. It’s rather misleading because it’s about gardens: I’m old school and I think of landscape as the natural surroundings in which we build or shape our dreams: The Parthenon is set in a dramatic landscape; my greenhouse is part of my garden. Oh, […]

Pomegranates in the garden and kitchen

By Ethne Clarke

Pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a small tree native to the Mediterranean reaches of the near east, and so in zones where the temperature drops below 40F, is a pretty and productive addition to a conservatory garden. Otherwise it will be happy outdoors in regions with arid hot summers and cool winters. In either situation, pomegranate […]

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Autumn Harvest’s Bounty

By Ethne Clarke

The aspen trees have moved from shining beacons on the mountainsides to puddles of gold beneath the trees; greenhouses — retail and residential — are being cleaned out, and pumpkins, turkeys and sugar plum fairies are dancing in shoppers’ heads. The holiday season is upon us. In 1574, Nicolas Monardes, a Spanish man of letters, […]