New Line of Garden Antique Reproductions
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- March
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Recognizing that true garden antiques have become well beyond the reach of most homeowners, Barbara Israel of Katonah has launched a new line of high-quality reproductions.
Here’s a Dorset Maiden from the line, modeled after an English original, circa 1880:
The first shipment of these newly cast stone ornaments — statues, benches, birdbaths, lions, finials, fountains and pedestals — arrived earlier this month at Mariani Gardens in Armonk.
I shot several pieces late Thursday at Mariani. Here’s one of my favorites (I’m a Leo), a Lion of Hadrian, after an English original, circa 1890, found in the Lake District:
Detail from the mane:
So far, this high-end nursery that sits on 5 acres just off Interstate 684 (Exit 3) is the only retail outlet in the Lower Hudson Valley to offer Israel’s new line.
An admitted purist when it comes to antiques, Israel says she had a lot of qualms about launching a line of imitations. But so many garden treasures from the past have become quite expensive in recent years. …
Click here to see the rest of the article in today’s Journal News.
Somerset Maiden from the Garden Traditions line:
Egremont Hare, cast after 1930 original found near Lord Egremont’s estate in Sussex, England:
I love this Hawthorne Bench. It’s cast after an American original, circa 1915, said to come from the Biddle estate in Bucks County, Pa.
Mount Holly squirrels:
Finial:
Who’s that doggie in the window?
Look what else I found at Mariani. Flats of flowers!
Spring!
Pansies:
and primroses:
Click here for more info on Barbara’s new line of reproductions. And here for more on Mariani Gardens.
The nursery is just celebrating its one-year anniversary and well worth a visit if you haven’t been. They have an incredible collection of garden pots for sale.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
