This is "my" garden. I live very near and visit all the time. I love watching the plantings change as I walk through such familiar areas The name "A Pleasure Garden" is so apt. Sometimes I take my knitting and sit in one of the beautiful handmade garden chairs and just gaze at the beauty. It doesn't matter where in the garden or when in the season, there is always beauty and serenity. I find lots of ideas that I try out on my little 25 square foot townhouse garden. I visited Great Dixter several years ago and notice the similarities between the two gardens. Thank you for featuring this amazing place.
What a lovely place to have so handy! What a joy to take it in during every season. Yes, a very similar creative spirit among the two—such greatness! Thanks Rachael <3
Coming back here to read this now after having visited it (on your recommendation!). It was so beautiful, Julie, more than I could have imagined. I want to go again and again and again. A true dream.
So glad you made it to Chanticleer for a visit :) I do not think I have ever visited without feeling that I was being rushed and that there just wasn't enough time to take it all in. It is like reading a favorite book that always gets to the last page too soon. Their investment in their gardeners really is the key, I think. It is what enables them to lavishly plant with such detail and creativity.
Chanticleer - I think it's such a great concept - having different parts of the garden under the care of individuals. It makes it more like our own gardens. And, indeed, all the very best gardens, which are personal gardens.
I quite agree! There is definitely something different about Chanticleer and I think the "personal" nature of their plantings is key. Each lead gardener has been empowered to care for their own space, and it makes a whole which could not be achieved by committee.
Also whomever holds the purse strings does not mind the gardeners spending on quality and unusual plants! A rare thing in public gardens.
We could do with more of this in our institutional gardens in the UK. It's all very well employing a major designer like Piet Oudolf to add a bit but it's the day to day care of a dedicated gardener/designer which can make a garden unique and really special.
Yes, it is so important to de-center designers and allow the humble gardener inside that inner circle. Roy Diblik has been talking about this in the US. The gardening done by the gardeners is certainly what shapes a space long term.
This is "my" garden. I live very near and visit all the time. I love watching the plantings change as I walk through such familiar areas The name "A Pleasure Garden" is so apt. Sometimes I take my knitting and sit in one of the beautiful handmade garden chairs and just gaze at the beauty. It doesn't matter where in the garden or when in the season, there is always beauty and serenity. I find lots of ideas that I try out on my little 25 square foot townhouse garden. I visited Great Dixter several years ago and notice the similarities between the two gardens. Thank you for featuring this amazing place.
What a lovely place to have so handy! What a joy to take it in during every season. Yes, a very similar creative spirit among the two—such greatness! Thanks Rachael <3
Coming back here to read this now after having visited it (on your recommendation!). It was so beautiful, Julie, more than I could have imagined. I want to go again and again and again. A true dream.
So glad you made it to Chanticleer for a visit :) I do not think I have ever visited without feeling that I was being rushed and that there just wasn't enough time to take it all in. It is like reading a favorite book that always gets to the last page too soon. Their investment in their gardeners really is the key, I think. It is what enables them to lavishly plant with such detail and creativity.
Chanticleer - I think it's such a great concept - having different parts of the garden under the care of individuals. It makes it more like our own gardens. And, indeed, all the very best gardens, which are personal gardens.
I quite agree! There is definitely something different about Chanticleer and I think the "personal" nature of their plantings is key. Each lead gardener has been empowered to care for their own space, and it makes a whole which could not be achieved by committee.
Also whomever holds the purse strings does not mind the gardeners spending on quality and unusual plants! A rare thing in public gardens.
We could do with more of this in our institutional gardens in the UK. It's all very well employing a major designer like Piet Oudolf to add a bit but it's the day to day care of a dedicated gardener/designer which can make a garden unique and really special.
Yes, it is so important to de-center designers and allow the humble gardener inside that inner circle. Roy Diblik has been talking about this in the US. The gardening done by the gardeners is certainly what shapes a space long term.
No matter where I see it, I just love tulips in a meadow-style planting.
Me too :)
Such lovely gardens and landscapes displaying the verdant beauty of our lush Pennsylvania countryside. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
It is a really magical garden. So glad you enjoyed a quick look! Looking forward to talking about it more this month. :)