Private Newport

Ron Fleming is a Renaissance man in the truest sense of the word–writer, city planner, preservationist, inveterate traveler, philanthropist and all ’round Bon Vivant.

Up the street, exactly one mile door to door from our home, is an historic house renowned as one of only two homes in America both designed and decorated by…

I remember many years back describing with great affection my take on Autumn clematis (or clematis paniculata) “vivacious…embracing…enveloping…a bit free with her favors…and goes by the honeyed name, Sweet Autumn…

There’s nothing like completing a years-in-the-making-garden to give one a new lease on life!

This is a quick blog, dashed off between one cheerful to do after another as summer slips into its next-to-last week.

Another Newport Summer is about to end in our seaside enclave, and the thought is pulling at my heartstrings.

In a busy (too busy!)

Three weeks ago we were all enjoying an “Evening at Home,” with its views and landscapes that are at the heart of the success of this Aquidneck Island Land Trust’s…

As I write this post, I’m in my sun room looking out the deep bay window that provides a panoramic view of the Fountain Garden and its signature details that make…

With credit to its magnificent beauty (and Covid), the Newport community has turned into a beehive of real estate activity; to express it very simply, “buy or build”.

As of July 4th, summer is in full swing in our City by the Sea, and just like clockwork, an iconic flowering shrub, the hydrangea, comes into bloom.

July is an important month at Parterre, when all the demanding garden work expended from March through June pays off…none more so than in the Green and White Garden.