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.

Susan Dewey

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Field Trips: Jan. 9th — Dec. 31th

Cape & Islands Field Trips January through December WINE AND MUSIC WEDNESDAYS ‘Wine and Music Wednesday’ is an open house…

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Sewing Sweetness

The threads of this Cape Cod quilt-maker’s talent connect her to admirers far and wide. Tucked away on a wooded…

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Welcome Home

Cape Cod and Island designers frame the beauty and diversity of coastal décor with five beautiful designs that herald in…

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A Botanical Dreamscape

At the end of a cul-de-sac in Falmouth, this magical garden landscape is a 30-year labor of love. When Marcia…

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Pint-sized Perfection

A beachside landscape brings big pleasure with all the latest outdoor entertaining amenities—on a tiny lot above Buzzards Bay. Great…

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By the sea, by the sea

Editor’s Note When I was a little girl, we lived on a long street that ran alongside the Mount Hope…

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For the ART of it

Editor’s Note     Those of us lucky enough to be part of Cape Cod Life Publications know how fortunate…

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Artist Profile: Julia O’Malley-Keyes

Maritime artists are known for their attention to detail, their nearly scientific ability to capture the intricacies of rigging, the…

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Artist Profile: Brandon Newton

One of Brandon Newton’s favorite things to paint on Martha’s Vineyard is the vast nighttime sky. Newton is an Expressionist…

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Artist Profile: Carlos Lopez

Looking at his luscious oil paintings of oysters on the walls of Martha’s Vineyard’s Eisenhauer Gallery, it’s easy to believe…

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Summer Flights of Fancy

I am writing this by our kitchen window in our Centerville Cape, looking out over a perennial bed first planted…

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A to Z Coastal Resource Guide

How to find a landscape architect for a small seaside lot with stunning views, but a challenging permitting process. Where…

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Ocean of Thanks

One of our coastal region’s culinary stars—the simple scallop—adds memorable seaside flavor to Thanksgiving feasts from appetizer to entrée. Fresh…

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Winter Bright

The palette of Cape Cod’s landscape has a surprising beauty in the winter, both in perennial gardens and in our…

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Seaside Decorating for the Holidays

Fanciful octopuses with glittery tentacles dancing on a hallway table. Holiday tablescapes brightened by silvery starfish. Tiny  wooden squirrels peeking…

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The Porch Life

Porches carry us away from our solitary computer screens and cell phones. On porches, the world flows by and for…

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An Osterville Oasis

When architect Doreve Nicholaeff of Nicholaeff Architecture & Design was chosen to design a sprawling summer compound on Osterville’s “Gold…

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A Century on the Sound

The 100th anniversary of Cape Cod’s classic Wianno Seniors will be celebrated this summer showcasing classic—and particularly American—Nantucket Sound memories. For the…

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