Hello everyone,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.
Last week our garden was on a tour
with Allan Armitage and a lovely group
of garden enthusiasts.
They were coming to our garden
after breakfast so we got up early to
do some last minute deadheading and
bouquets etc.
The morning started off cool as
you can see by the mist on the pond.
It was the perfect morning for a tour!
Picking off all the old
blooms on the daylilies (deadheading).
Another bouquet to pick.
Finally, they arrived! Do I
look a little star struck? It
was so nice to meet Allan Armitage
in person ,as for years I used to
devour his articles in Fine Gardening.
Mr. Armitage went around the garden teaching
interesting tidbits about plants.
August is daylily season here and we have hundreds
of them in various sizes and colors.
The Annebelle hydrangeas also are putting on
a good show.
The south side of our home and garden.
Several of my daylilies have reverted back
to orange it seems ~ has that happened to you?
Well ,it was a fun morning and now do you
have time for a little relaxation in the hammock
under a shady tree?
Shh! We won't wake you if you
have fallen asleep on the hammock.
visitors for a garden tour and I enjoyed chatting with
them as well!
Now,the focus is on my upcoming garden tea
and I have a few tours from Japan in the next week as
well but I hope to see you soon. I have lots of pics
to share just need some time to go through them.
Hope you have a lovely day!
Carolyn
Carolyn, you have such a beautiful home and garden. Thank you for the photos, I really enjoyed looking through them :)
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden tour.Thank you/Maria
Your garden is beutiful, Carolin :-)
ReplyDeleteIncredibly busy..suppose that just means you will enjoy the slower, leisure times even more?
ReplyDeleteAs I read your notes it seems we here [south Alabama] are a full two months behind you perhaps even a bit more. Different worlds...same amazing beauty!
I love your garden. It is my dream to have such a wonderfull place
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us along. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
xx oo
Carla
That must have been very exciting for you Carolyn. You look as lovely as ever...
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to be on Allan's tour but I heard it was difficult to get signed up with so many wanting to go.
ReplyDeleteI hope you met the two ladies I toured Ireland with as they were looking forward to seeing your property.
Maybe I should suggest a Canadian tour to your gardens Carolyn.
sie haben einen wunderschönen garten!!! alles liebe von angie aus deutschland
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful it all is, Carolyn. I am sure that Alan was impressed with all the hard work you've done to make your gardens thrive. . .Thanks for that beautiful Dahlia photograph at the end; mine are coming up now, and I'me really enjoying how pretty and different they all are.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lavishly beautiful garden, and the feeling in your photographs is one of real tranquility amongst all that beauty. I love too what you are wearing! :-)
ReplyDeleteI was going to tell you how stunning your garden looks in that first picture, Carolyn, and then I saw the rest. : ) Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI was going to tell you how stunning your garden looks in that first picture, Carolyn, and then I saw the rest. : ) Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou do have a beautiful garden, I enjoyed this visit.
ReplyDeleteMerle.........
Beautiful Garden ! ♡
ReplyDeleteWow, all so very lovely including the hostess. Nice to see your pretty face. Joann
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful... what a great little piece of the world!
ReplyDeleteYour Garden is always Paradise!
ReplyDeleteso wonderful!
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Dear Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteWhat an honour to have mr Armitage visiting your garden with a group! He must have liked what he saw! Your garden looks like a dream with all those lillies. I enjoyed your early morning photo's with the mist over the pond too.
Hope you gardening tours with the Japanese ladies will be a success!
Madelief x
Honestly, Carolyn, I don't have enough words! That first image is like a painting and your garden looks magnificent. And to have Allan Armitage leading a tour through it must have been such a thrill. Congratulations on such a successful event!
ReplyDeleteFor me the story. I love to look you. You can not tear your eyes :))
ReplyDeleteSo charming!
ReplyDeleteI really imagine he was most impressed with your garden too!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I thought that first photo was a painting at first glance! Incredible.
ReplyDeleteHow cannot be enthusiastic and charmed by your garden, my dear Carolyn, is it possible ?
ReplyDeleteAnd you looked so charming too, you added a vintage touch to your Victorian garden, I think that your visitors felt so excited ... and I must say that I'd loved to be among them, truly !!!!!
Thank you so much, dear friend !
With much love and admiration
Dany
Oh Carolyn, I would love be part of these Lucky visitors !! if one day I cross the ocean to visit your country, I'll come to say hello and visit your paradise ♥ bises de France
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