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The garden tour started with thousands of these carefully wrapped daffodil leaves!
The garden tour started with thousands of these carefully wrapped daffodil leaves!		 Then we all walked thru the gates of the first garden
Then we all walked thru the gates of the first garden		 and we were just blown away by the size of this garden and the quality of the plant material and workmanship
and we were just blown away by the size of this garden and the quality of the plant material and workmanship		 This yard also had a few of the largest trees in the county!
This yard also had a few of the largest trees in the county!
The original house dates to the 1780s
The original house dates to the 1780s		 They've added patios out the side
They've added patios out the side		 Looking back to an old spring house
Looking back to an old spring house		 Many of the beds had widely-spaced plants
Many of the beds had widely-spaced plants
The back of the old house with a new stone wall and chimney
The back of the old house with a new stone wall and chimney		 bathtub jam-packed with plants!
bathtub jam-packed with plants!		 New dry-laid stone wall in which they will have a cutting garden
New dry-laid stone wall in which they will have a cutting garden		 Shrubs and flowering plants
Shrubs and flowering plants
Looking back up to the house
Looking back up to the house		 In the wooded area, they are using liriope as ground cover
In the wooded area, they are using liriope as ground cover		 The wooded area is very nicely landscaped as well!
The wooded area is very nicely landscaped as well!		 Parking area at the 2nd and 3rd garden; you drive thru the field to get here!
Parking area at the 2nd and 3rd garden; you drive thru the field to get here!
This house has old, old boxwoods and remnants of gardens
This house has old, old boxwoods and remnants of gardens		 Wisteria on a large pergola
Wisteria on a large pergola		 They've made a garden inside a barn foundation
They've made a garden inside a barn foundation		 This barn burned in the 1940s
This barn burned in the 1940s
Very, very beautifully done!
Very, very beautifully done!		 isn't that pretty!
isn't that pretty!		 The gates keep deer out!
The gates keep deer out!		 Nice.............!
Nice.............!
Lions guarding the entrance
Lions guarding the entrance		 Boxwoods that are probably about 150 years old
Boxwoods that are probably about 150 years old		 Okay, beautiful yes, but I always picture spiders falling on you when you sit there
Okay, beautiful yes, but I always picture spiders falling on you when you sit there		 This really reminded me of scenes in England and Ireland
This really reminded me of scenes in England and Ireland
This next garden was behind the last one, so we walked thru the woods to it
This next garden was behind the last one, so we walked thru the woods to it		 The flower beds repeated the same flowers and the repetition was very soothing!
The flower beds repeated the same flowers and the repetition was very soothing!		 Just beautifully landscaped with lots of mature trees
Just beautifully landscaped with lots of mature trees		 The path into the woods behind their house
The path into the woods behind their house
Back to the previous house
Back to the previous house		 Looking thru the house to the musicians on the other porch
Looking thru the house to the musicians on the other porch		 A more wild part of the yard glimpsed as I walked back to my car
A more wild part of the yard glimpsed as I walked back to my car		 The last garden I saw and where I worked as a ticket-taker
The last garden I saw and where I worked as a ticket-taker
This is a Japanese stroll garden
This is a Japanese stroll garden		 All of the stone carvings were done by the owner
All of the stone carvings were done by the owner		 This garden is about 18 years old
This garden is about 18 years old		 The net over the pond it to keep out herons
The net over the pond it to keep out herons
The owner is an engineer who worked in concrete; he created the panels at the back of the pond
The owner is an engineer who worked in concrete; he created the panels at the back of the pond		 And he built all of the bridges
And he built all of the bridges		 A little hill
A little hill		 He has two new beds that won't be done for about 5 - 6 years, so he included pictures of what they'd look like
He has two new beds that won't be done for about 5 - 6 years, so he included pictures of what they'd look like
This one is even newer
This one is even newer		 He has pruned all of the trees in the garden except a magnolia
He has pruned all of the trees in the garden except a magnolia		 A giant sequoia!
A giant sequoia!		 Different vignettes
Different vignettes
He carved this water feature and made the lantern
He carved this water feature and made the lantern		 Maple and Fringe Tree
Maple and Fringe Tree		 The owner also is a pruner at the National Arboretum
The owner also is a pruner at the National Arboretum		 The owner in a kimono
The owner in a kimono
He also built the fences and gates
He also built the fences and gates		 The owner's wife also in a kimono
The owner's wife also in a kimono		 Their front yard with a beautiful dry-laid wall
Their front yard with a beautiful dry-laid wall		 And back at my garden, Buffy and the poppies!
And back at my garden, Buffy and the poppies!
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