Garden Tours, Round two

by slredmond on July 11, 2006 03:43 AM

This past weekend was the second area garden tour, and even better than the first! I've posted (lots of) pictures at:

http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=552079600

Note the section that starts a series of hostas; the first picture name is "Hosta heaven." This house had over two hundred different named varieties of hostas, including an unbelievable collection of minis.

Makes me wince when I get home and see my own sad mess!! Someday!

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Sandy R.

by Wrennie on July 13, 2006 01:07 AM

I went on a garden tour two years ago. It was the most beautiful, fun, depressing day ever!
Everyone was nice. The guys at one house not only served little brownies YUM, but had a list of all their plants, scientific and common names, so if you saw one you asked about they'd highlight it on their sheet, that you took with you so you ould get the same plant.
But then I came home and said **sigh** I have a lot of work to do.

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Summer Camp '07, July 14th weekend, won't you join us?

summer camp thread 1, 2, 3,4

by slredmond on July 13, 2006 05:01 AM

I know exactly what you mean! I want one of these:

and one of these:

and on, and on!!

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Sandy R.

by penny in ontario on July 15, 2006 02:52 AM

Thats so pretty..i would love to have a fountain but no where to put it.
Great pictures!

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by weezie13 on July 21, 2006 08:48 AM

I love those Sandy!!!

I love the one screen thing with the pots in it..
Very cool!

quote:
Makes me wince when I get home and see my own sad mess!! Someday!

Ohhhhhhhhh, I hear you on that one...
I can never figure out how these people do it,
and some are sooooo early in the season...
My gawwwddddddd, I'm still tryin' to finish planting vegetables..

*but I am the only one doing anything in my garden, and this ole work horse is getting hot and tired..*

***I had wanted a garden so that brides could come in and get pictures taken..
Yeah, right... IN MY DREAMS!!! [Roll Eyes]

Thanks for letting us talk the Garden Tours too!!!!

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

by afgreyparrot on July 21, 2006 01:19 PM

That waterfall thing is awesome!
I saved that picture.
I will make that one of these days.

...one of these days... [Big Grin]

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

by slredmond on July 24, 2006 12:58 AM

I SO love that waterfall, and my husband doesn't know it yet but that's next spring's project. [Big Grin]

Here's a close up of the top, to give you an idea of the construction.

Here's their beautiful sculpture and notice the plants that have all around the edges.

Here's looking down from the top of the waterfall to the pond at the base.

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Sandy R.

by weezie13 on July 24, 2006 03:28 AM

That is sooooooo pretty..
A wee~bit o'heaven....

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

by ND farm girl on August 03, 2006 10:13 AM

weezie - screen thing with the pots? I can't see what you are referring to.

Gorgeous!

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PattyM

by weezie13 on August 03, 2006 10:18 AM

Go back up to the top post by slredmond/Sandy,
and there's a link to click on...
There's a bunch of photo's in that link....
I think it's at the end of one of them,
it was a few days ago I looked..
Let me know if you find it,
if not, I"ll hunt it down..

It was soooo neat..

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

by slredmond on August 03, 2006 12:27 PM

Here you go!

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Sandy R.

by weezie13 on August 03, 2006 12:46 PM

Thank~Youuuuu for hunting that down...

I love that thing..
it's quite different!

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

by ND farm girl on August 27, 2006 03:47 PM

I love that - what do you think it is?

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PattyM

by slredmond on August 28, 2006 12:46 AM

One of our local garden stores carries a similar one. It's made specifically for holding pots like that. There are horizontal rings welded and/or screwed on to the frame so you can drop down pots into the rings. I've seen them at garden shows, too.

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Sandy R.

by ND farm girl on August 28, 2006 04:02 AM

My luck - they'd dry out! [Razz]

I'm not good at potted plants! But - I'm working on it! [perplexed]

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PattyM

by slredmond on August 28, 2006 01:29 PM

I hear ya! I've been the container queen this year, though. We're moving to a new house, and I don't want to leave all my perennials, particularly my hostas, so I've got TONS of containers this year. I've left everything in a spot that gets mostly shade because of the "drying out" issue. Knock on wood, they are looking great. Once we have time to get the gardens planned, I'll put them in the ground.

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Sandy R.

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