We could do anything, below, at this portion of the Orchard wall.
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Money was not the hunt.
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Creating a historic garden is the decadence.
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Nearby, century old fig bushes were thriving at Long Barn.
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Overdose on a Theme, was the design rule followed.
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Notice the 1st major choice, before the figs?
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Tara Turf. Vintage meadow, and pollinator habitat, increasing yields of any crop grown.
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Another design choice, below ? No cobblestone/brick edging. Meadow meeting gravel.
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First design choice was siting the brick orchard walls & choosing dimensions on axis with a gable of the home.
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Once I saw how close this corner, below, was to the gravel drive, 'I knew'.
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Perfect element of 'wonky', imperfectly perfect.
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Parent fig bushes, below, to the cuttings taken, above, almost died last winter.
This near-kill, above, was too close. The relief of having taken the cuttings is huge.
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Historically digging, the client learned farmers commonly planted fruit bearing trees/bushes in odd places about their land. Micro-climates are the difference between death & thriving. Not only to the fruiting plants but sometimes for livestock & people. May those days never return.
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Garden & Be Well, XO T
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Pics taken at jobsite this month. Door, above, copied from David Hick's garden. Another garden design rule, Copy the Best.
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For a beautiful garden & home filling you with joy, become my client, local/on-line.
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Award winning speaker, hire me for your group, local/out-of-state.
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Books by Tara Dillard, Amazon
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Tara Dillard & Associates Design: farm to city pied-a-terre.
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Construction by Award Winning
Shaefer Heard Construction, licensed home-builder, renovation - new construction. Heard's Landscaping a unit of SHC. 3 decades of service.
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NOTE to my gardening friends... look for changes to come.
Knew before computers/cell phones, sitting in Atlanta traffic on way to a client, 'I must reach a larger audience with the same amount of effort.' Soon after that epiphany I signed my CBS-TV, and, books contracts on the same day.
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Then I read an article in the NYTimes about something called 'blogging'. Saved the article for a year before reading it. Studied all the blogs they mentioned, hired a computer expert they quoted, and attended a blogging seminar.
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Blogging 2.0 has arrived, my knowledge is 1.0. A believer in copying the best historic gardens across the globe it flows into every arena of life. Watching Maria Killam grow her career/blog/life over the past 3 years made its impact. Signed up for a year's course with her blogging expert, Jon Morrow.
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Changes will be slow, plodding is my adored method. Pulling triggers here/there is spice in the mix.
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What do YOU want?
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Nothing is too small, too big, or too ego crushing to mention.
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Passion lies in sharing what has filled me to the depths of grace, joy & atonement, the best landscapes created over the last 2,000+ years.
Just so you know...
I welcome your input.
