This website is devoted to the landscape and gardening articles, poetry and musings of award-winning landscape designer and critically acclaimed author Jeff Hutton.

As an author, Jeff has penned two recently published books, Perfect Silence, a novel and Inside Out: The Art & Craft of Landscape Design.

Gardener's Muse: reflections on landscapes and life and Third Dog: a serial muse inspired by his golden retriever, will be updated twice monthly. Please take a few moments to browse through the site and read some of Jeff's thoughtful and informative writing. For more information about Jeff Hutton and his work please see his literary biography.

Gardener's Muse: reflections on landscapes and life

The Remains of the Day- January 2009

In many ways observing the landscape of any new year in New England is like staring at a film negative … like so long ago when there were actually such things as film negatives. Although our gardens are stripped bare of leafy foliage and flower what remains is an essential exhibit of texture, form and space. In the absence of snow these are clusters of stem and needle etched against cold pewter skies. They maintain varied shades of green and silver... full article. . . .

Third Dog - a serial muse

January 2009

Socks. There is nothing more she treasures more than socks. No, that’s not really true. She treasures the single sock; the pair seemingly redundant hold much less mystery to her. Our third dog, entering awkward adolescence, finds them in the staging area of laundry either done or ready to be cleaned. I’m not sure which she prefers. I’m inclined to think she likes them dirty.... full article. . . .