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U.S.A., Washington State. USDA zone 8b. Sunset climate zone 5
Showing posts with label Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Show all posts
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White Garden at The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, NC
Heavenly beautiful, but dangerous! Warning: Seeing this garden can be hazardous to your own garden! It might make you want to tear apart your existing plantings, destroy everything that you created and start building a new all-white paradise.
Visiting the Sarah P. Duke Gardens was a highlight of my trip to North Carolina in June.
What I saw there exceeded my expectations. After spending several hours in the gardens, I was running to the exit trying not to be late for a Duke University campus tour. I didn't know much about the Gardens and believed that I'd seen their best part. It was a total surprise when I bumped into the White Garden. I took my first look and gasped from the thought that I could miss it.
The beauty of white color - classic, elegant, innocent, serene...
I liked everything about this garden - its layout, geometry, choice of plants, combinations, containers... everything.
I learned some facts about the White Garden later. At the time of my visit, there were just emotions. How can I describe them? I was charmed, inspired, moved, touched and excited....
Liatris, lily of the Nile, coneflowers, cleome, perennial phlox, canna, monarda.... tell me what other perennials you see here. Grasses, annuals, agaves and shrubs, many with variegated foliage, add so much to the garden's charm!
This is a new, young garden!
Crystal Cotton in her article tells the story behind the garden's creation.
The full name of the garden is Page-Rollins White Garden in the Doris Duke Center Gardens. The idea and inspiration for it came from the famous Sissinghurst Castle Garden, England with its garden rooms. Jason Holmes, curator of the Doris Duke Center Gardens, created a Southeastern U.S. version of it. It is said in the article that the garden will be a knockout when it's fully developed. Well, it WAS already a knockout for me!
The full name of the garden is Page-Rollins White Garden in the Doris Duke Center Gardens. The idea and inspiration for it came from the famous Sissinghurst Castle Garden, England with its garden rooms. Jason Holmes, curator of the Doris Duke Center Gardens, created a Southeastern U.S. version of it. It is said in the article that the garden will be a knockout when it's fully developed. Well, it WAS already a knockout for me!
I hope you enjoy the pictures and get some ideas for your own garden!
Pure joy...
Isn't white a wonderful color? I got curious about what shades of white could exist: polar white, pearl, seashell, eggshell, ghost white, isabelline, ivory, magnolia, old lace, cream, latte, vanilla (are you craving for coffee, reading this?) beige, anti-flash white and white (Wikipedia).
Don't you want to introduce more white plants into your own garden now?
This new garden will grow and get more beautiful over time. How glad I am to have a glimpse of it in its beginning stage and capture some pictures of it in its infancy! How interesting it'll be to make comparisons later on!
Mr. Holmes believes that 'the peak for this garden should be in the next three years, just because the perennials and shrubs have a maturation period'.
If you find yourself in Durham, North Carolina, don't miss a chance to see this outstanding newborn garden!
Visit The Sarah P. Duke Gardens site
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