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As one would expect from a woman whose professional career revolves around the world of gardening, Dianne Benson—known by her many fans as Dianne B.—wanted to begin the tour of her home amid the flora of her lushly landscaped acre in East Hampton.
“Let’s go before the rains starts,” she urged, grabbing a fashionable black jacket from her hall closet.
Looking chic in ankle-length panther print gardening boots and “little black” gardening gloves, Ms. B. was a walking endorsement for the 10 “gardening essentials” she sells through her year-old website, diannebbest.com. There, gardeners can pick up—at fairly reasonable prices—rust-proof trowels; prop-open yard bags; Felco Swiss-made gardening pruners; plant markers; Japanese garden clippers; garden tool belts; and monogrammed steel shovels.
“I wish I had brought along my latest innovation, the Gardener’s Peeping Stick,” she... more
“Let’s go before the rains starts,” she urged, grabbing a fashionable black jacket from her hall closet.
Looking chic in ankle-length panther print gardening boots and “little black” gardening gloves, Ms. B. was a walking endorsement for the 10 “gardening essentials” she sells through her year-old website, diannebbest.com. There, gardeners can pick up—at fairly reasonable prices—rust-proof trowels; prop-open yard bags; Felco Swiss-made gardening pruners; plant markers; Japanese garden clippers; garden tool belts; and monogrammed steel shovels.
“I wish I had brought along my latest innovation, the Gardener’s Peeping Stick,” she... more
