Read all about it, my interview with HGTV…. All about hedges and their usefulness. http://www.hgtvremodels.com/outdoors/natural-fences-increase-your-homes-privacy-with-plants/index.html
Archive for the ‘Garden Design’ Category
HGTV INTERVIEW
Posted in Shrubs, Garden Design, Companion Planting, Garden Rooms, tagged hedges, HGTV interview, privacy, HGTV on February 21, 2012 | 7 Comments »
THE WORDSWORTH MEADOW
Posted in Bulbs, Garden Design, tagged daffodils, living garden, SPRING, Wordsworth Meadow on February 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »
“For oft’ when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood They flash upon that inward eye…” The meadow is a moment in time. The living garden, evolves…. the daffs fade… this moment is gone. One looks forward to this annual ’happening’ with much anticipation and it is celebrated with much wine. Spring has arrived! “I gazed -and gazed- [...]
THE DAFFODILS
Posted in Bulbs, Garden Design, tagged bulbs, daffodils, narcissus, Wordsworth Meadow on February 10, 2012 | 8 Comments »
The Wordsworth Meadow is in full glory. The very first time I looked at this property, before I saw the interior of the house, I imagined this area flooded with sweeps of Daffodils “fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” It was a privet and wisteria jungle that took me months to clear. Then the planting [...]
CAN IT BE ….SPRING?
Posted in Camellias, Companion Planting, Flowering Trees, Garden Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Shade Gardening, Shrubs, Small trees, tagged camellias, circle of friends, daffodils, Daphne odora, spiraea Fujimo Pink, SPRING on February 6, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I can’t believe I went from this.. to this in one day!! How wonderful to be back in Georgia, where it appears we are in full-blown spring…. The gardening to do list grows daily as the overwhelming season is upon us. Trying to separate the list into A) what will make an impact in the garden [...]
WINTER GARDEN WALK 2
Posted in Garden Design, Viburnums, winter garden, tagged garden design, storm damage, viburnum awabuki 'chindo', wind storm, winter garden on December 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
This time we had to see if there was any damage in the garden. We had already heard the loud thump as a huge limb fell in the drive. Our guests thought it might have hit their car, which it did not…. but not by much! This is the other side of the coin… gardening under [...]
WINTER GARDEN WALK
Posted in Camellias, Flowering Trees, Garden Design, Shade Gardening, winter garden, tagged balanced composition, Camellia, Camellia Herme, camellia magnoliaeflora, camellia Rutledge Minix, Daphne odora, Prunus mume, winter garden on December 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Although it has been a bit dreary and raining I couldn’t resist taking a walk in the garden today. I could see the Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus mume) from the kitchen window but to experience the fragrance I needed to venture outdoors. Plenty of eye candy wherever one looks. Here at Hamilton House, the scale [...]
A GARDEN VISIT
Posted in best friends, Camellias, Cats, Focal Point, Garden Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Shade Gardening, Small trees, winter garden, tagged Camellia 'Daikagura, Camellia Ava Maria, Camellia Cotton Candy, Camellia Martha's Dream, camellia Yultide, Focal Point, Ginkgo biloba, Margaret Moseley, Prunus 'Kwanzan', Prunus mume, Seating area on December 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday I visited with Margaret Moseley. As usual I came home with a list of ’must have’ plants. Margaret has been an inspiration for many gardeners. Every season her garden is filled beauty wherever one looks. Above, a welcoming entrance… the large tree to the right is a Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), straight ahead is a Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus [...]
WONDERFUL BRICK PATTERN
Posted in Garden Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, tagged brick details, brick walkway, imagination, pattern with brick on October 18, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I have been saving these photos of a brick walkway for years. Although it is a walk, there are benches on both sides so one can really appreciate the pattern. Details like this keep a garden interesting in all seasons. I want it here! Ahh …. the difference between the imagination and the [...]
FINALLY!… WELL,SORT OF..
Posted in Clematis, Companion Planting, Garden Design, Viburnums, tagged Clematis Elsa Spath, companion plants, garden design, viburnum Michael Dodge on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It has taken a few years but I finally have a purple Clematis blooming with the yellow berries of the Viburnum Michael Dodge…..sort of.. She is Elsa Spath and she is usually all purple. I have no idea why she presented this way but….. a gardener’s hope springs eternal… maybe next year…
FALL TOUR
Posted in Accessories, Camellias, Companion Planting, Focal Point, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Hydrangeas, Potager, Roses, Vegetable Garden, Viburnums, tagged cutting garden, design, garden bones, garden feature, garden Rooms, potager, Putti, veg garden, viburnum on October 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
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 for me to flesh out the details. Till now it did not seem too pressing because all the important plants were [...]
FABULOUS FALL FRAGRANCE
Posted in Garden Design, Shrubs, tagged evergreen hedge, fragrance, Margaret Moseley, Michael Dirr, osmanthus aurantiacus, Osmanthus fragrans, Tea Olive on September 18, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s blooming…. As soon as I walked out the door I caught the fragrance. Osmanthus fragrans, known in the south as ‘ ’Tea Olive’. Tiny but abundant cream coloured blossoms emit the most remarkable and penetrating fragrance. This is a beautiful, pest free, evergreen shrub that matures at 10 to 15 feet, and blooms TWICE a year; [...]
A GARDENER’S DIARY
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Rooms, tagged A Gardener's Diary, Garden blog, Martha Tate on August 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
If you, like me,watched every episode of A GARDENER’S DIARY on HGTV (taped and TiVo them for future viewing) and lament the fact that it is no longer; you will be pleased to know that the blog GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY is written by Martha Tate, the creator /producer of the series. Martha features an incredible photo of [...]
A GARDENER’S DILEMMA
Posted in Bulbs, Companion Planting, Cutting flowers, Garden Design, Hydrangeas, tagged companion planting, cutting flowers, cutting garden, garden Rooms, hydrangeas, lilies on August 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Some areas of my garden are incomplete. The bones are all there, but the planting is far from ‘done’. For example, the lilies I have recently featured … are a perfect companion to Hydrangea paniculata … however, they are planted on either side of the bench in my cutting garden and not together. [...]
A GRACIOUS GARDEN
Posted in Cutting flowers, Focal Point, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Outdoor Living Spaces, tagged cutting garden, Focal Point, garden design, garden Rooms, outdoor living spaces, retaining walls on July 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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 which began immediately past the brick patio. High on one side… ( note patio in left corner) drop [...]
MAKING AN ENTRANCE
Posted in Focal Point, Garden Design on May 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What are the elements that make this entrance so welcoming? The stone walls & arch certainly give it gravitas, the lush planting softens the hard surfaces… There is no gate, clearly we can enter… The pot, as focal point, arrests the eye, then the curved path pulls you in…don’t you want to see what [...]
