Garden Diaries is our new series where we share inspiring stories of designing and cultivating a stunning garden space. We explore how creatives, designers and tastemakers have grown a deeply personal space, inviting creativity, learning and happiness in their gardens, and how they live in these spaces.
When creatives Alan Calpe and Christopher Crawford first drove three hours north of New York City to view a cedar-shake bungalow in the Catskills, they weren’t gardeners. Originally from Florida, they had each spent two decades in New York working in visual arts, fashion and education. Their lives were full but confined: a small apartment, long hours and no outdoor space. 'We weren’t even window-box gardeners,' says Christopher. 'We came to gardening with absolutely no knowledge.'
