Now that we are well and truly in the thick of autumn, vibrant foliage, and cushion mums abound….it is time to look at what others are doing to make their fall gardens so spectacular.
The interwebular connection gives you acces to all sorts of eye candy to help you figure out what to grow and how to grow it . Here are a few of my favorites.
Chanticleer: Although these two books about Chanticleer and their visionary garden designers should most definitely be on your shelf and be welll dog eared ,
the staff there also has well managed social media including an instagram for the garden itself as well as a few from individual designers
The fall garden there is nothing short of amazing and the accompanying accurate plant ID from knowledgeable plantspeople is a valuable thing indeed.
Others I follow that you are sure to love are Joseph Valentine ( of Juniper Hill Farm in NH), Kelly Norris, Page Dickey, Northwind Perennial Farm, and really I could go on and on, but get on Instagram, follow the few I have listed here and then click through to their profile to see who THEY follow and then follow those people too. Then your daily scrolll through instagram will be filled with incredible inspiration to draw from,
Kathy Purdy of Cold Climate Gardening has a penchant for one particular fall interest plant, colchicums. You can check out her blog for loads of info on this underused plant.
Another blog, May Dreams Gardens, hosts a monthly Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. if you read the post Carol puts up ,at the end of it will be links to MANY other bloggers who write a dedicated post on the 15th of each month detailing what is blooming in their gardens. A quick click on each link will tell you who is gardening in a climate like yours and you can make note of what you like.
Of course anything written by garden deity Piet Oudolf will give you more information than you could ever use in designing a home garden. He aslo has great social media presence and should be followed on any format he posts.
If you are itching to get out and about visit Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston Ma to see loads of well designed spaces and useful plants for multi season interest. Their Carey Award winners are all wood plants for our area that win that merit award based on just that.
Wave Hill, New York Botanial Garden, Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, all worthy day or weekend trips this time of year , with notebook and camera in hand.
Note New York and Coastal Miane are BOTANICAL gardens while Tower Hill is just BOTANIC . This means nothing to our purpose, but I just find it confusing and kind of funny and wanted to point it out 😉
and of course, you always have me! You can search here for lots of photos and lists of what I grow for September through December interest, and if I ever forget to label just ask!!!!
fothergilla
the last pear
‘Samba” mum
sheffield mum
We’ve got to get to Chanticleer. When I was in Atlanta, Dan Benarcik was there speaking. The photos were breathtaking!