leaf magazine - autumn 2011

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Preview Issue

AUTUMN 2011

Inspiring GardensSeasonal Outdoor StyleFall Flowers


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In Every Issue

8 LetterfromtheEditors

12 Contributors

shop12 UpdatedFrontPorch

15 VintageTrendsfromBrimfield

20 EasyPiecesforFallLayers

22 DirtCouture

root24 EllenBiddleShipman

found26 YarnBombs

28 MakingaSplash

30 ThreeMenWenttoMow

33 ForFallPlanting

34 WildApples

contents

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phoographed by Saxo Hol.

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In Every Issue (coied)

good36 SeedsforAfrica

go38 WhattoSeeinBoston

plant40 Heleniumautumnale

flavor43 PickYourOwnCocktail

flower88 AutumnProvidesExciting

CutFlowerChoices

Departments

build

45 ACompulsiveCreatorsGarden

fun50 MakeLikeJohnny

andHittheAppleRoad

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features56 Warmth

66 BoldBlueinSilverLake

72 NewAgrarians

80 InfluencedbyanIsland

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leafAUTUMN 2011

Co-Founder & Editor

SUSAN COHAN

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Managing Editor

LYNN FELICI-GALLANT

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Advertising Director

SANDRA SLOAN

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Graphic Design

ALEX-HOLT COHAN

CHRISTINE WENDEL FARRUGIA

KORI KENNEDY

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lettersFrom the Editors

a Facebook page. Everyone at the table was a non-be-liever. Today, the way we nd, read, store, and interact

with information has been totally transformed andLeaf

is the vanguard of a new publishing movement.

During the time that followed that original con-

versation, I made a concerted effort to meet people

whose online presence interested me. They were other

designers, architects, writers, and editors who were

outside of the horticultural and landscape design com-

munity. I attended events aimed at online design com-

municators. There was always a design group who wasconspicuously absentmy ownthe landscape and

garden designers. My rst thoughts about an online

design magazine dedicated to design beyond our doors

arose out of these events.

At one of those events, I met with fellow designer/

blogger Rochelle Greayer and mentioned pursuing an

online magazine for outdoor style and design. A few

weeks later she e-mailed me andLeafwas born. We

knew that if the information was presented in a way

that was engaging and compelling, those interested in

design beyond our doors would embrace a magazinethat addressed the totality of stylish living outside.

I hope you enjoy the journey through this preview

copy ofLeaf, and stay with us as we continue to ex-

plore the best and most interesting in outdoor design.

Leaf started as aconversation between

designers about the

transformative nature of

design and how technol-

ogy would change our

lives. I was the only one

of that group who had a

Twitter feed, a blog, and

Welcome to the rstissue ofLeaf. I am so

glad you are joining

us on this adventure.

Getting to this launch

has been about jour-

neys, both personal and

cultural.

My personal journey

started with a blog over three years ago-Welcome Stu-dio g friends!-and solidied a yearning to move from

one creative eld-landscape design-to another-writing

and magazine creation. I used to call Studio g my

small attempt at creating the magazine I always wished

existed. Now, happily withLeaf, it does.

Culturally, the word existedmeans something entirely

different than it once did. Communally we are we are

rapidly moving towards a world where paper books

and magazines are joined by digital publications such

asLeaf. It is an exciting and positive change, as webecome more mindful of our resources and technology

is more fully integrated into our everyday lives.Leafis

launching in an evolving landscape of awareness abou

the effects we have on our environment. We are all on

a quest to more wisely manage our physical world.

It is also with no small amount of pride and seren-

dipity that a Topher Delaney designed garden should

grace our rst cover. She, along with so many others

I have met along the way, thankfully, encouraged me

and this project to this point. I look forward to what

Leafwill become as we continue with the belief that wecan create not just a great magazine, but a community

of people who appreciate great design, living beauti-

fully, and respecting the land on which we live.

Susan Cohan Rochelle Greayer

LEAF MAGAZINE au u mn 2011


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contributors

Jane Berger is a landscape designer

and writer. She is on the board of theAssociation of Professional Landscape

Designers. Her publications include

articles inLandscape Architecture

Magazine, The American Gardener, and

American Style, among others.

Warren Bobrow is the cultureeditor of the Wild Table in the Wild

River Review. His research on biody-

namic organic wine and food appears in

the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink inAmerica, Ed., 2. He is internationally

published on the topic of cocktails, and is a rum judge for

the Ministry of Rum.

Suzanne Cummings opened her Chicago shop,Suzanne Cummings Flowers, in 2006. Suzanne studied floral

design with Jane Packer in London, and brings a European

flair to all of her floral designs. Suzanne Cummings Floral

Design School is an offshoot of her atelier, and offers any-

one living or visiting Chicago the chance to learn to make

beautiful floral creations.

Jeff Dunas is a commercial and fine art photographer.The author of 11 monographs, his work has been exhib-

ited in over 60 one-person shows including 12 American

museums. He is the co-founder and director of the Palm

Springs Photo Festival.

Kelly Fitzsimmons has been pho-tographing children and families for

nearly 20 years. She loves working with

children of all ages, and her playful

approach and use of only natural lightand settings result in timeless portraits.

Saxon Holt is a professionalgarden photographer and owner

of PhotoBotanic, a garden photography

library. His most recent book is The

American Meadow Garden.

Courtney Jentzen is a designer and illustrator based inBrooklyn, New York. Her design company, Swiss Cottage

Designs, specializes in illustration, custom projects, and in-

vitations. She enjoys live music, good tea, small bookstores,

and eating carbs.

Kari Lnning is a contemporary bas-ket maker. Her inspiration comes from

a passion for color, nature, and architec-

ture. Her work has been shown at The

White House and the Smithsonian.

Mary Ann Newcomer is known asthe Dirt Diva on the River Radio, 94.9

in Boise, Idaho. Her articles on gardening

have been published inMaryJanes Farm,

Fine Gardening, and The American Gardener.

Her first book, The Rocky Mountain

Gardeners Guide, will be published in January 2012.

Rich Pomerantz is a garden andportrait photographer. His three books

are Great Gardens of the Berkshires,Hudson

River Valley Farms, and Wild Horses of the

Dunes. Rich conducts photography work-

shops through the New York Botanical

Gardens and privately.

Nan Sterman, a Californianative, is an author, botanist, and

garden designer. Nan writes, appears

on radio and television, and speaks on

the topic of water-wise design. Her

books include California Gardeners Guide

Volume II, and Water-wise Plants for the Southwest.

Jonathan Williams, of Big2doProductions, is a videographer, media

producer, musician, and photographer.As a producer, his work has varied from

museum exhibits and public and broad-

cast television, to corporate, education,

and new media.

Adam Woodruff is an award-winning garden designer.His naturalistic designs are influenced by the New Wave

Planting movement, making his style unique.
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slate

Consider a planter withstrong contemporary styling

Concrete 5 series planter from Terrene

Graphic prints in black and white for pillowsFabric from Trina Turk for Schumacher

Add a contemporary porch swingmade from recycled plasticLoll Go Swing form Design withinReach

Mix in ethnic finds used asside tables and plant standsTibetian Drum side table fromPottery Barn

Mix and match styles to create

a surprising and eclectic welcome
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Explore handmade details such ascrocheted rugs

Rug from Paola Lenti

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shopVintage Trends rom Brimfeld

Rain,rain, andmore raincouldnt keep the thrice-annual Brimel-

Antique Show from gathering over 5,000

antique and collectible dealers on a long

stretch of eld along Route 20 in south

central Massachusetts in September. The

goods were on stilts above water-ooded

elds, shopping was a wading experience,

and knee-high garden boots were never

quite so handy. Regardless of the weather,

the show went on, and the hardy vendors

took it in stride, bringing their wares for

sale, show, and trade. The best part of theshow was meeting them and our interior

design colleagues, many of whom trav-

eled from all parts of the country to scour

the market for treasures.

Over the years, trends come and

go, even at antique shows. Long gone

are the Martha Stewart milk glass days;

new trends reign. This year, we saw a lot

of barn lamps, folk art, and new things

passed off as old. There was still a strong

showing of the Belgian-beige, French-

cottage look. Missing, however, were

chandeliers, large architectural remnants,

and mid-century, modern design pieces,

leading us to wonder if those trends are

disappearing.

We wandered the aisles, aiming to get

our heads around new ideas for design,

decoration, and the adornment of our

personal spaces. We distilled our ndings

down to three trends: Homespun, NeoPrep, and Industria. We are excited to see

these trends take shape over the coming

seasons, and we wonder how they will

manifest themselves in our gardens and

exterior rooms. We hope you take a bit

of inspiration from these nds, as there is

nothing like a spending a few days trek-

king though mud at an antique show to

nd the next new thing. RG

L E A F M A G A Z I N E d e s i g n o u t s i d e


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Homespun is an artisanal look andlifestyle trend that incorporates nostal-

gic retro-imagery and the romanticized

ideals of a previous, less technologically

driven time. Screenless environments

that allow time for handmade and home-

grown goodness is the driving idea behind

Homespun. Busy 21st-century lives dont

always allow us to make items ourselves,

so we are comfortable buying what we

cant create. Vegetable gardens, heirloom

seed collecting, canning and preserving,and backyard chickens inspire an overall

look that is perfect for vintage collecting

and outdoor decoration. Old-fashioned

garden favorites like lilacs and roses are

back. Pails upturned become light xtures.

A block and tackle becomes a way to hang

a chandelier made of canning jars. Old

farm tools and carts become planters. Its

all part of the Homespun look.

Homespun

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1. Pack basket from Jon and Carla Magoun 207.743.2040 2.Olive brine

bucket from Big Daddys Antiques 3.Traditional bark canoe from John

and Carla Magoun 207.743.2040. 4. Work pail lamp from The Gourd Guy

(Brimeld only)5. Dog cart from Keenan Antiques 717.292.4820

6. Stove top dryer from Hartman House Antiques 508.378.7388 7. Block

and tackle from MBC Tools 774.696.5321 8. Architectural details available

from multiple dealers.

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NeoPrep

Neo Prep is a reinterpretation of classicsummer outdoor style. Think sailing, shell

collecting on the beach, or a thermos of

hot coffee by a lake on a crisp morning at

sunrise. This trend combines ideas from

traditional American summer destina-

tions and pleasures Nantucket, Santa

Barbara, and the Adirondacks. Go sailing

with friends. Set an outdoor table with

real china and crystal. Pack a basket and

bike to a picnic. Wear a straw boater and

a seersucker suit, or shoes without socks.Greyed-out wood, nautical colors, and

rope details are key elements for Neo

Prep. Peonies, hollyhocks, and hydrangeas

are classic seaside planting choices. Nauti-

cal pieces can be added to a garden, and

surprisingly arent used often except in

seaside gardens.

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Gentlemans picnic case from Howards Entertainment2. Bowling

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tertainment 4. Buoys and oats from Traditonal Marine Outtters

Canoe and paddles from Howards Entertainment 6. Marine roping

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apped oars from from Tradtional Marine Outtters 8. Glass oats from

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Industria

Industria harks back to the days of pre-robotic manufacturing. Often beautifully

detailed, old, factory cast-offs are reinter-

preted as garden furniture and elements.

Cast iron, rusty steel, concrete, and wood

are common materials in this trend.

Objects with the patina of honest use nd

a second life a machinists workbench

becomes a planting bench, an old cart on

wheels becomes a coffee table or teacart.

Iron grates lined with moss nd new use

as wall planters, an upside down industri-al funnel gets wired as a light xture, and

old lockers are transformed into a narrow

balcony tool shed. Not just for the patio

or deck, factory pieces can also be added

to garden beds as supports for climbers,

fence and gate elements, or for sculptural

interest. The opportunities for creativity

and recycling abound in Industria. SC

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1. Repurposed grates seen everywhere at the market 2. Gas tanks turned

into planters 3. Sculptural bench via Rustbelt Rebirth. 4. Movie marquis

letters and numbers seen everywhere at the market 5. Industrial part lamps

from The Gourd Guey (Brimeld only) 6. Stacking bins from Big Daddys

Antiques 7. Candelabra made from industrial leftovers from Let It Go

8. Industrial bins full of antlers seen throughout the market

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shopEasy Pieces for Fall Layers

SinceLeafis all about digitalcontent, we decided to shop

some very accessible fashion sites

in our quest for all things relat-ing to outdoor style, including

fashion.

Classic styling and natural

materials in warm autumnal

hues can t into anyones ward-

robe. These arent outdoor work

clothes, although some have the

kind of practical styling that is

common to American casual

sportswear. Jeans, the quintes-

sential American addition to the

fashion lexicon, are the basis for

the pants, and in other pieces,

buttons button and ties tie.

The easy pieces weve chosen

are practical, yet fantastic for a

morning meeting of friends for

cider and doughnuts, a day of

ea market treasure hunting,

exploring a local corn maze with

the kids, or just being out andabout in the cool autumn air.

Layer them over clothes you al-

ready have, and were sure some

of these will become your favor-

ites in the months to come.-SC

Click on any image to shop for that

item.

Cable knits andfishermans stysweaters

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Levi Strauss$178

Steve Madden$100

Boyfriend jeans indark washes

Workstylin

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Here is what we have to have


shopDirt Couture

Dirt Coutures signature product, Hose Clothes,

are the sassy little slipcover for your garden hose.

AtLeaf, we love handmade things. They speak to us in waythat our speedy, technology-driven 21st century lives yearn for

Thoughtfully curated, Dirt Couture is an online shop that

specializes in handmade products for gardens and gardeners.

Cindy McNatt, the shops owner, offers a selective variety of

serious and humorous products for inside and out. They are

all made by hand. SC

Sturdy canvas and leather garden buckets sewn by Karen

Burke, and inspired by British gardener Rosemary Verey.

Lynn Felici-Gallant,Leaf managing editorSlugs are cozy, rubber

boot liners made by

Rayana White

Susan CohanLeaf co-founder/editorWhimsical handmade tree swings

are fully waterproof, and will hold

both children and adults

Rochelle GreayerLeaf co-founder/editorRusted steel cache pot crafted by

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Shes been called the Dean ofAmerican Women Landscape Archi-tects and one of the best, if not the

very best, flower garden makers in

America, yet Ellen Biddle Shipman is

relatively unknown in landscape design

history. How can it be that a designer of

over 600 gardens in twenty-six states,

Quebec, and Bermuda, for clients that

included the DuPonts, Fords, and As-

tors, can all but disappear from the his-

tory books? The answer lies partly in

Shipmans own design approach.

Planting, however beautiful, is not agarden, Shipman wrote in her Garden

Note Book, housed in the Rare and

Manuscripts Collection at Cornell Uni-

versity. A garden must be enclosed . . .

or otherwise it would merely be a culti-

vated area. Privacy was central to Ship-

mans designs, and much of her practice

was devoted to creating intimate and se-

cluded spaces for wealthy women whose

rootEllen Biddle Shipman

husbands work took them away from

the home for long periods of time. Mostof those commissions were on country

estates that have disappeared.

Shipman considered the garden to

be an essential part of any home. She

began her career in 1910, when she was

in her forties and her husband had left

her as a single mother with three chil-

dren. She was an enthusiastic amateur

gardener with a voracious appetite for

reading about gardens, and had an ex-

tensive plant palette and innate ability

to assemble plants into dense, beautifulbeds. Her friend, architect Charles

Platt, recognized her talents and offered

Shipman formal training. Before long,

she was working with Platt and other

landscape architects such as Fredrick

Law Olmstead and Warren Manning,

and she opened a women-only land-

scape design firm in New York. She

gardened well into her seventies.

Of the 600 commissions to hecredit, fewer than ten publicgardens exist today. They inclu

Stan Hywet Hall and Garden(pictured) in Akron, Ohio

Longue Vue House andGardens in New Orleans,Louisiana

Cummer Museum of Art andGardens in Jacksonville, Flo

Mina Edisons MoonlightGarden/Edison and Ford WiEstates in Fort Myers, Florid

Sarah P. Duke Gardens inRaleigh, North Carolina

Chatham Manor inFredericksburg, Virginia, and

Longfellow House Garden inCambridge, Massachusetts.

There are a handful of privategardens in existence, and thebones of a few others can beviewed publicly.

One of Americas Most Prolific Landscape Designers
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Though Shipman was influenced by

Platts design approachwhich included

carefully constructed axial layouts, per-

golas, paths, and structures that ensured

a proportionate relationship between the

home and gardensshe developed her

own personal style of expression. Her

borders were brimming with hundreds

of old-fashioned plants such as peonies,

roses, irises, and daylilies, and she used

standards and small trees and shrubs todefine the beds. Her choice of plants

was intended to appeal to female clients;

the beds were intimate expressions of

activities such as planning, nurturing,

cultivating, and arranging flowers. A

Shipman plan was extremely detailed,

and included instructions for the most

effective means to grow each plant.

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foundYarn Bombs

YARN BOMBSARE HAVING A MOMENT

Bombs have appeared on trees before,

but fber artist and yarn bomber SuzanneTidwell has taken the art to a new level.

In July and August, idwelltransormed Occidental Park inSeattle into a playul environmentwhere cra, grafti, and landscapemerged. No longer considered

grafti, since she had the cityspermission, her joyul explosion ocolor turned a drab urban envi-ronment into an experience be-yond mere sightseeing. Te trees,lampposts, and bollards providevertical structure while idwellshorizontal striping and hot colorcombinations unite the installationas a cohesive whole.

A temporary statement, yarn bombing is a

hybrid of craft and grafti. Originally, yarn

bombers sought to humanize and personalize

urban environments by covering them withknitted and crocheted covers. Yarn bombing

has grown into a much larger international

movement of ber artists who cover cars,

statues, and more. It has even moved inside the

mainstream art world. New York based crochet

artist Olek will be included in the Smithson-

ians Renwick Gallerys 40 under 40 show in

2012. To see yarn bombers in action all over

the world, visit yarn bombing on YouTube.

A short history ofyarn bombing in the landscape

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Lamposts and London Plane trees

wearing their knitted fnery in Pioneer

Square in Seattle.

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foundMaking a Splash


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Custom Concrete Design of North

Berwick, Maine, are embedded with

a variety of fossils and make refer-

ence to the process of sedimentation

and time. And this is not lost on the

children, who have named the sculp-

ture their river.

Because Cornerstone includestoddlers through eighth graders,

Parker was challenged to provide a

sensory experience for many ages,

experiences, and learning levels.

He achieved that in a way

that is safe and offers physi-

cal challenges that children

can judge themselves. For

example, the rill provides

levels and rates of water ow

that allow the youngest chil-

dren to closely observe the play of

older children in a setting that pro-

tects them, yet they share with older

students. Cornerstones students were

involved in the project from the start,

observing the construction from

classroom windows with excitement.

Once they had access to the serpen-

tine rill, they quickly gathered leaves

and sticks to dam the waters ow, or

splashed their hands in the water or

falls. They owned it instantly, notes

Parker. LFG

InLast Child in the Woods(Algonquin, April 2008), Richard

Louv posits that todays wired gen-

eration of kids have high rates of

obesity, attention decit disorder, and

depression because they are too far-

removed from nature. Louv would

be proud of the efforts to reverse thistrend at The Cornerstone School in

Stratham, New Hampshire. Based

on the Montessori philosophy that

children learn best through

independent means with

an emphasis on freedom

with limits and respect

for every childs abilities

and their relationship

with nature, the school

commissioned landscape

architect Terrence Parker of

terrarma landscape architecture

of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to

integrate its existing site with a new

interactive landscape.

At the center of the redesign is

an innovative rill that acts as a sculp-

tural outdoor classroom. It has bold,

sweeping lines and a visual presence

that may or may not include running

water. As a sculpture, the serpentine

rill has metaphorical properties, says

Parker. The multi-layered, custom-

dyed, concrete forms created by

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CLASSROOM

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foundThree Men Went to Mow

Combine the witty, ir-reverent, and nearly always

behatted James Alexander-

Sinclair with the forever jovial

BBC Gardeners World TVhost

Joe Swift and the dashing and

smoldering Chelsea Flower

Show Gold Medal winner

Cleve West, and what do you

get? Three Men Went to Mow, a

hilarious video series available

on YouTube. These are some

of our

favorites.

James Alexander- Sinclair Joe SwiftCleve West

THE STRIPPER

SELF SEEDERS GROW YOUR OWN

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Congratulationsto all our friends at LeafMagazineon your first issue!

Join veteran host and garden ing expert Joe lamp'l for thesecond season of Growing a GreenerWorld, a national seriesdedicated to inspiring people to live a more ecc-friendly lifethrough gardening,food, and sustainable choices.Hands-on projects inspire and teach in every episode,including garden-ta -tab le recipes from Chef NathanLyon. An integratedwebsite enriches the experience withbonus video, blags,podcasts, informative articles, cookingsegments, recipes and more.Growing a Greener World is nationally distributed throughAmerican Public Television and presented by UNC-TV.

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Coral Sunset (herbaceous)

Garden Treasurentersectionalka Itoh peony)

Coral Supreme (herbaceous)

Elephant ears,

dahlias, calla, cannalilies,Agapanthus,

and some gladioli

need to be removed

from the ground

and stored in a cool,

dry place to protect

them from winters

harshness. With the

Red Pig Bulb Lifter,

the job is a cinch. Two

tines, hammered at andcurved along the length of

the tool, mimic the

classic Dutch tool design,

and prevent damage to

the bulb as it is eased

from the ground.

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Peonys Envy

Kathleen Gagan

As the weather cools, its time to plant one

of springs most beloved plants peonies.Fall is also the best time to transplant exist-

ing peonies, but dont count on blooms

until their second year if you do so. One

of the best guides to planting this garden

classic is the Peony Care section of the

online catalog of Peonys Envy. We asked

owner, Kathleen Gagan, to select a few of

her favorite coral and yellow peonies. Click

on each link to take you directly its page in

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foundWild Apples

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reaus essay, Wild Apples, is a twice-

yearly publication that aims to inspire

thoughtful living by sharing writings,

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Seeds for Africa is a British-basedorganization that helps lessen the

well-publicized plight of millions ofpeople starving and at food-risk in

Africa. The organization provides

access to locally sourced seeds,

plants, and equipment, and the

expertise to help schools and fami-

lies establish kitchen gardens and

orchards. They train new owners

of each project they help build so

that the populations served not only

benet from the food they grow,

but also learn ways to keep growingand producing far into the future.

Both urban and rural projects are

Seeds for Africa

funded through the organization,

with a focus on creating school gar-

dens that ultimately help provide

healthful meals for those wherethere are often none.

The organizations work is

concentrated in four countries:

Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and

Uganda. Through its projects in

schools, and its larger community-

based projects, Seeds for Africa

is creating long-term solutions to

problems that plague the countries

they work in. They are giving fami-

lies a stake in their own futures thatwill benet their communities for

generations. -SC

Each issue ofLeafwill prole an

organization that is making a positive

difference for our planet and its inhabitants.

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goWhattoSeeinBoston

Farmers Markets -

The local foods move-

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England and that is

reflected in the large

number of well-stocked,

beautiful markets full of

local meat and seafood,

produce, baked goods,

preserves, and flowers.

There is a market nearly

every day of the week. To

locate one near you, visit

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Day Trip!A whole day of hopping from attraction to

attraction is just a fifteen minute drive west

of Boston.

TheMinuteman National Historic Park

encompasses the scenic and historic Old

North Bridge, the Concord River, and the site

of the shot heard round the world that

started the Revolutionary War.

Nearby the de Cordova Sculpture Park

and theGropius House (the personal home of

Walter Gropius, founder of the German design

school known as the Bauhaus) are icons of

contemporary art and modern architecture.

TheLyman Estate andStonehurst

(situated a stones throw from each other) are

both historic homes

worth visiting. The

Lyman Estates

Greenhouses, date

from 1800 are open

to the public, and

house a huge array

of tropicals and exciting plants not normally

seen in New England. At Stonehurst you can

still see the hand of Frederick Law Olmsted on

the landscape of this beautiful home that was

designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.

Stonegate Gardens is one of the prettiest

garden centers in New England. Their new,

two-story modern glass houses are set to

open later this year, and the grounds are true

gardens where everything is for sale.

The Rose Kennedy Greenway - Called

Bostons ribbon of contemporary parks, the

Greenway connects a city once divided by highways

in a meandering, 1.5-mile promenade.

Hubway/Urban AdvenTours - Launched

in 2011, the Hubway is Bostons first bike-share

system. And Urban AdvenTours is a unique,

eco-friendly way to see the city on two wheels.Mare Restaurant -

Mare offers an all-natural

ingredient list based al-

most entirely on certified

organic and sustainable

seafood from the U.S. and

around the world.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Visitors

to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum aregreeted by the visual splendor of the courtyard

garden. The museum was designed as a work of art

in totality, and stands as a testament to the vision of

Isabella Stewart Gardner.

New England Holocaust Memorial - Look at

these towers, passerby, and try to imagine what they

really mean what they symbolize what they

evoke. They evoke an era of incommensurate dark-

ness, an era in history when civilization lost its

humanity and humanity its soul. ~Elie Wiesel

Barbour Store - Amongst

the many boutiques and

restaurants of Newbury

Street is an outpost of the

British classic clothier. The

store is always stocked with

waxed jackets and high-

quality outdoor gear.

Fenway Victory Garden - Established in 1942,the gardens are the last and the oldest of the origi-

nal victory gardens created during World War II.

They remain an eclectic garden oasis just steps from

Fenway Park.

Oleana restaurant - It is no surprise that chef

Ana Sortuns outrageously inventive food is so good;

her husband grows the restaurants produce at

nearbySiena Farm.

The Glass Flowers

at Harvard UniversityNatural History

Museum - Between 1887

and 1936, father and son

team, Leopold and Rudolph

Blaschka, created nearly

850 exact glass models

of flowers for Professor

George Lincoln Goodale to use in studying and

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plantHelenium autumnale

botanical nameHelenium autumnale

common nameDogtooth daisy/Sneezeweed

plant familyAsteraceae

native habitatVarieties native throughout North America.

Found in meadows and moist areas.

seasonal interestBlooms mid-summer to early fall

height and width2-6 tall by 1.5 wide

soil and moistureTolerates clay soilmoist, but not wet.

Fertilizing may lead to weak stems.

aspectFull sun

maintenanceEarly pinching will encourage branching.

May require staking. Cut back after blooming.

Deadheading increases bloom time.

Propagate by division every 2 to 3 years.

problems and diseasesPowdery mildew, rust, leaf smut, and fungal spots may occur.

hardinessUSDA Zones 3-8

design usesHeleniums make wonderful companions for grasses in a naturalistic setting.

Use in a meadow garden and in informal mixed borders. They are beautiful as cut flowers.

There are more than 90 cultivars available.



Notes: Attractiveto bees, but toxic

to deer and rabbits.


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flavorPick your own Cocktail

Grilled White Peach Rumbleingredients

2 shots rhubarb liqueur

1 shot white peach juice

(grill white peaches until

caramelized, then run in food

processor until smooth)

1 small basil leaf, rolled and

sliced widthwise

preparation

To a cocktail shaker, add the

liqueur, peach juice, and basil

leaf. Shake and strain into a

coupe glass with a slice of pickled

rhubarb for garnish.

recipesRhubarb Pickle Sticks

ingredients

1lb rhubarb, peeled and cut into

sticks (the length equal to the

height of the jar being used for

storage). Pack them into a can-

ning jar.

1c apple cider vinegar

1c honey (or maple syrup)

3 tbs grenadine

1tsp coarse salt

Spices to liking (orange, lemon,

cloves, cinnamon, ginger, chili

akes, anise stars, mustard seed)

preparation

Heat vinegar, honey, grena-

dine, salt, and chosen spices in asaucepan until dissolved together

(about 1 minute of boiling). Pour

liquid in to jars to completely

cover the rhubarb sticks. Close

the jar and let it steep for a day,

then refrigerate for up to a week.

Rhubarb liqueur can be made at

home by infusing vodka or grain

alcohol with freshly cut rhubarb.

As the avors seep, so does the

rhubarb color - making for a

pretty pink homemade cordial.

A variety of recipes can be found

online, or you can purchase com-

mercially made rhubarb spirits.

Two to try are Rhuby USDA

Certied Organic Rhubarb

Liqueur and Chase Rhubarb

Liqueur.

Rumble recipe developed by Warren Bobrow

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Making the rst Leafmagazine exclusive video was quite an undertaking that we hope to repeat again(especially now that we have a learned a few things). Were it not for the help of Jonathan Williams and

Big2do productions it simply wouldnt be. Mixologist Warren Bobrow provided us with his delicious recipe,

and Kelly Fitzsimmons photographed the lming party. For all of them we are grateful. We hope you enjoy a

Grilled White Peach Rumble made from fresh pickings as much as we did.

We got an education in prop styling

Food is not always what it seems

in video-making and photography.

Our pickle sticks were whipped

up in minutes with boiling water

and some quickly chopped rhubarb

and the liqueur is a secret recipe

of red food coloring and water.

An injured back (long walks through air-

ports carrying heavy video equipment can

be dangerous) didnt stop Jonathan Williams

of Big2do Productions from helping us cre-ate the video.

We searched high and low for rhubarb pickles, but found none.

If you want this garnish, you are going to have to roll up your

sleeves and get canning. But dont worry; its not hard to do.

behind the scenesMaking a Video with Leaf

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buildA Compulsive Creators Garden

It is hard to imagine that abeautiful garden exists on landscape

designer Dustin Gimbels street in

Long Beach, California. The neigh-

borhood of once-proud 1920s bun-

galows is now mostly 1960s stucco

and stone duplexes intermixed with

squat garden apartments from the1950s (which is probably the last time

the gardens were watered). Music

blares from an unseen neighbors

window.

To reach Gimbels home, visitors

step over goo-lled gutters oat-

ing with bits of red, blue, and white

gum and ice cream bar wrappers.

Across the cracked concrete sidewalk

is a chain link fence surrounding his

property. An opening in the fence

leads to an entirely different world.

Gimbels bungalow is fronted by

a tiny garden that packs a big punch.

The 60 deep x 150 wide space is

enveloped in a green wall of ever-

green g, (Ficus nitida). The walls keepneighbors from peering in, and buffer

the garden from street-side chaos. To

Gimbel, the hedge satises his desire

to live in a big green box.

Such a dense perimeter could

have made the small garden feel

claustrophobic, but not given Gim-

bels skillful design. He divided the

garden with a diagonal boardwalk

Written andPhotographed

by Nan Sterman


Senecio antephorbium stands

tall with stacked hypertufa ball

sculptures as a backdrop to

a dramatic urbanite wall and

Dyckia Black Gold.

Boardwalk made

from Ipe wood scraps.
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A small water feature anks

the porch and provides a

home for a variety of plants

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made of Ipe wood scraps. On either

ide of the boardwalk are small gar-

den spaces, each with its own charac-

er and planting scheme so intricate

and fascinating that visitors take aong time to make their way from the

ntry to the front porch.

Gimbel marked the farthest end

of the boardwalk with a weeping

acacia (Acacia pendula), whose coppery-

brown bark and silver, blue-gray

eaves set the tone for the gardens

olor scheme. He balanced the tall

ree by placing a large urn-shaped pot

at its base. Sprays of sherbet-orange-

blooming recracker plant (RusseliaNight Lights Tangerine) spill out

and over the ceramic, whose coppery-

brown glaze echoes the acacia bark.

Near the front porch, Gimbel

dug a pond and lined it with broken

oncrete. Water spills from a piece of

opper tubing. The sound of water

hitting water is just the right volume

o camouage the neighborhood

music. Opposite the pond, a curved

path of round pavers leads to a hand-made concrete bench. Its an inviting

pot to sit and meditate, despite the

busy sidewalk just a few feet away.

Gimbel has a tiny, low-water

lawn ofFrankenia thymifolia. This

hree-inch-tall evergreen has tentacle-

ike branches clothed in teeny, deep

green, leaves. A low, arching wall

of broken concrete embraces the

lawn, just as the Frankenia embraces

a young, South African pincushion

(Leucospermum Veldre) that blooms

ery orange in early spring.

Gimbel has a collection of min-iatureAlbuca Augrabies Hill bulbs

planted amid theFrankenia. In bloom,

their bright white owers look like

upright sundrops and smell like va-

nilla. During the rest of the year, their

ne, grass-like foliage is nearly invis-

ible. At those times, however, all eyes

focus on a trio of faces that appear

to be sleeping in theFrankenias sea of

green. Gimbel found the original face

at a thrift store, made a latex mold,then cast the faces in concrete.

The edge of theFrankenia lawn

features three Dyckia spiny, cab-

bage-sized bromeliads with purple-

black blades. Upright, succulent

Senecio anteuphorbium, tall purple-black

Aeonium Zwartkop, undulating teal

and coralEcheveria, and other shapely,

low-water plants along the top rim

of concrete encircle the space. Aside

from the pond plants, this is a low-

water garden. It has no irrigation

system just Gimbel and his wee

appointment with the garden hose

While Gimbel is a plant collect

he is also a collector of the odd anunusual, such as two rounded obje

that look like woody versions of ni

throwing stars. These, explains Gim

bel proudly, are seedpods from a ra

Eucalyptus lehmannii.

Some items are products of

nature; others are products made b

Gimbel. Im a creative compulsiv

he says, I love the process of crea

ing things. So, for example, when

Gimbel poured his own concretepathway pavers, he used pieces of

faux skin that look like snake and

ostrich for surface treatments, and

then stained the pavers with brown

and greens.

While handcrafted touches are

everywhere, one particular design

motif appears again and again.

Round, rough gray spheresballs

really ll a corner of Gimbels

pond. A screen of what Gimbel ca

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ball towers divides sections of the

garden. More balls are placed strate-

gically amid rounded gray gravel in a

dry streambed and greenery almost

everywhere one looks.

What is Gimbels fascination

with balls, one might ask? According

to Gimbel, he once visited Whiskey

Creek on the Olympic Peninsula

with famed plantsman, Dan Hinkley.

There, he was fascinated to nd per-fectly round rocks. Most of the rocks

were too heavy to take home, so Gim-

bel tried his hand at making them.

While the natural rocks are smooth as

a babys behind, Gimbels hypertufa

versions are more rustic, chunky, and

meatball-like in the positive sense:

they are complex and fascinating.

Decorative elements like the

hypertufa balls are especially impor-

tant in such a young garden, wherethe structure is still developing. Using

the balls as a screen, Gimbel says,

doesnt take up space, but gives

you interest. Five years from now,

the gardens structure should come

into its own. By then, the quartet of

narrow, columnar Ilex vomitoria Will

Fleming that ank the boardwalk

will have grown into a garden room.

As one walks along the boardwalk,

Gimbel explains, it will feel like you

are moving through space.

Ask Gimbel the secret to creating

a garden like his and he smiles. Start

with your wildest dreams, he says,

then break that down to something

you can execute. It may not be easy

and it may not be fast, but the

rewards are worth it.

Dustin Gimbel is one of Southern

Californias up-and-coming landscape

designers with an impressive pedigree.

He spent part of his childhood roam-

ing the grasslands of Californias gold

country, northeast of Sacramento. As

a teenager, Gimbel talked himself into

a position working for the late Mary

Lou Heard, an icon among Southern

California nursery folks. After earning

his horticulture degree in 2002 from

California State Polytechnic University,

Pomona (aka Cal Poly Pomona), Gim-

bel set out on a series of round-the-

world horticultural internships. During

that time, he worked with Dan Hinkley

at Heronswood outside of Seattle, and

Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter in

England.

Gimbel earned the Royal Horti-

cultural Societys Wisley Diploma in

Practical Horticulture, after which he

was offered a position as head gardener

on a large English estate. Before starting

this new position, however, he made a

trip home where he rediscovered the

blue skies and bright sun of Southern

California. England became a fond

memory, as Gimbel settled into his na-

tive Long Beach and started a design

business, Second Nature Garden De-

sign. Today, he serves clients throughout

the region.

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funMake Like Johnny,

and Hit the Apple Road

Surely the apple isthe noblest of fruits.

~Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples

Esopus Spitzenburg is an antique apple that many regard as the very best

dessert apple. Thomas Jefferson grew it at Monticello, and it is purported to

have been his favorite apple.

Johnny Appleseed, the folk hero nur

eryman of the American frontier, spen

his life travelling from his childhood

home in Massachusetts through most

what is now the Midwest region of th

United States. Along the way, he fa-

mously planted apples from seed, and

provided frontier settlers with nursery

stock to colonize the land.

Johnnys seed-planting was an orig

act of sustainability. It encouraged biod

versity and natural selection that ultima

gave rise to a vast selection of regionall

variable apples that at one time

numbered over 15,000 varieties.

Today, however, industrial farming

produces 90% of the apples and only11 varieties are commonly found in

most grocery stores. But it is the other

10%and the search for the best, re-

gional, lesser-known and more interest-

ing varietiesthat can provide a grand

day full of adventure, exploring, taste-

testing, and maybe even a history lesson

Apple growing regions in the Unite

States extend from Michigan and the

Great Lakes through New England, fro

Virginia and North Carolina and the

neighboring mountain valleys into theOhio Valley, and throughout the Pacific

Northwest and into California. What a

now referred to as heirloom, vintage, or

antique varieties of apples were once v

common in early America. In most are

unless you travel to local apple picking

chards and participate in the traditions

cultivating and harvesting apples, you m

never see or taste the fruits whose uniqu

character shaped early American life.

There are about 5,000 remaining

apple varieties that round out the non-dustrial market. Many of these are end

gered but can be purchased through lo

nurseries and growers. If you discover

new favorite, try planting it. In doing s

you will contribute to retaining valuabl

biodiversity and regional history.RG

For more information about heritage, an

and heirloom apples, visit Noble Fruits:

Guide to Conserving Heirloom Apples.
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Fedco Seeds - Waterville, Maine

Shelburne Orchard - Shelburne, Vermont

Gould Hill Farm - Hopkinton, New Hampshire

Clarkdale Fruit Farm - Deerfield, Massachusetts

Eastmans Antique Apples - Wheeler, Michigan

Edible Forest Nursery- Madison, Wisconsin

Heritage Apple - Clemmons, North Carolina

Big Horse Creek Farm - Lansing, North Carolina

Urban Homestead - Bristol, Virginia

Vintage Virginia Apples - North Garden, Virginia

Foggy Ridge Cider - Dugspur, Virginia

Jones Creek Farm - Sedro Woolley, Washington

Trees of Antiquity- Paso Robles, California(Previously Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery)

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The Johnny Appleseed T

apple.McMahons can be dated to

1860 in Richland County, Wisconsin.TheAlexanderapple can be traced

back through England to Russian

heritage.

Appalachian Region

Dula Beautywas first grown in Lenoir,

North Carolina, from the seeds of the

Limbertwig. It grows very well in the

region, has been recommended by

the North Carolina Department of

Agriculture since the turn of the 20thcentury, and is popular for frying

and baking.

Hallis a small apple whose flavor has

hints of vanilla. Many antique apples

exhibit flavors that vary from butter-

scotch to anise and other spices.

Junaluska was the leader of the east-

ern band of Cherokee Indians that

lived in North Carolina. The apple tree

that was named for him hailed fromhis land in western North Carolina. It

was thought to be extinct until 2001,

when it was rediscovered by Tom

Brown of Heritage Apples.

Reasor Green was also thought to

be extinct until 2001. Originally from

Lee County, Virginia, the tree pro-

duces fruit that is uniquely capable of

dryinginstead of rottingwhen

wounded.

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MidAtlantic

Campfieldwas well-known in early

America because of its usefulness

cider-making. During Colonial time

it was often combined with the jui

from theHarrison Cider Apple and

the Graniwinkle.

Harrison Cider Apples, when un-

mixed, make a dark, extremely ric

cider that is in great demand.

Willow Twig is another rare apple

is named for the unique drooping willow-like appearance of the tree

New England

Aunt Penelope Winslowis a fall

apple that was ostensibly brought

Maines North Haven Island from

Marshfield, Massachusetts over 2

years ago by a woman referred to

Aunt Penelope.

Coles Quince was discovered by

Captain Henry Cole in

leaf magazine - autumn 2011

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