Tovah Martin, Author at Cottages & Gardens

Tour the Branford Gardens of Architect Frederick Bland

A Series of Terraces and Russell Page-Inspired Landscaping Perform Magic at a Steep One-Acre Property Along the Shepaug River

This Old Lyme Property Had All the Ingredients for a Stellar Estate, Given a Little Imagination and a Lot of Creativity

GALLERY This Old Lyme Property had All the Ingredients for a Stellar Estate, Given a Little Imagination and a Lot of Creativity

Richard Galef’s Upstate Oasis

For More Than Three Decades, Richard Galef Has Been Transforming 57 Hardscrabble Acres in the Wilds of Craryville, New York, into a Xanadu of Staggering Natural Beauty

At Old Farm Nursery, a Husband-Wife Team Created a Lush Landscape with an Inventive Hand

The Taming of Plum Creek Farm in Litchfield County

Rocks and ponds playeda starring role

Art of Stone

Barbara Israel’s Steepway Farm in Katonah is home to museum quality stonework, from Bacchus to Perseus.

When it comes to garden shows, Trade Secrets draws the cream of the crop

Want to garden like a guru? Plant yourself firmly within earshot of a crowd with soil under their fingernails and listen up. Where are all the Wellies congregating this spring? At Trade Secrets on May 18 at Elaine LaRoche's LionRock Farm in Sharon, where

Unexpected Romance

Kathy Metz had no plans whatsoever to elope with Cobble Pond Farm. In fact, a passionate relationship with a property just wasn’t on her radar before she met the 250-acre Sharon farm in person.

A 250-acre farm in Sharon, CT homes a stunning garden and timeless characteristics Image Gallery

Owner Kathy Metz falls for Cobble Pond Farm and starts to breathe new life into a forgotten Olmsted landscape by nurturing her old friend. Metz continues to revamp the gardens with respect for the past, but also an eye toward the future.