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A GRACIOUS GARDEN

Last week I mentioned my client the gracious Ms. C  and her luxurious  flower arrangements.  Now lets take a look at her garden. Like so many homes here in the piedmont, the house was set into a slope...

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FALL TOUR

 The area of the garden I’m sharing now on this Fall Tour is little seen because it’s incomplete. Not that any garden is ever ‘done’ or completed, however this part is has only ‘bones’ and is waiting...

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A GARDEN VISIT

Yesterday I visited with Margaret Moseley. As usual I came home with a list of ‘must have’ plants.                                                                                              Margaret...

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GARDEN TOUR part 1

“You should have seen it last week!” The familiar phrase heard from gardeners, when showing visitors around. Well to avoid that I’m posting a  time-lapse kind of garden tour. Photos from the garden...

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GARDENS FOR CONNOISSEURS TOUR

There is nothing like a garden tour for some inspiration and the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s  “Gardens for connoisseurs  Tour” is one of the best. The gardens, all private, ranged from highly manicured...

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CONNOISSEURS GARDEN TOUR 2

To continue the garden tour… all were meticulously appointed… lushly planted pots… with a Belgian Fence as background, below… a private putting green that can double as a Bocce Court! The best...

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HYDRANGEA TOUR PART 2

                                                                      The second garden on tour was that of Cheryl & Max Lenker. It is a perfect English Style Cottage Garden; complete with rose...

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CREATING A PATH

There are two choices when creating a path. Curved paths create mystery, one cannot see the end. Straight paths, on the other hand, require a focal point to stop the eye. Above, a reinforced focal...

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A NEW FOCAL POINT

As I walk through the garden I see all the areas that would be much improved with a focal point. The Circle of Friends (above) has a wonderful pot, an Italian reproduction of a Gertrude Jekyll design....

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GARDEN TOUR 2

One of the joys of the Garden Tour Season I always look forward to, is the tour put on by Georgia Perennial Plant Association. Several chosen gardens are opened to the membership for one week- end a...

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