Saturday, April 19, 2008

Garden Tour



Reed in the Round Rock Garden

We went on a garden tour today sponsored by the Travis County Master Gardeners. It was a beautiful day and a nice tour. Lorna and Reed went with even though gardens are not quite their thing. Here are some images for you to enjoy!

View of the Round Rock Garden

This Round Rock garden was a immense series of raised beds, tons of rock work and lots of evergreens. Very impressive space!


Lorna and Reed in the South Austin Found Object Garden


South Austin Found Object Garden

The owner of this South Austin garden has created a beautiful space by dumpster diving and recycling. Great imagination and lots of hard work.

Bannockburn Church Garden

Another view of the Bannockburn Church Garden

This local church has a beautiful series of gardens that are maintained by a Men's bible study. This is what I would like to do as part of my retirement for my church. First, we have to get land and a building!


Lost Creek Garden

Pool Garden at Lost Creek

This last garden in Lost Creek is a series of garden rooms done in natives. Very loose and cottage style meets hill country. They had a beautiful pool and vegetable garden.

I enjoyed seeing all the gardens. Of course, I am missing pictures of a garden inspired by French cooking which had a pool that Lorna coveted. My lovely digital camera ran out of batteries. We stopped for Mickey D's and batteries before going on the the lost creek garden. I was very impressed by all the different styles and lushness of each garden. Enjoy the pictures and check out the Flicker badge as there are more there.

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2 Comments:

At 7:49 AM, Blogger Leigh said...

I thought your church already owned land????

Great pictures. I love gardens and ponds but am not one to put forth that much effort having them in my own back yard.

Glad to hear you're feeling better

 
At 3:33 PM, Blogger 1UP RPG said...

How beautiful! My maternal grandfather was an incredible gardener and my dad really enjoys landscaping...I love to look at it and enjoy the idea of gardening but, despite good intentions am not much for maintenance...I plant perennials.
I have tinkered with the idea of a vegetable garden, but we have sort of an odd lot and terrible soil...lots of clay...
I'll look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor soon though! :)
Brooke

 

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