The second garden was very small and quite beautiful, belonging to garden designer Troy Rhone. Love those statues!
A window box on the front of the house with ivy growing in a swag design.
The last garden was spectacular with beautiful patios and seating areas surrounded by English-type gardens full of colorful flowers and charm.
A long winding driveway was bordered with oakleaf hydrangeas and autumn ferns -
Have you ever seen grass this green?
Near the front entrance, a small garden with flowers in purple and lavender -
A patio on the side of the house -
Around to the other side of the residence -
Isn't this pathway wonderful?
A small garden on the side of the house leading to the pool area. This was filled with colorful flowers like foxglove, allium and snapdragon.
Lots of dog statues -
Back toward the drive, the walls were covered with "Old Blush" roses -
A stream at the border of the property
I hope you enjoyed the photos. There will be another tour on June 13 in Birmingham. This tour will again feature the Rhone garden and 3 new gardens as well. I'm hoping to attend this one too!
16 comments:
Ooooo I would love to attend too. I just love that window box with the swag of ivy. That is so clever. That path you pointed out is really interesting too. I would be tempted to walk down that path just because it is so inviting. I loved the tour.
Wow, you have some lovely gardens in your area. I love the natural flow and nature look of most of them. Sounds like you had a great day. I'm looking forward to garden walks later in the season, too!
Holy cow, Phillip! That last garden was something else. The only thing I hate about visiting these fabulous gardens is when I get home I look at mine and say what the hell am I doing... LOL
Wow, as garden tours go, this was the best of the best. It would be really hard but I could get used to living with those gardens and of course professional gardeners to maintain them;)
Marnie
I can smell the money burning! WOW!!!! The Birmingham area has a very distinct look to me. I can always spot the architecture styles used there, and the terrain is the same. It is such a beautiful unique place. When I worked with a residential architecture in Mountain Brook...I was blown away by the things I saw. Unreal! Thanks for taking us on the tour. Who puts on the tour. I would like to try and go next year.
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I especially liked the shots with the purple globe alliums and foxglove and the shot with the Cl. Old Blush. Lovely.
Enjoyed your great photos and garden tour, Philip ... thank you ... each garden so unique! I especially loved the wildflower garden and those stunning autumn ferns and oakoakleaf hydrangeas ~ favorites in my garden.
You must have had a wonderful afternoon taking in all these beautiful gardens.
These are the kinds of gardens that give mine an inferiority complex! :-) What wonderful tours. That last one really looks professionally maintained. I love the "rooms" and transitions and color schemes.
Cameron
Wonderful tour Phillip! The paths are inspiring...from diamond shapes to nicely planted! The fence/wall with the Old Blush rose made me sigh! Our local Perennial Society is starting the garden tours and I can't wait!
Had I known you were touring the gardens on my property (the long winding driveway lined with oakleaf hydrangeas), I would have invited you in for tea. Just kidding! This is one of the best post I've read in a while. Loved it!
I really like the small garden leading to the pool.
I'm really appreciating Foxgloves these days.
Your Spring is so ahead of ours.
Now I need to go sit down somewhere in the garden and start weaving all that ivy that's taking over my back yard! I'm feeling terribly inadequate here.....LOL
I want the two greyhound statues.It gave me an idea, I need to start collecting Border collie ones for my garden.I won't have problems with them digging up trees hunting mice! None of my reblooming iris bloomed this fall. Some were moved but the others I guess the hot weather had something to do with them not blooming. My daylilies didn't have a heavy rebloom either. Thanks Phillip, I love garden tours. I'd like to try & make the Jan one & make a trip to Petals of the Past while there. Mary
Just noticed the date on this post. Guess I missed the Jan one also.
Amazing photos. I can't imagine having a wonderful garden like the second one. It would be awesome.
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