Wednesday, July 20, 2011

I’m published!

It’s the first time I’ve ever been PAID for it … 

Wrightsville Beach Magazine

I was asked by the magazine to identify some well-designed gardens and explain why.  Many of us know when we are in a pleasant space, but few of us can identify why.  Enjoy, darlings!

A few more pics with my own camera …

Garden Number 1.

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Poetry in motion! 

 

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Fell in love with this arbor with a rose on top.  The large candelabra was designed by the owner of the home. 

 

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A proper way to end an axis.

 

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Garden Number 2.

 

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View of the home from the street.

 

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The view from my car of the front entrance.  The formal parterre garden is obscured by a sea of maiden grass.

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Inside the parterre garden at the entry courtyard. 

 

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Loropetalum chinensis espalier.

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The rill garden consisted of two round pools connected by a nine-inch runnel. 

The owner designed this so that water could flow in either direction. 

 

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I love the granite block and the perennials on this terraced garden.

 

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Curved walls terrace down to the natural wooded area beyond.

 

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View from the other direction.  A symphony of herbaceous perennials!

 

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Big leaf hydrangeas behind a Japanese boxwood hedge.

 

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Such harmony! 

Note:  Did you see any green grass in these pics?  No – there is none.

 

Garden Number 3.

 

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A restoration of an historic home in Wilmington, NC.

 

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Magnolia soulangiana “Saucer Magnolia”

 

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Lilies and ferns.

 

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Focal Point.

 

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Fountain and fenestration.

 

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A year later.

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Motor Court with red brick and crushed slate.

 

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Garden Gates

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3 comments:

  1. Congratulations Pam! I hope it's juat a beginning! The gardens are breathtaking! I enjoyed the pictures and the text.

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  2. Congratulations Ms. K. "nine-inch runnel" love

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  3. Congrats on being published AND paid! YAY! Love the gardens in these pictures, especially the beautiful vista in the very first picture and the grasses in garden #2.

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