AllEssaysPlaces Public Gardens as Indispensable Spaces By Julie Moir Messervy Access to open space has always been a prized commodity, but…Jennifer SilverJuly 6, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
AllDesignPlaces Vocal Points: Little Sparta, Scotland A stepping stone crossing a stream defines the word “ripple” to garden visitors’ delight. Last…JMMDSJuly 3, 2014
AllPlacesUncategorized A Visit to Scotland Text and photos by Julie Moir Messervy Glen Schiel: Steve and I exclaimed at each…JMMDSJune 6, 2014
AllLectures and WorkshopsPeoplePlacesUncategorized On the Road with Landscaping Ideas That Work By Julie Moir Messervy. Photos by JMMDS, except where noted. Thanks to JMMDS’s new book,…JMMDSMarch 14, 2014
AllPlaces A Trip to France: For the Love of Lines By Julie Moir Messervy My husband and I recently spent a week in France where…JMMDSDecember 23, 2013
AllDesignPeoplePlacesUncategorized Renovating Tenshin-en, The Garden of the Heart of Heaven By Julie Moir Messervy, with photos by JMMDS. Restoration in progress at Tenshin-en, The Garden…JMMDSNovember 22, 2013
AllPeoplePlacesUncategorizedUpcoming Events Upcoming Event: A Design Showhouse at Hempstead House Historic Hempstead House at the Guggenheim estate in Sands Point, NY, is considered the "quintessential…JMMDSOctober 18, 2013
PeoplePlaces Award-Winning Exhibit at the 2013 Boston Flower & Garden Show JMMDS and Mass Hort win Highest Award for Best Exhibit Staged by a Non-Profit Organization…JMMDSApril 1, 2013
Lectures and WorkshopsPeoplePlacesUncategorized “Creating Home Outside” APLD Design Workshop in Portland, OR By Julie Moir Messervy. All photos by Debra Berger, APLD Oregon. Out of the myriad…JMMDSDecember 7, 2012
PlacesUncategorized Landscape Design for a Greenville, SC, Public Park: Part Two By Jana Bryan Wunderle, JMMDS. This is Part Two of a two-part blog. Please see…JMMDSNovember 9, 2012
Places The Ghosts of Two Gardens: Part One In honor of Halloween, a two-part special blog on ghostly gardens by Erica Bowman, JMMDS.…JMMDSOctober 31, 2012