tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40678047816297326272024-02-27T01:15:21.802-08:00The Gardener's EyeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-10996037107544127622019-02-06T03:56:00.001-08:002019-02-06T03:56:35.438-08:00The Late Summer Gardens of Southern England 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Late Summer Gardens of Southern England Tour will be September 5-14. This year, I will be leading the tour in which I hope to add a North American perspective on English gardens and give participants an insight into what ideas they could bring back to your their own gardens. I will be encouraging everyone to enter each garden with an inquisitive eye and will be a source of information about horticulture and garden design. I will also be giving a series of garden talks during the week. </div>
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Tailored for the discriminating gardener, our tour will visit some of England’s most famous gardens as well as unique private gardens. From William Kent’s masterpiece landscape garden, Rousham, to Christopher Lloyd’s innovative garden at Great Dixter, to the contemporary private </div>
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garden at Pettifers, we will see English garden design from the traditional to the cutting edge. Late summer is the perfect time to time of year to visit other people’s gardens because, as gardeners, we have a lull at the end of summer and also a period when our own gardens tend to be a little lackluster. On this tour you will see how the English end the gardening season with a resounding bang! The Itinerary can be seen <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5783f8eb9f7456ad52351303/t/5c4b5e21758d4624e1ed2ec6/1548443173969/0905GMG+4+page.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Statue of Apollo at Rousham</div>
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Barnsley House and Garden</div>
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Glasshouse Borders at Wisley</div>
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Whichford Pottery</div>
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The Dying Gaul at Rousham Garden was made by Peter Scheemakers in the early 1740s<br />
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It wasn't until I was looking through all my photographs of the Passionate Gardener's Tour last May, that I noticed two of the gardens had versions of the same statue called The Dying Gaul. I had vaguely heard of <i>The Dying Gaul</i> from the 2005 film with the same name, but I needed to do some research to understand the historical significance of the statue in these gardens. </div>
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The most famous Dying Gaul statue was created from marble during the first or second
century AD, and is located at the the Capitoline Museum in Rome. It is a copy of a bronze Greek original made a century earlier. The original statue, which was lost, or more likely melted down, was made by by the Hellenistic sculptor, Epigonos. The Dying Gaul was a monument to commemorate Hellenistic victories over the invading Gauls in what is now Turkey. The statue depicts the final moments of a Gallic warrior. When the Roman statue was brought to the United Sates, Earl A. Powell III,
director ofNational Gallery of Art stated that, "the Dying Gaul is a
deeply moving tribute to the human spirit. An image of a conquered enemy, the
sculpture represents courage in defeat, composure in the face of death
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William Kent, who designed the gardens at Rousham from 1733-1740, chose this statue to highlight the military background of his client, General James Dormer-Cottrell. The statue at Iford Manor, an Italianate garden designed by Harold Peto in the early part of the 20th Century, was a much newer reproduction made of bronze. Petro was a devotee of Italian gardens and liked to use ancient fragments of masonry and old buildings to create a feeling of the past in his gardens.</div>
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You can see both gardens and statues this September, when I will be hosting a tour called Late Summer Gardens of Southern England. For the itinerary, look <a href="http://www.discovereuropeltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/0907GMG1.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. For more details, visit the Discover Europe website <a href="http://www.discovereuropeltd.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. If you have any questions, you can reach me directly at <a href="mailto:mbgod@hotmail.com">mbgod@hotmail.com</a>. </div>
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I have just returned from a visit to New York City to hear a lecture by Bill Noble on the gardens of the Cornish Colony in New Hampshire. I purposefully choose a hotel near the High Line when I am in New York and I had a nice walk there on Thursday morning. The grasses and perennials had not been cut down yet and looked spectacular gently blowing in the breeze.<br />
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I go to the High Line for inspiration. When I was designing public spaces in Peterborough, my goal was to create gardens of the highest quality possible with the resources available. As I studied public spaces, especially under the mentorship of my friend Lynden Miller, I began to learn the importance of making public spaces available to everyone. Lynden, who has designed many remarkable gardens in New York City, taught me many lessons about making everyone, no matter what their socioeconomic situation, welcome in public spaces.<br />
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The Friends of the High Line have taken inclusiveness a step further. At every entrance to the High Line, there are new placards welcoming all people to this public space. They are making a political statement against "the divisive, hateful speech we are hearing and witnessing across our country." I agree with the Friends of the High Line, this is a crucial moment to take a stand and I applaud their commitment to make "equitable and open spaces" that reflect not only the diversity of their community, but of our country and our world. </div>
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As
the yew hedges have matured in the last 15 years, the scale and
proportions of the plantings have shifted. In the meantime, saplings
have become trees. As the height of the hedges rises, I have become much more
interested in the negative space that the borders in front of the hedges
have created against dark green foliage of the yew walls. I am reminded of a Dan Kiley quote that "proportion is
everything." Above is a photo of the garden last week during our first
snowfall. The yew hedge has finally created the room of my dreams and I
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Garden in October. I am planning to add another wall of yew along the
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The enclosure with make the 'Hall with Balls' a stronger, more unified, space. I will continue to prune up the trunks on the <i>Cornus officinalis</i>
to contrast the dark yew hedge. I am also editing the placement of the
box balls to form the most pleasing visual arrangement. They have grown
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As I mentioned in my last post, I am transforming a pair of symmetrical stewartias into a grove of stewartias.</div>
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It is the texture of the bark and the sinew of the trunks that interest me most.<br />
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beneath the stewartias in order to better display the buff-colored
trunks which contrast beautifully with the dark yew hedges. I am
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with dark foliage will contrast the granite wall best. The plantings
will be fine-tuned in the next couple of years to accentuate the line
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Garden to have the most elegant shape possible. As the garden matures,
the way in which trees are pruned becomes an important feature in the
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Helen O'Donnell, brought three of her gardening friends for a visit last month. Helen had just returned from a stay at Great Dixter and Maggie was the 2012-13 Christopher Lloyd & Historic Botanical Garden Bursary Scheme (HBGBS) Scholar at Great Dixter. I was flattered that they made the trip to see my garden in October.<br />
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I was happy to share this bergenia that I got from the late, great Joanna Reed about 20 years ago. That is one of the best parts of gardening: sharing plants from beloved gardening friends. Joanna was an important mentor to me and I was pleased to pass along her plants to a new generation of gardeners.</div>
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Helen snatched a few seedlings of <u><i>Heleborus foetidus</i>.</u> I think I got this plant from Charles Cresson's Swarthmore, PA garden around the same time I got Joanna's bergenia.</div>
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Giacomo Guzzon, an Italian Landscape Architect working in London, also came for a visit last month. Giacomo has shown me around several public gardens in London and I was pleased to have him come for a visit. He is standing in front of one of my stewartias that he has long admired on my blog.</div>
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He suggested that I support this smaller tree to encourage growth vertically rather than horizontally. I staked the two main trunks, hoping to encourage a multi-stemmed tree, soon after Giacomo left to visit the New Hampshire White Mountains.</div>
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Another excellent suggestion was to move, remove or screen the door in my deer fence at the lower boundary of the Woodland Garden. The unsightly door is an unintended focal point that I stopped noticing many years ago. It was very helpful to have a friend critique strengths and weaknesses of the garden. Thanks Giacomo!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-31824748102190169302016-10-23T17:58:00.000-07:002016-10-23T18:01:53.566-07:00Disanthus cercidifolius: A Star in the Woodland Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="goog_540498512">The deep red-purple foliage of <i>Disanthus cercidifolius </i>can
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slightly during our summer drought but looked spectacular today. </span><span id="goog_540498512"><i><span id="goog_540498512">Disanthus cercidifolius</span></i> has heart-shaped bluish-green leaves during the summer which are subtly attractive in the garden. It should mature to about 6-10 feet in height over time. I have under-planted it <i>Helleborus foetidus</i>, the stinking hellebore. The deeply-cut dark green foliage compliments the round leaves of <i>Disanthus cercidifolius </i>nicely.<i> </i></span><span id="goog_540498512"><i><span id="goog_540498512"> <i>Disanthus cercidifolius</i></span></i> has done well for me in dappled shade planted in humus-rich, moist soil.</span><br />
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<span id="goog_1382370372"><i>Aster</i> 'Little Carlow' is my favorite autumn perennial. It lights up the garden with masses of violet-blue daisies with yellow centers. It has a beautiful billowing habit that is very graceful. The trick is to cut it back in early July. My experience is that 'Little Carlow' also benefits from extra watering during dry periods to get the best results. With a little effort, 'Little Carlow' will reward the gardener for the first two weeks of autumn.</span><br />
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My belief is that an autumn garden in New England should shine and be at its best when the weather and light is the most beautiful. Most gardens feel spent at this time of year. I want my garden to feel fresh and vibrant as the fall foliage season begins. I use annuals for both flower and foliage and late season perennials, most notably asters and grasses. What can say New England better than asters in autumn? Here's what the garden looked like this week. We had a light frost earlier this week which did little damage. I am hoping for another couple of weeks of this before a hard frost hits. I don't see temperatures below the upper 30s in the next two weeks...time will tell.</div>
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A slightly different view of the terrace in the Lower Garden photographed by my son, Teddy.</div>
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I had a garden tour from Albany, NY visit my garden and the Peterborough public gardens on Wednesday. We are having a severe drought here in New Hampshire but the garden has held up reasonably well. Here are some photos of the garden and some plant IDs for the visitors.<br />
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The Lower Garden from the terrace</div>
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Lower Garden head-on from the opposite direction</div>
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From another angle in the Lower Garden</div>
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The granite, yew and boxwoods in the Hall with Balls illustrates how strong structure in the garden can be very useful during a drought as well as in winter.</div>
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'Peterborough' Adirondack chairs in the Woodland Garden</div>
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<i>Dahlia</i> 'Happy Single Juliet' is turning out to be one of the few dahlias that I can rely on in southern New Hampshire. It is sturdy and produces many single bright pink flowers that pop visually in the garden against the dark foliage. There are other colors of single anemone-type dahlias in the 'Happy' series that I am thinking of trying next year.<br />
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I got this gomphrena called 'All Around Purple' from Helen O'Donnell at Bunker Farm in Dummerston, VT. Helen propagates an exciting list of plants each year. You can find her plant list for 2016<a href="http://thebunkerfarm.com/?project=plant-list" target="_blank"> here</a>. She specializes in unusual plants, many of which she learned about at her time gardening for Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter.<br />
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I let this tuberous begonia called 'Sparks Will Fly' go dormant in my basement last year and it came back beautifully. I love the tangerine-colored flowers against the lightly-veined dark foliage. </div>
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This is <i>Clematis tangutica </i>'Bill MacKenzie' in the crabapple tree in the Upper Garden. I have noticed several seedlings of this clematis in the garden which I will let grow to see what the progeny look like.<br />
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I never tire of the fresh foliage of <i>Amicia zygomeris</i>. I may attempt taking cuttings this year. I found some excellent instructions, again from Great Dixter, on how to do it <a href="http://www.gapphotos.com/featuredetails.asp?featureref=415" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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This annual red-leafed hibiscus called 'Mahogany Splendor' is also from <a href="http://thebunkerfarm.com/?project=plant-list" target="_blank">Helen at Bunker Farm</a>. By the end of the season, it turns into a robust shrub which looks a dwarf Japanese maple. </div>
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Here is another <a href="http://thebunkerfarm.com/?project=plant-list" target="_blank">Helen O'Donnell plant</a>, a variegated kiss-me-over-the garden-gate called <i>Persicaria orientalis</i> "Shiro gane Nishiki'. It is just beginning to flower but the foliage has been an eye-catching feature throughout the season. I will be getting this plant again next year!
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<i>Melanthus major </i>is my all-time favorite annual for the garden. The pleated glaucous foliage smells like peanut butter when it is rubbed but its best attribute is that it gets bigger and better throughout the season and survives the first wave of light frosts in autumn.<br />
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Finally, a volunteer seedling of <i>Nicotiana sylverstris</i>. This fragrant tobacco plant lands exactly where I need it every year. This time, it emerged from the brickwork at a corner of the Lower Garden that wasn't quite living up to expectations. <i>Nicotiana sylverstris</i> always exceeds expectations wherever it pops up. The huge, and oddly sticky, foliage is a dramatic feature that quickly identifies this plant as being from the tobacco tribe. I am a big fan of self-seeding nicotianas in the garden. I probably have 7 or 8 different species and/or cultivars, many of them are also intoxicatingly fragrant.<br />
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Last week, I took some time out from my garden to visit several gardens that I have been wanting to see again. I had visited Bill Noble's garden in Norwich, VT several years ago and returned for a visit last week. Bill was the former Director of Preservation at the Garden Conservancy and has been involved in numerous preservation projects throughout the country including the Garden Conservancy's first project, <a href="http://www.thefells.org/" target="_blank">The Fells Estate and Gardens </a>in Newbury, NH. One of Bill's signature plants is a Himalayan rhubarb called <i>Rheum australe</i> which can be seen in the foreground of the photo above. Behind is his mixed border which looked sumptuous in the late afternoon cloudy lighting. The border includes hydrangeas, phlox, Joe Pye weed, red barberries and the ever-reliable 'Autumn Joy' sedum. I kept asking myself "Why doesn't my garden look this wonderful?"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-40662715843524802302016-08-31T03:28:00.000-07:002016-08-31T03:28:50.001-07:00Wednesdays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This
year, there has been a major shift in my mid-week activities as I have
retired from designing and maintaining the gardens in the public parks
in Peterborough, NH. My goal was to use a public/partnership funded by
grants, private funding, and taxpayers' money to create public spaces
that were maintained by volunteers, collaborating with Public Works
personnel, that had the intimacy of a private garden. With the support
of our former Town Administrator, Pam Brenner, and a cadre of gifted and
devoted volunteers, most notably, my good gardening buddy, Maude
Odgers, I have achieved my goal. After 18 years of working most
Wednesdays from April to November, I have decided that it was time to
try something new, oil painting. My first painting is Mount Monadnock as
can seen from the top of Pack Mondanock, a mountain I have frequently
hiked and know intimately. I have seen this view in almost every weather
condition imaginable every month of the year so it seemed like the
perfect place to begin painting. <br />
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I
inherited my maternal grandfather's painting supplies and many of the
paints were still usable 40 years after his death. It has been a great
joy to use his paints, brushes, linseed oil and pallet to create art.
Leaving my work in the public sphere has been bittersweet but I am
thrilled to give oil painting a try. Don't worry that I will stop
gardening in my private garden, I expect to be gardening there for
decades to come. Another new goal I have is host more tours of gardens
in Europe. I have trip planned for September, 2017 which I will be
posting about in the near future.<br />
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The large plant is <i>Solanum quitoense</i> from seed brought from South America by the folks at <a href="http://walkerfarm.com/" target="_blank">Walker Farm</a> in Dummerston, VT. The metal pot is from India and I got it at <a href="http://www.shopmichaeltrapp.com/" target="_blank">Michael Trapp's shop</a> in West Cornwall, CT. The ground cover is <i>Bergenia cordifolia</i> from the late Joanna Reed's garden in Malvern, PA.<br />
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This tree is <i>Acer griseum </i>x 'Gingerbread' from <a href="http://www.twomblynursery.com/index.php" target="_blank">Twombly Nursery</a> in Monroe, CT.</div>
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The hydrangea behind the Acer griseum x 'Gingerbread' is <i>Hydrangea quercifolia </i>'Snowqueen'. I got this plant many years ago from the now defunct Heronswood Nursery but I got a second one at <a href="http://www.brokenarrownursery.com/">Broken Arrow Nursery</a> in Hamden, CT. <br />
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I planted this <i>Stewartia pseudocamellia</i>
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These are seedpods of <i>Clematis tangutica</i>
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<i>Amaranthus hypochondriacs</i> is progeny from seed from Wave Hill in the Bronx. If you come to my garden in autumn, I'd be happy to share some seeds.</div>
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This relatively new tender salvia is a new favorite of mine. It is called <i>Salvia</i> 'Amistad'. I got it at <a href="http://www.edgewaterfarm.com/" target="_blank">Edgewater Farm </a>in Plainfield, NH.</div>
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My favorite rose is <i>Rosa villosa, </i>is again, from Heronswood Nursery.</div>
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This shrub in the woodland garden is <i>Rhus coppalina</i> 'Lanham's Purple' from <a href="http://www.brokenarrownursery.com/" target="_blank">Broken Arrow Nursery</a>.</div>
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The three shrubs with interesting foliage in the Woodland Garden are right-to-left: <i>Lindera glauca</i> var. angustifolia from another closed mail-order nursery, Fairweather Gardens; <i>Sorbaria kirilowii</i> from <a href="https://www.forestfarm.com/index.php" target="_blank">Forestfarm </a>in Williams, OR: <i>Hydrangea quercifolia </i>'Snowqueen', again from <a href="http://www.brokenarrownursery.com/">Broken Arrow Nursery.</a><br />
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The plant scrambling over the arch is the easy-to-find vine called <i>Actinidia kolomikta</i>. I can't remember where I sourced it.</div>
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The grey-foliaged plant is <i>Lavatera</i> x<i> clementii </i>'Barnsley' from <a href="http://www.edgewaterfarm.com/" target="_blank">Edgewater Farm</a>. The spiky plant is <i>Agave americana</i>
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The graceful shrub cascading down the Woodland garden is <i>Stephanandra incisa</i> 'Crispa'. I don't remember where I got it but it is readily available at many nurseries.</div>
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The pair of benches on the Blue Bench Terrace are vintage hospital benches form the '40s. I found them at the <a href="https://brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com/" target="_blank">Brimfield Antique Flea Market</a> a dozen years ago.</div>
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The groundcover beneath the box balls is<i> </i>a spreading epimedium called <i>Epimedium pinnatum</i> ssp. <i>colchicum </i>from <a href="http://www.epimediums.com/" target="_blank">Garden Vision Epimediums</a> in Templeton, MA.</div>
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I have finally whipped the garden in shape in order to prepare for the<a href="https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events/monadnock-area-nh-open-day" target="_blank"> Monadnock Area Open Days for the Garden Conservancy</a>. I took a few photos of my garden this evening as a preview. We have had a drought this summer but thankfully last weekend we had several inches of rain which has perked the garden up considerably. Ed Bowen, of <a href="http://www.opusplants.com/" target="_blank">Opus Plants</a> will be on site selling plants at my garden from 10 am to 4 pm. on Saturday, August 20th. Garden writer, Page Dickey, will giving a talk on Friday night in Peterborough. On Sunday, several more gardens are open in western New Hampshire and Westminster West, Vermont. Check the Garden <a href="https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=&category=1&date=" target="_blank">Conservancy website</a> for details for what promises to be a great weekend.<br />
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Last month, I visited Bar Harbor, Maine for the Garden Club of Mount Desert Open Garden Day. My favorite garden was Nannau Cottage overlooking Compass Harbor, an inlet off Frenchman Bay. The handsome shingle style house was built in 1904. It was originally owned by a New York City lawyer named David R. Ogden. For many years, it was hotel and is a private residence again. I liked the simplicity of the main walk to the front of the house and the use of huge slabs of granite which are in scale with the grand house.<br />
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There was a pair of small gardens in the back of the house which framed a view of Compass Bay.</div>
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Here is the view of Frenchman Bay from a simple seating area of 4 Adirondack chairs at the water's edge.</div>
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The walk up to the house had lots of rough grass and natural plantings which enhanced the natural beauty of the site, the garden's best feature.</div>
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After attending the Chelsea Flower Show, I took the train to see Gravetye Manor and Garden, the West Sussex home of garden writer William Robinson. Robinson lived there from 1884 until his death in 1935. He wrote <i>The English Flower Garden </i>and <i>The Wild Garden</i>, both remain relevant to today's gardeners. <i>The Wild Garden</i> was recently re-issued in 2009 with chapters added by the American garden writer, Rick Darke. Robinson was noted for challenging the Victorian fashion of using bedding-out plantings in rigid geometrically-shaped beds. Robinson advocated using native and exotic plants used in a natural way that reflected where they were found in nature. He was inspired by seeing plants in their natural habitats in North America and throughout Europe. The house has been a luxury hotel and restaurant for many years. The gardens are currently being refurbished by Dixter-trained Head Gardener, Tom Coward.<br />
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The house looking from the Wildflower Meadow</div>
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The entrance to the Flower Garden</div>
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A view from across the garden to the same entrance<br />
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The Azalea Bank was still in bloom in mid-May</div>
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A handkerchief tree, <i>Davidia involucrata</i>, was in full flower in the Wild Garden.</div>
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The artfully arranged Kitchen Garden was huge</div>
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A seat with William Robinson's initials in the Kitchen Garden</div>
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This garden, along a wall at the top of the Wild Flower Meadow, had some of the best combinations of plants I saw that day</div>
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I am uncertain of the name of the yellow spire in front of the ornamental rhubarb. I am sure it would not be hardy in New Hampshire but it was beautiful.</div>
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A pair of cardoons, with a purple-leafed fennel tucked beneath their broad grey foliage, were planted with a grass and the crimson flowers of <i>Cirsium rivulare </i>‘Atropurpureum’</div>
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The Wildflower Meadow</div>
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The bouquet on my table where I had tea</div>
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Visiting Gravetye was a sort of pilgrimage for me in my gardening education. There was much that inspired me for my own garden in Peterborough. I was thrilled to finally see it in person. Wave Hill, the public garden in the Bronx, has several gardens (most notably, their "Wild Garden") which are planted in a style reminiscent of Robinson. I think their "Flower Garden" may have also been inspired by the Gravetye Flower Garden. I have studied those gardens for many years. Now I finally see how they were informed by Robinson.</div>
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In my own garden, I am interested in both strong design and interesting plantings. Gravetye has both. Gardens worth preserving need a strong and coherent design first and foremost. When the bones are good and well-executed, an old garden almost calls for renewal. This garden has literal bones, i.e. walls, steps, pergolas, and spiritual bones, i.e. the writings of Robinson. It is a garden I hope to revisit on foot and by the fireplace with a book in hand.</div>
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Last month, The<span style="font-size: small;"> Passionat<span style="font-family: inherit;">e </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gardener</span> Tour visited <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://pettifers.com/" target="_blank">Pettifers Garden</a> in Oxfordshire<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span>I had checked out the garden last spring and I was pleased to be able to take my group this year. The owner, Gina Price, showed us around the garden pointing out interesting plant combinations and discussing changes in the garden.<span style="font-family: inherit;">The form<span style="font-family: inherit;">al</span> </span>Parterre at the heart of the garden looks good<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>from every angle. </span></span></div>
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Even the driveway has a handsome topiary planting.<br />
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<i>Iris lactea</i>, above, is new to me and is on my list of plants I want to add to my garden. It is a common wild iris from China, Afghanistan and Korea. I liked the light blue flower matched with the thin foliage of this sweet-looking iris.<br />
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I loved the combination above last year and I couldn't resist photographing it again.<br />
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Every year, there seems to be a plant that I discover in multiple gardens. This year, it was <i>Valeriana pyrenaica</i>. It<i> </i>is a native of the Pyrenees Mountains. It is a self-seeding perennial with small lilac-colored flowers. I also saw it used to nice effect at Great Dixter. Ed Bowen of Opus Plants has carried it in the past. I am hoping to get a plant from him the next time he has it available.</div>
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Last month, while we visited Great Dixter, we got to see firsthand the process of succession planting that the late Christopher Lloyd and Head Gardener Fergus Garrett wrote about in their book titled <i>Succession Planting for Year-round Pleasure</i>. Immediately after our tour, our guide Rachael Dodd, got back to work arranging pots with students on the landing of the Lutyens Steps in the Blue Garden. Meanwhile, another group of students was working on making a planting shift in the garden.<br />
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Rachael, in the blue-checked shirt, was collaborating with two students on the best arrangement of pots. They were debating/discussing the best combinations of color, and more importantly texture, in the combinations of plants. I'm sure the size and shape of the pots also contributed to the equation. Several of the gardens, most notably the House Entrance, have elaborate pot plantings. It is an excellent way to experiment with combinations of plants because the pots are easily rearranged without disturbing the plants. <br />
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In the Blue Garden, another group of students was planting out annuals and shrubs into the garden itself. A series of planks was used to protect the lawn and to prevent the soil in the garden from becoming compacted. Lessons learned in pot arranging translate well into planting a mixed border.</div>
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Yet another gardener was working in Orchard Garden while were we at Great Dixter.</div>
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The Long Border is the best example of succession planting at Great Dixter. It is a long and very deep mixed border containing trees, shrubs, perennials, biennials, bulbs and tender annuals. The bones that Edwin Lutyens created around 1910-1913 are the perfect backdrop for the vibrant and ever-changing planting scheme for which Great Dixter is known. Below is the arrangement of pots at the Front Entrance to the house that were on display when we visited last month.<br />
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For me, the best part about Great Dixter is the energy of learning and experimentation that has been palpable during every visit I have made to Great Dixter. Fergus Garrett has carried on and enhanced Christopher Lloyd's legacy for education. The Great Dixter website says it best:<br />
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"Christopher Lloyd established the garden at Great Dixter as a place where young and old gardeners would meet and share their excitement for plants. His writing in both books and the press stimulated gardeners all around the world. Students come to Dixter to learn practical skills and develop a deeper understanding of the craft of traditional flower gardening. Fergus Garrett, Christopher’s friend and head gardener, continues his legacy, both in the borders at Great Dixter and through his work with students."<br />
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Laburnum Walk at Barnsley House has been rehabilitated by the head
gardener, Richard Gatenby. The picture above was taken while I was visiting in May 2014.
During that trip, Richard told us that the iconic allee of laburnum and
wisteria under-planted with alliums needed renovation and the best
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In April 2015, Richard removed the laburnums. On his blog, <a href="http://thegardensatbarnsleyhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/planting-new-laburnums.html" target="_blank">The Gardens at Barnsley House</a>, he wrote "Cutting the Laburnums was upsetting; but it had to be done and I wanted
to be the one wielding the blade, I didn't want contractors
professionally and clinically laying it low. It was important that the
gardeners of Barnsley House invested in the garden and did their bit for
it's future; not only the routine important tasks of brush and dust
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didn't visit Barnsley House last year, so I was delighted to see the
progress of the Laburnum Walk which Richard hopes will mature to
its earlier glory in 5 years time. The new metal arch was made by a
blacksmith named Michael Clifford. Richard was pleased with the way
Clifford removed the galvanized shine on the metal to create a weathered patina. The
increased light revitalized the under-planting beneath the arches. I am
confident Richard's five year goal will be achieved.<br />
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Andy
Sturgeon's modern Jurassic Garden for the Telegraph won Best in Show at
Chelsea last week. His intention for the garden was quite ambitious. He
explained "Fundamentally, I was making a simple connection between
colossal
geological events that shape our planet, vast timescales and man’s
relatively fleeting and insignificant time on Earth." He used 17 "bony
plates' made of bronze to represent the spine of a stegosaurus. For hardscape, he also used smooth oatmeal-colored limestone, complete with
Jurassic fossils for the paths, and contrasted it with ancient boulders quarried from
the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.<br />
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was a bit visually jarring. Although this garden was beautifully
executed, I don't believe it will stand the test of time the way the
last two winners, Dan Pearson or Luciano Giubbilei, will. It came across
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The
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traditional formal lines. Perhaps the design erred on the side of being too safe and traditional, but I thought the way the plants were put together was beautiful. <br />
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I am leaving for England this evening for<a href="http://www.discovereuropeltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0522GMG1.pdf" target="_blank"> The Passionate Gardener </a>Tour. I am very excited to return to see old favorites and a few new gardens. The main feature of my New Hampshire garden right now is the trio of <i>Prunus</i> 'Hally Jolivette' trees on the hill between the Blue Bench Terrace and the Woodland Garden. Some special spring ephemerals are also in flower. I hope to come back from England with new ideas and a garden on the cusp of June.</div>
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<i> Glaucidium palmatum</i>, the Japanese wood poppy, has fleeting single lavender flowers. I am glad I didn't miss them this year.</div>
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The Himalayan mayapple, <i>Podophyllum hexandrum</i>, has pink flowers that last about as long as the flowers on <i>Glaucidium palmatum</i>. It has mottled leaves and a bright, shiny, red, egg-sized fruit in late summer. This mayapple has happily self-seeded around the parent plant. I have thrown the seeds throughout the garden and this spring I spotted new plants dotted throughout the Woodland Garden.<br />
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I got this plant, <i>Lamium orvala</i> 'Silva' or giant dead nettle, from Ed Bowen of <a href="http://www.opusplants.com/" target="_blank">Opus Plants</a>. Speaking of Ed, I am pleased to report that he will have a 'Pop-up' nursery at my garden during the <a href="https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events/monadnock-area-nh-open-day" target="_blank">Monadnock Area Garden Conservancy Open Day</a> on Saturday August 20, 2016. Gardens will also be open in Vermont the following day. As part of the new 'Digging Deeper' program, Page Dickey will be giving a talk on Friday, August 19th at Bass Hall in Peterborough called "Outstanding American
Gardens". On Saturday, Tovah Martin and Roger Swain will be giving free talks in two of the gardens. See the Garden Conservancy website for details. It promises to be a great weekend!<br />
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