Media
Press for Spirit of Place
An article by Adrian Higgins in the Washington Post, ‘How do you cultivate a garden with soul?’
An article by Margaret Roach in the New York Times about designing gardens with strategic plant placement in mind.
Margaret Roach and I discuss place making, and peacemaking among neighbors.
Review of Spirit of Place on Oregon Live.
Review of Spirit of Place by James Golden View from Federal Twist https://federaltwist.com/blog/review-of-spirit-of-place-the-making-of-a-new-england-garden-by-bill-noble
Select Publications
My garden in Norwich, Vermont, has been featured in publications and is listed in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archive of American Gardens. I have written on both landscape history and contemporary preservation practice.
Outstanding American Gardens: A Celebration: 25 Years of the Garden Conservancy, Abrams, Editor, Page Dickey, Photographer, Marion Brenner, 2015. Fifty gardens, including my own.
Norwich Resident’s Work Honored by the Garden Conservancy, Valley News, Henry Homeyer, December 30, 2015, article discussing my garden and background.
“In the Mix” Martha Stewart Living, article by Stephen Orr, photographs by Roger Foley, July 2012. Article discussing garden of Bill Noble.
“In the Garden: A Design Sprouted from Aged Ruins”, The New York Times, Anne Raver, August 2009. Article discussing garden of Bill Noble.
Archives of American Gardens – Smithsonian Institution listing of Bill Noble’s Norwich, Vermont garden.
“Human Nature: The Keepers of the Garden’s Soul”, The New York Times, Anne Raver discussing Garden Conservancy and its accomplishments at The Fells. October 1, 1999.
The Journal News article discussing the Garden Conservancy response to Hurricane Katrina at Longue Vue House and Gardens. Bill Cary, March 19, 2009.
Taking a Garden Public: Feasibility and Startup, Bill Noble and Elizabeth Byers, Eds.
The Garden Conservancy’s preservation handbook, Taking a Garden Public: Feasibility and Startup, provides resources for garden preservation and presents an overview of the issues and strategies involved in preserving and sustaining a garden. It includes an assessment format for determining the feasibility of preserving a garden.
Site photography by Bill Noble, with thanks to Roger Foley, Mick Hales, Saint-Gaudens NHS, Jane Baber White for use of their photographs. Many of the photographs of project gardens are property of the Garden Conservancy and are used with kind permission of the Conservancy.