{"id":7251,"date":"2012-06-14T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:16:45","slug":"visiting-garden-of-gioia-browne-and-jim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/06\/visiting-garden-of-gioia-browne-and-jim\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Idyls – the Garden of Gioia Browne and Jim Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A PAIR OF VINTAGE FRENCH BISTRO CHAIRS INVITE GUESTS TO REST UNDER TOWERING AMERICAN ELMS AT THE HOME OF GIOIA BROWNE AND JIM MARSH IN LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n<\/div>\n \nIt’s always a treat to see a mature landscape. You know the type – century old trees ( or even older), with massive trunks and deep, dark cool shade. A nineteenth century barn, ancient stone walls, towering American Elms and elegantly long and breezy drives – such is the garden of our good friend Gioia Browne and Jim Marsh, located in the peaceful and understated New England town called Little Compton, in Rhode Island. This was our second stop on this past weekends’ Garden Conservancy Open Garden Days in Little Compton, which featured two amazing gardens, each offered a unique view into some of America’s most special and important private gardens and homes.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We met Gioia three years ago when she attended a planning meeting for the American Primrose Society at our house. She helped me make a huge baked Alaska that day with me. We never imagined that she had help create such an amazing garden, but once we got to know her, it’s no surprise. Gioia is a passionate plant collector, so given her knowledge about plant species, this garden makes sense. Gioia is not what one might expect in Little Compton. She is not the ‘garden club’ type of gardener – she is a get your knees muddy, start your own primula species from Tibet sort of gal. Sure, she can still work her Lilly Pulitzer as fine as her posh neighbors, but what impressed us was her collection of rare plants. Many planted in drifts. Clearly, she knows what she is doing out in the garden. Gioia and her gardener have created one of the finest American gardens, and surely, they are not done yet. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A PAIR OF VINTAGE FRENCH BISTRO CHAIRS INVITE GUESTS TO REST UNDER TOWERING AMERICAN ELMS AT THE HOME OF GIOIA BROWNE AND JIM MARSH…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-7251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-garden-tours"],"yoast_head":"\n |