This garden was once a wild and untamed forest. The home and garden were designed by Philip Shutze. Who is he, you ask? Born in Georgia and educated in Georgia, Shutze spent a few years in Europe designing great villas before returning to Atlanta to become one of America’s finest classical architects and for over…
Category: 2019
The Atlanta Connoisseurs Garden Tour: The Woodland Retreat Garden, Croak!
The next garden on our tour I called the Woodland Retreat Garden. It was situated in a neighborhood, where you could actually see the neighbors’ houses, versus the last two gardens we explored! This also turned out to be the only garden, where we got to meet one of the owners (the worker bee) and…
Six On Saturday: I Better Get These Photos In Before We Get Another Cloud Burst!
Hellloooooo SOS friends! What a week we’ve had! We’ve been battered with rain, flashes of lightning and cracking thunder! So, while the sun is out let’s do my daily stroll about! The trees are really doing their thing! The one on the right is a plum tree and the crepe myrtle is on the left….
The Atlanta Connoisseurs Garden Tour: The Zen Wildlife Garden
This is the second garden we visited on the Atlanta Botanical Garden, “Connoisseur’s Tour.” I named it the Zen Wildlife Garden because you could hear the meditational music as soon as you got out of the car! The owners of this garden have been making additions to their gardens for over 25 years. This is…
Thursday Doors in the Gardens of Atlanta
I realized this week, I’ve been neglecting my DOORS! We recently went to Atlanta, Georgia, expressly to take in the Botanical Gardens and attend the Connoisseurs Tour of Gardens. Well, as I was looking over the nine gardens we went through, I saw some doors! So, here we go, I present the “The Garden Doors…
The Atlanta Connoisseurs Garden Tour: The French Chateau Garden
This is the first garden in a series of nine that we visited for the Connoisseurs Tour, sponsored by the Atlanta Botanical Garden. We came to Atlanta just to see the Botanical Garden and to go on the Connoisseur Tour. This is just one event sponsored every year, there are many, many, more. To see…
Oakland Cemetery: Life Goes On
Now, let’s see, where did we finish up….. We were in Oakland in the evening for the “Illumine.” See HERE for that adventure in case you missed it! We had such a good time and learned so much! The gardens were extraordinary and there were so many interesting architectural pieces, that we signed up for…
Six On Saturday: The Garden Is Lookin’ Good!
It’s been like winter here the last few days! Rain and temps in the low sixties………that is winter for us. Kinda topsy turvy, that’s why I did my feature photo this week in the Tiny Planet App on my IPhone. And then my leaves on the Agapanthus looked good so I Waterlogued them, another App….
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia: A Victorian Garden
When we decided to go to Atlanta to explore gardens, Oakland Cemetery came up on the radar as 48 acres of garden splendor. Hmm…… I was not so sure of this, but we decided to investigate. Oakland Cemetery is named on the National Register of Historic Places, which made it very interesting for us, with…
Get To Know Atlanta: The Downtown Southern Food Walk
We are starting the day with a beautiful view from our room, wouldn’t you say? This is Mid-Town Atlanta and the best way to get to know a city is to stay in the city center and start with a food tour! Today, we will be doing the Downtown Southern Food Walk and I can…
Did Someone Say Orchids?
Today we are back in the Atlanta Botanical Garden to finish up my photos of the orchids in the Faqua Conservatory! I have never seen such a beautiful collection of exotics in one place! Check out the website for the Atlanta Botanical Garden HERE! There are many classes and events during the year starting with…
The Atlanta Botanical Garden: On to the Orchids!
We have been enjoying the Atlanta Botanical Garden and today’s tour is through the Orchid Conservatory, the largest in the United States! Now, I have to admit I know nothing about orchids…….and my experience with them stops at the counter to glance at the tiny, irrelevant groupings to be found at the grocery store……not to…
Six On Saturday: An Update to the Garden
The last SOS that I wrote about MY GARDEN concerned the new fence and all the woes we had! Well the fence and all it entailed has all been completed to our satisfaction and the internet, garden lights and sprinklers are working as they should! To say that we will NEVER replace that fence again…
The Atlanta Botanical Gardens: There’s More to This Garden
Summer is the time to explore and the garden, any garden, is one of my favorite summer pastimes. We have spent a week in Atlanta and there is much to be explored of interest to the gardener! Our first stop before we had even checked into the hotel was the Botanical Garden. The Atlanta Botanical…
Six On Saturday: The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia
Helloooo SOS friends! It’s summer and the weather is hot, hot, hot and perfect for garden outings! We have been on the road and I have lots to share with you! Our newest outing took us to Atlanta, Georgia, where we found so many great activities! Two of the items on our week-long agenda was…
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