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Posted by arbo_retum z5 ,WinchstrMA (My Page) on Fri, Aug 19, 05 at 23:46
just finished our last day of phila area gardens. with an incredible
guide/new garden web friend, we were blown away by Chanticleer (as everyone
had told us we would be). we spent an entire HOT HOT HUMID day there
yesterday and we were amazed by the fact that the more we saw, the more
amazing the experience.we are real tree people and loved the vast sweeps of
rolling lawns with their backdrops of handsome unusual conifer/deciduous
trees and shrubs. Also really taken by the breathtaking and fun container
plantings and tropicals usage; the woodland areas, and that FABULOUS stone
living room ensemble and the ruins artwork. today charles cresson's
amazing place( that blue cunninghamia just made the whole day for me) and
another wonderful private garden in swarthmore and then the scott
arboretum. wow; it truly must be the most beautiful college campus in the
world. so many fabulous trees,so well grown and placed. And again, the
container plantings( done by eric) were just so varied and
spectacular.we'll look forward to morris arboretum on our next visit.the
barnes foundation, where we spent one day for the artwork, had some
spectacular trees but the perennial gardens were ratty and sad.
We arrived in Phila. after spending a day at NYBG where we were so
overwhelmed by the beauty of the perennial areas and the conservatories
that we feared we would be let down by what we found in pa. HA HA!! wrong!
longwood was most memorable for me- in the 'eye of water' feature- so soothing,( and what a spiritual allee of huge trees leading up to it)and the idea garden beds and the conservatories and water gardens. we ended our trip with the truly unique landscapes at innisfree in millbrook n.y.
never experienced anything like innisfree before and, except for the water jets, it was a truly extraordinary place. |
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RE: great n.y. and pa. gardens
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| I was at Innisfree yesterday. In spite of the drought it's still spectacular. Being new to garden web, I got a kick out of being able to identify lots of plants. Also gave me inspiration for the hill in our back yard. Try getting there in the spring. Breathtaking! I'm so glad you took time to go there on your trip. |
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