AllLectures and WorkshopsPlaces Designing a Garden on the Spot at Lakeside Chautauqua Text by Julie Moir Messervy. Photos courtesy of Lakeside Chautauqua. I recently spent a few…JMMDSJuly 30, 2019
AllPlaces Charleston, South Carolina: A Gardener’s Dream City Photos and text by Julie Moir Messervy I recently traveled to Charleston to give my…JMMDSMay 30, 2019
AllDesignPlaces JMMDS Landscape Design for Public Spaces: Saxtons River Park Text by Julie Moir Messervy. Photos except where noted by JMMDS. Sometimes projects just take…JMMDSApril 30, 2019
AllArtInspirationPlaces Tasmania, Australia: A Visit to MONA Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy. A year ago, my family and I traveled…JMMDSMarch 20, 2018
AllDesign JMMDS Residential Landscape Design: A Contemporary Home in Southern Vermont By Julie Moir Messervy. Photos by Seamus Flynn Photography. Sitting high on a hill…JMMDSMarch 12, 2018
AllPlaces Six Weeks in Australia, Part 2 Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy. Plateau and escarpments caused by uplift 170 million…JMMDSMarch 2, 2018
AllEssaysPlaces Changing My Point of View | Six Weeks in Australia Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy Freshwater Beach, Northern Beaches, New South Wales I’m…JMMDSFebruary 12, 2018
AllBooksDesignPlaces Japanese Gardens On My Mind By Julie Moir Messervy Tenshin-en at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Photo: Susan Teare. Japanese…JMMDSFebruary 2, 2018
AllPlaces Nine Days in Italy: Part 3—A Garden a Day Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy Editor's note: We have long owed our readers…JMMDSDecember 2, 2016
AllPlaces Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Elm Bank Celebrates 20 Years! Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy. Weezie’s Garden’s Butterfly Bench looks out at…JMMDSJune 7, 2016
AllPlaces Nine Days in Italy II: The Sacred Grove of Bomarzo Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy. The Park of the Monsters at Bomarzo, located 60…JMMDSMay 24, 2016
AllPlaces A Mercedes-Benz Dream Garden at The Kampong Silver Dream carport garden at The Kampong 2016 Showhouse. Design: JMMDS. Photo: Rolando Diaz. Recently…JMMDSMay 12, 2016
AllPlaces Nine Days in Italy: Part I Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy. My husband and I just returned from a beautiful nine…JMMDSApril 12, 2016
AllPeoplePlants A Must-Follow Horticultural Blog By Julie Moir Messervy William (Ned) Friedman is not only the Arnold Professor of Organismic…JMMDSFebruary 15, 2016
AllDesignPlacesPress Pedrick’s Garden Receives SCASLA President’s Award of Excellence Pedrick's Garden, Greenville SC 29609. Copyright 2014 Craig Gaulden Davis. The South Carolina Chapter of the…JMMDSNovember 6, 2015
AllDesignTipsUncategorized Planting Big Trees in Southern New Hampshire We're sometimes asked what are the most spectacular changes that people can make to their landscapes quickly.…JMMDSOctober 5, 2015
DesignUncategorized Southern Vermont Pond Renovation Video and photos by JMMDS We recently shared some of the exciting institutional landscape designs we're…JMMDSAugust 17, 2015
AllPress JMMDS Honored by Small Business Revolution The Small Business Revolution is a year-long documentary/photojournalism project that tells the stories of 100…JMMDSJuly 23, 2015
AllDesignPlacesUpcoming Events What We’re Up To: Current JMMDS Projects It was a busy spring here at JMMDS, and it doesn't look like we'll be…JMMDSJune 22, 2015
Uncategorized The Land of the Giants: Traveling to Northern Ireland Text and photos, except where noted, by Julie Moir Messervy The Irish coastline. On February…JMMDSMay 8, 2015
AllPress JMMDS in Gardenista, Garden Design, Ocean Home, and More! Julie Messervy's firepit, as seen on Gardenista. Photo by Susan Teare. It has been an…JMMDSApril 30, 2015
AllPeoplePlacesUncategorized A Dear Departed Friend of Tenshin-en: James Edward Mulcahy Jim Mulcahy By Julie Moir Messervy Last week our profession lost a very special man.…JMMDSMarch 26, 2015
AllPlantsUncategorized Jana’s New Year’s Resolution: Indoor Gardening! By Jana Bryan, JMMDS After moving out of an old farmhouse with an established garden…JMMDSJanuary 8, 2015
AllPlacesUncategorized Vermont Wetlands Tour with Julie Moir Messervy & Susan Teare Text by Julie Moir Messervy, JMMDS. Photography by Susan Teare. When you live near a…JMMDSNovember 26, 2014
AllPeopleUncategorized BIF10: Collaborative Innovation Summit, Providence, RI By Julie Moir Messervy My daughter Lindsey works in Providence, RI, for the Business Innovation…JMMDSOctober 7, 2014
AllLectures and WorkshopsPlacesSustainable SolutionsUncategorized Protecting Woodlands: The Vermont Coverts Cooperator Workshop All photos by JMMDS. Recently Julie had one of those "only in Vermont" experiences that make…JMMDSSeptember 22, 2014
DesignPlacesPlantsUncategorized What Is That Shrub? Notes from The Garden Conservancy Tour By Jennifer Silver, JMMDS On Sunday, August 24, we hosted a Garden Conservancy Open Days…JMMDSAugust 29, 2014
AllLandscape Design AppPeoplePlacesUncategorized Summer News from JMMDS We continue to be delighted with the response to our re-release of the Home Outside…JMMDSJuly 29, 2014
AllDesignLandscape Design AppTipsUncategorized Ask an Expert: The Home Outside Palette App as Teaching Tool One of our favorite features of the Home Outside Palette landscape design app is "Ask…JMMDSJuly 22, 2014
AllDesignPlaces Vocal Points: Little Sparta, Scotland A stepping stone crossing a stream defines the word “ripple” to garden visitors’ delight. Last…JMMDSJuly 3, 2014