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Home to the Harbor walk and the Old North Church, the historic North End is the city's oldest residential community, dating back to the 1630s. Known for its robust Italian American community, the North End hosts numerous Italian and seafood restaurants along Hanover Street and down its narrow alleyways.
At first glance, comparing a garden's sensibilities to fashion trends feels like a stretch, but Margaret Dyson, Director of Historic Parks in Boston, has done her homework. She explains her analogy so well, it fits. Her study of important gardens and landscapes shows that the notion of what's "in" and what's "out" in gardening is as fickle a phenomenon as what's "hot" and what's "not" in fashion.
In gardening, as in fashion, some of us prefer subtle hues and lines while others delight in vivid embellishments. It's a matter of taste. Gardens in and around Boston have been and remain no exception to this rule of thumb, green or otherwise.