Sunday, June 10, 2012

Garden Path

Gravel leads to gray flagstone.  Curve invites you 'round, mystery.
Entry anchored with a pot/boxwood, repetition of plantings on both sides.  Curve has narrative.  Called the eye-sweet line.
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A macro-path formula, works every time with the magic of being unique each time.
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Of course you must deal with the micro-path details.  Resist the urge to go  beyond simplicity.
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Garden & Be Well,     XO Tara
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More of Jeri Farmer's delightful garden.  Can you imagine zero mulch, evergreen groundcovers, daffodils, a sasanqua, a camellia japonica, dwarf forsythia.....  With Jery's color combination I can see black-white-pink pansies.  This path is gorgeous all year.
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Too often gravel & stone choices are horrendous.  Imagine a brown crab orchard with pops of  orange.
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8 comments:

  1. JojoJune 10, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    Leaves one wondering what we will see around the corner.

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  2. Nita StacyJune 10, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    Love the hydrangeas along the curving path. Yes, so pretty. Love that big pot too.

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  3. Linda@ Lime in the CoconutJune 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    Note to self: RESIST the urge to go beyond simplicity...RESIST the urge......

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  4. AnonymousJune 10, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    Love that curving path. Love the color of stone and gravel.

    This will be a gorgeous garden! Bravo!!!

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  5. Desert DwellerJune 10, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    Simplicity on paths and their edges...exactly. But confused on the pine straw...is that not a mulch? It really works in that space, both I would think culturally and visually, esp. where its' absence defines the path.

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  6. AnonymousJune 11, 2012 at 4:15 AM

    I love the pine needle mulch. It's what I grew up with in Tidewater Virginia.

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  7. Tara DillardJune 11, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    Pine litter needed until groundcovers fill in.

    Technically it should be leaf litter since it's mostly hardwood canopy.

    You know, David, that native 'thang'.

    XO T

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  8. Landscaping Contractors TorontoJune 25, 2012 at 6:02 AM

    Nice collections of different type of landscaping pictures.
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