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Monday, July 28, 2014

Went to a Garden Party

This weekend 9News garden expert Rob Proctor opened up his home and garden as a benefit for the Dumb Friends League.  Tour a garden for my favorite cause?  You bet!


The house was built in 1905.  The front of the house has a "wild" garden.  The interior is utterly charming, in the style of A Brit in Tennessee (click here).


In the back, beauty abounds.



There are flower beds,




garden structures,





lots of cozy seating
 



and pots.
Lots and lots of pots.



Our host served refreshments and answered gardening questions.
The main question?
How many pots in your garden, Mr. Proctor?



700!


Sorry about the fuzzy photos.  My little point-and-shoot camera is having trouble focusing.

9 comments:

thecrazysheeplady said...

Holy Moly! Beautiful place :-).

Texan said...

Pretty pretty,just look at all those plants :O) ...700 pots!WOW

Jim said...

WOW! Terry, how lucky you were to see this beautiful garden and appreciate all the work he put into it. One could get lost in it for sure!
Loved the photos....not fuzzy at all. the 'cat' one is adorable! Lucky cat!
thanks for sharing this.

Cindi said...

BEAUTIFUL, 700? I would need serious therapy to maintain this garden. I'm stressing just to think about it. thx for sharing...♥

Optimistic Existentialist said...

Wow those flower beds are absolutely amazing!!

Dreaming said...

Hmmm, I guess I need to consider more pots!
I saw info about the tour in our publication from the Botanic Gardens. Oh, how I wish we had taken the time to go.

Lori Skoog said...

I love those cozy places. Talk about a beautiful setting!!!

sonia a. mascaro said...

Hi Terry!
What a beautiful old house! Love "wild" garden and all these flowers are stunning.
Wow! 700 pots in the garden is just great. I guess the owner have much work to care of all them.
Thanks for your gorgeous photos.

sonia a. mascaro said...

Ah! The header is just gorgeous!