I can't say that I remember well all the display gardens at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show.
This one I do remember.
I love minimalism in the garden. In this case, I mean a limited color scheme.
Bright, cheerful gardens are on my list of favorite things too, but I have an appreciation for
a calm, serene, noble white and green palette.
Plus rustic brown. I think it looks so natural in gardens because brown is the color of dirt, bark, mushroom hats, pine cones and other 'forest' things.
This is the official description of the garden :
'White flowers, variegated foliage in white, and white containers provide a simple yet striking backdrop for a collector’s garden art—creatively enhanced with a circle theme. Iron circles form wall pieces behind the circular patio, fronted by a 6-foot vertical iron ring sculpture. Ornamental blown glass objects surround this centerpiece and appear throughout the garden. Plants reflect the theme: round in shape, or with round leaves or flowers.
Inspirations to take home: adherence to theme for a striking impression'.
This panel with steel circles attracted a lot of attention.
It served as a beautiful backdrop for an inviting round patio.
I'd put something rectangular or square on the table just for variety, despite the theme, but
it's my personal opinion.
Green, brown and white colors create a contrast, and a contrast,
as we know, is a secret to a garden's beauty.
Gracious Narcissus Thalia is one of my favorites.
Some great information about it is
Here.
The gate below (
Iron Idiom ) serves as a great garden sculpture piece:
I loved these big flat stones around the Katsura tree.
They are very decorative, would help to keep the soil moist around plants and,
I guess, are safe as long as they don't touch the trunk. What do you think?
Jesse Kelly's blown glass sculptures looked stunning in this garden.
It would be a tough choice, but if I could select pieces for my own garden,
I'd pick his white and green 'lilies'. And brown glass bamboo sticks. And milky white spheres too.
Saying that, I should admit that there are no glass ornaments in my garden so far.
I think, subconsciously, I worry about having breakable features in a space where kids and dogs are roaming.
Shown above is Cyclamen 'Laser Midi White'
Laser (Synchro) is the series with intermediate flower size on a compact plant.
The earliest and most uniform series in the market for autumn and
winter. Comes in 18 colors.
More open plant habit avoids problems with Botrytis.
Compact plants for better use of bench space (
Source).
Plant list for this garden:
Katsura tree,
Yellow Twig Dogwood 'Flaviramea',
White Cyclamen 'Laser Midi White',
Silver Queen Euonymus,
Blue Leaf Hebe,
Jacob Hellebore,
White Narcissus 'Thalia',
Variegated Pieris,
Blue Shag Pine,
Dwarf Indian Hawthorne,
Cunningham White Rhododendron,
Tulips 'White Marvel'.
You couldn't help but notice that many gardens at the show shared the same ideas.
There were other displays with circular form garden art, limited color schemes, use of glass sculptures, etc.,
but I tried to look at each garden separately, as if it was the only garden at the show.
On the other hand, repetition, repetition, repetition and voila! - those ideas,
reoccur in several gardens, actually got into my amateur gardener's brains.
***Copyright 2014 TatyanaS
