Author: Susan Dewey
Susan Dewey, former associate publisher and editor at Cape Cod Life Publications, lives in Centerville where she grows vegetables and flowers for Cape farmers' markets, designs perennial gardens for her son’s company, Dewey Gardens, and enjoys living on beautiful Cape Cod year round.
Articles By Name:
There’s a Summer Place
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Charles Mayer
BRICC award-winning landscape architect creates a new design for a historic home, inspired by a family’s childhood memories of Hyannis Port summers.
Read MoreNature At Work
Explore famed landscape designer Piet Oudolf’s Nantucket garden, featured in his latest book, “Piet Oudolf At Work.”
Read MoreShaping the Steps of Standish
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Taylor Ahearn
The historic Myles Standish Hotel underwent extensive renovations guided by architect Patrick Ahearn in order to become a now magnificent family home.
Read MoreGrow old along with me.
Poetic prose and watercolor artistry capture the joy of old house coastal living in a small treasure of a book.
Read MoreEncompassed by Nature
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Dan Cutrona
Sudbury Design Group transforms a tranquil property on Fox Island in Osterville, a project that reflects the natural allure of this Cape gem.
Read MoreFrom the Ground Up
Martha’s Vineyard landscape and garden designer, Tara Gayle, has a plan to heal the earth and enhance its beauty.
Read MoreVisions of Light, Line & Space
Moving to Cape Cod enabled designer Dorrit Kingsbury to apply her talents to a New England landscape.
Read MoreBy King or Storm
Two Cape growers, Sandwich’s Bob King and Provincetown’s Stormy Mayo, share the straight scoop on growing magnificent Dahlias.
Read MoreHome for all Seasons
A debut book traces an author’s journey to self-awareness shaped by 50 years of Craigville summers in her family’s Cape Cod cottage.
Read MoreA Holiday Showcase for the Ages
The Garden Club of Hyannis celebrates 400 years of Cape holidays with a magical transformation of South Yarmouth’s historic Cultural…
Read MoreThree Centuries of Flowering
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Mike Crane
From the 1600s until today, this ancient Orleans ‘hundred-acre wood’ has flourished in hands that cherish the land with patience…
Read MoreWhere Beauty Abides
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Beth Johnson
The pandemic plants the seeds for Terra Coastal, a flourishing new floral design business for customized Cape home décor. Beth…
Read MoreThis Magic Moment
Writer: Susan Dewey Photographer: Organic Photography
A Cape couple’s love for their community and each other kept their seaside wedding bright and breezy despite pandemic challenges. Jen…
Read MoreWhere Cape Legends Flower
17 garden clubs to celebrate famous Cape Codders in aspecial event at Heritage Museums & Gardens “Black Sam” Bellamy. Jackie…
Read MoreViola Associates
Pools & Spas When you ask John Viola what makes him most proud of his company, Viola Associates in Hyannis,…
Read MoreSudbury Design Group
Pools & Spas Mike Coutu may be the long-time owner of Sudbury Design Group, one of New England’s most widely…
Read MoreDaseco Electrical, LLC
Pools & Spas A trip to Martha’s Vineyard in 2004 to tackle some electrical work for a colleague prompted David…
Read MoreCasual Designs
Pools & Spas After working in the landscaping business for several years, Rick Concordia decided to take his career to…
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