Posts by Jenks Farmer
Like It Rough? Rustic Touches for Modern Gardens
One of the most overlooked design elements in modern gardens is the rustic touch. Sleek lined furniture, fine crew-cut turf, solid hedges….if everything is planned and primped, then it’s all boring. Dunaway Gardens has the coolest water feature — gentle streams channeled down a hillside. Sometimes, in formal octagon shaped gardens. Sometimes coursing through carved…
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I See Dead People — Cemetery Gardening
The first place I ever collected plants was in the dump of the local cemetery. Momma and Nanna cleaned up the graves of grandparents and I pulled stuff out the trash. Mums, Azaleas, Ivy. Who’d throw all these great plants away? I never stopped. Whenever Tom and I travel, we check out the local cemetery.…
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