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A Purposeful Confusion
In Duncan Brine’s big, beautiful garden, it’s hard to tell the difference between nature and nurture.
by Lynn Hazlewood
When Duncan Brine talks about his garden in Pawling, Dutchess County, he often uses the words “mystery,” “surprise” and”drama.” And if you stroll around the grounds that he has cultivated over the past 17 years, it’s clear that it was those notions, rather than the usual horticultural esthetics, that were the driving force behind its design. The place is by turns mysterious and surprising, with a dash of drama for good measure…
The News-Times
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Duncan Brine: Be mindful of context
By Deb Keiser Special to The News-Times
When Duncan Brine talks about gardening, he uses terms you might expect to hear during a university lecture on literature or art. Whether it is “regionalism” or “transparency,” he uses the words endearingly and enthusiastically.
Brine, who owns Horticultural Design Inc., and tends a six-acre garden of monumental proportions in Pawling, N.Y., can’t help it. To him, gardening is art on a large scale, and it has global implications…
Litchfield County Times
Passport Magazine
Many Splendid Things
By: Tovah Martin
For Duncan Brine, big is beautiful. Or, rather, his goal is to turn big into beautiful. Actually, his plus sizes run purely in the property realm. He likes the challenge and freedom that large footprints offer for gardening…
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Duncan Brine // October 13, 2007 at 1:20 am
HEY! That is cool!