Join Narrative Garden Adventures Indoors and Out
Granite steps lead to indoors to an idealized walled garden of Hamlen Flowers & Birds chinoiserie antique wallpaper custom printed for new construction.Interior designer Nan Quick envisioned closet doors as expansive windows open to an idealized world.
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NAPLES -- "The Holly-Interpretations are what make the Views of Naples feel fresh, surprising and NEW" -- Nan Quick. Armchair travelers meet by oceans' edge to join the Views of Italy grand tour in scenic wallpaper originals by Dufour in Paris c1822, renewed by Alderman for generations today.
For permission to scan Vues d'Italie at Rose Hill, special thanks go to John & Billings Cay. Dufour Views of Italy at Winterthur, Evan John photo.
... Armchair aesthetes indoors explore Bellevue House Gardens outdoors through 700+ photos here in albums and day by day on Instagram @Bellevue_Gardens_Newport to join virtual storyteller garden walks, Classical follies and pools...
... whimsical ornament, new American Renaissance themes, sculptures, fountains and further adventures in this unique narrative garden in Newport designed by Ronald Lee Fleming with architect J.P. Couture, seen in Alderman's photo albums A to Z and on Instagram, @Bellevue_Gardens_Newport
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We look forward to the new book by Ronald Lee Fleming, The Adventures of a Narrative Gardener, Creating a Landscape of Memory to be published on October 27 by D Giles Ltd., London.
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