I was so excited to see Linda Hannan's garden. I had the opportunity to meet her at the plant sale back in April. She is a garden designer (Hannan Garden Design) and her colorful, exuberant garden is captivating. The front entrance is very shady with an inviting circular space surrounded by hydrangeas and evergreens. A stepping stone pathway leads you along the side of the house to the back garden, which is very sunny. |
| The front garden |
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The back garden - the blue wall brings back memories of our purple wall in Alabama.
I haven't decided how to incorporate one in our present garden. Linda's wall serves as a backdrop for Verbascum nigrum, geraniums, cannas, meadow rue and other perennials. The vine is Golden Hops (Humulus lupulus 'Aureus'). | | |
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| There was so much to see in this garden and when I was looking at my photos, I saw things that I missed when I was there. For example, the columnar exclamation point next to the window on the left (honeysuckle?). I love it - it reminds me of a human figure standing guard over the garden. |
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| The shrub on the left is Leycesteria formosa 'Golden Lanterns'. |
The garden of Kristin Ohlson was probably the smallest garden on the tour. I only got a few photos because of too many people. The garden was designed by Amy Whitworth of Plan-It_Earth Design.
The King garden was designed by Bruce Hegna of Nature/Nurture Landscape Design. The selections of plants in this garden just blew me away. I got some great ideas here.
The last garden is the Wagner garden, designed by Helena Wagner of 4 Season Gardens, LLC. This garden had Asian elements and many striking color combinations. I found many plants here to add to my wish list!
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Hebe was a plant that we could not grow in the South because of the humidity. I have not
planted one yet but I want this one. I don't know what variety it is. |
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| One plant that I went gaga over was this Hypericum (St. John's Wort) (bottom right). It was absolutely stunning. |
Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
