James Golden
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Gender | Male |
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Location | Rosemont area, New Jersey, United States |
Introduction | When we moved to a mid-century house overlooking the woods in western New Jersey, I knew the garden would have to be naturalistic and informal to suit the style of the house and the place. My new garden on Federal Twist Road is an experiment. I call it a wet prairie, and maintain it like a prairie, with annual cutting and burning. The site would appear to be an inauspicious one for a garden, with heavy wet clay saturated much of the year. I cut down trees to create a clearing in the woods, and planted many native and prairie plants, all carefully selected for suitability to the difficult growing conditions. Many non-natives too, if they liked wet clay. Most of these plants are highly competitive, even aggressive, and I try to match them so they keep each other in control. Then I stand aside, and intervene only when necessary. |
Interests | Gardening, reading about gardening, reading about other things, reading good fiction, biography, collecting ceramics, art, traveling in Italy, some favorite garden and horticulture writers:, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Henk Gerritsen, Christopher Lloyd, John Brooks, Rick Darke, Allen Lacey, the gardens of: Ton ter Linden, Jacques Wirtz, Dan Pearson, Petra Pelz, Tom Stuart-Smith, William Martin |