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The Garden House (Devon, England)

The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley.  The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the  vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle.  The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings  - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier.  Keith Wiley lef...
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Fall kaleidoscope

The leaves have turned here and the color is breathtaking. I took a stroll this afternoon and took some photos in and around my neighborhood.

This is the most colorful tree in my own garden at the moment - the red maple 'Autumn Blaze'



And some colorful shrubs:

Fothergilla



Oakleaf Hydrangea



This beautiful maple is on the grounds of the university where I work -




I think this is one of the most beautiful trees in town but I got to it a little late. The color seems to glow -



This group of maples is on the back side of a dentist's office -




And here is a pretty one in a bank parking lot -

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  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2007 at 7:48 AM

    I love the gold and orange maples. Thanks for sharing, from one of the fall-foliage deprived.

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  2. Annie in AustinNovember 12, 2007 at 10:48 AM

    Fall-deprived!! That's the term for those who live in Austin, although we do have a few reddish crepe myrtle leaves here and there.

    You have some wonderful fall views, Phillip... the group of maples is especially lovely. Thank you!

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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  3. LostRosesNovember 12, 2007 at 6:16 PM

    Phillip, if my maple looked like yours, it would be the pinnacle of success for me! I know what you mean about the color on some of the trees seeming to glow - I remember that from a fall trip back East once. I was astounded!

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  4. Kylee BaumleNovember 19, 2007 at 7:37 AM

    This is in Alabama? I'm so surprised to see so much color. Absolutely STUNNING! Thanks for taking the time to go around and photograph these beautiful trees in all their splendor.

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  5. KC MO Garden GuyNovember 19, 2007 at 6:48 PM

    Wow what great color!!! Most of the trees around here didn't have great color. Some out did themselves but others were so so. Thanks for sharing!!

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