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design tips from american gardens: ‘american roots’ with nick mccullough
21.07.2023 - 22:01 / awaytogarden.com
IF I SAY “English garden,” you probably conjure a mental picture of colorful mixed borders and garden rooms enclosed by hedging. But what’s the essence of an American garden? That was what a new book called “American Roots” set out to explore, profiling 20 home gardens around the nation for design inspiration and also for how-to advice geared to gardening success.Garden designer Nick McCullough and his wife, Allison, are the team behind an Ohio-based landscape design firm, and also behind the new book, “American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from the Designers Reimagining our Home Gardens” (affiliate link). Nick shared some takeaways he gleaned from the process of making the book.
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‘american roots,’ with nick mcculloughMargaret Roach: I smiled when I read your introduction to the book where you confessed that you started the project of trying to define the American garden and what you had in your head at the time, like stereotypes. And I quote you, you say, “Cookie-cutter suburban landscapes, perfectly mown lawns, annual-lined walkways, and white picket fences.”
Nick McCullough: Exactly.
Margaret: [Laughter.] But is that what you found?
Nick: Certainly not. And it’s so funny, that’s what many people think it is, but it’s so not that. We’re so diverse, we’re so creative as a gardening community in America and there’s so many regions of the country, it’s so vast. So
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