Clare Coulson

2 weeks ago | gardenista.com | Clare Coulson

What garden designers put in their own gardens is perhaps more revealing than what they create for their clients, who generally have extensive land, and expansive budgets. In their own homes,  garden designers are often, like most of us, constrained by limited time and resources. But they have time to think, sometimes for many years, about any intervention—and time to experiment and innovate.

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Clare Coulson

“The garden is a test bed, but it’s also like a library or sketchbook that I can draw on for future schemes,” says Sarah Price, taking in...

2 weeks ago | cntraveller.de | Clare Coulson

Prinz Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa nippt an einem pinken Martini. Im Schatten einer Pergola, überwuchert von Glyzinien und Jasmin, gesäumt von Rosen, sitzt er und lässt den Blick über seine Gärten schweifen: ein kleines Paradies, drei Hektar groß, sein Himmel auf Erden. Hinter dem Prinzen schimmert der Pool. Weiße Atlasrosen blühen neben Olivenbäumen am Beckenrand. Und vor Ruspoli windet sich ein Weg durch ein paar neue Beete voll leuchtendem Lampenputzergras. Olinto.

2 weeks ago | cntravellerme.com | Clare Coulson

A winding stone path leads down to a long, shady iron pergola draped in wisteria and twisting jasmine, where Prince Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa, the creative force behind all this romance, is sipping a pink concoction. Elegant and dashingly handsome, he casts an eye over Olinto Atlas Mountain Retreat, his three-hectare (and expanding) garden estate. Shimmering olive trees underplanted with fragrant floriferous white Atlas rose bushes encircle an expansive pool.

3 weeks ago | gardenista.com | Clare Coulson

Emily Thompson Flowers, the debut book from the New York-based florist, was never going to be like any other flower book, because Thompson is quite unlike any other florist. As Shane Connolly points out in his foreword, in a world where many florists have proclaimed themselves “artists,” she truly is one.