One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Wind your way around a flagstone path taking you to outdoor rooms designated for reflection and relaxation. Mostly shaded by mature hardwoods like maples, oaks and pines, the garden has sunny areas as well, displaying perennials like iris, daylilies and asters. Payge, a Gwinnett County Master Gardener, tries to provide an inviting environment for birds, insects and wildlife. She plants with the lifecycle of the butterfly in mind not following any particular color scheme. Her property backs up to deciduous woods accented with a creek. She says her biggest challenges are extreme temperature changes, summer droughts, clay and DEER. She believes if you garden in Georgia successfully, you can garden anywhere! Come learn how she copes with nature’s adversity and see ways you can transform your side yard into an area of enchantment. Related Images:
2011 Garden Tour – Jane Trentin
One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Jane Trentin’s garden is mostly a shade garden with some sun areas in the front. She specializes in native plants, many of which she has acquired through plant rescues with the Georgia Native Plant Society. Related Images:
2011 Garden Tour – Julie Foster
One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour Julie Foster’s garden is about an acre and surrounds the circa 1903 home. The front yard consists of a sunny garden of mixed shrubs and perennials as well as the ‘berry patch” with a fig tree, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. The backyard is a mix of sun and shade with a veggie garden. The shade garden consists of a variety of unusual shade plants such as edgeworthia, the new varieties of heucherellas, ruscus, rhodea, and a magnolia macrophylla. Related Images: