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garden tour sneak peek

September 11, 2015

I spent today with about 75 of our local Master Gardeners, touring a total of eight private gardens around the metro area. We saw formal gardens, cottage gardens, thick and ornamental gardens with every possible inch filled with plant material, spacious, fresh air lawns and rose gardens, a tranquil and stately shade garden, a feng shui garden, and a delightfully eclectic handicap-accessible garden. And everything in between. Friends, I am in the most delicious state of overload this evening. I took right at 400 photos and plenty of notes in order to share each of these gorgeous spaces with you in detail; but tonight I’ll give you a little teaser.

(You can check my Instagram for the photos I posted live throughout our tour.)

 

Michele Kraft's garden somehow exudes both casual hospitality and absolute elegance. Formal and free spirited, both.
Michele Kraft’s garden somehow exudes both casual hospitality and absolute elegance. Formal and free spirited, both.
See what I mean?
See what I mean?

 

Margaret Biggs has created a pollinators' paradise.
Margaret Biggs has created a pollinators’ paradise.
I was so happy to meet her! I had a thousand questions and would have kept her to myself asking them but my Mom would be ashamed of my bad manners. : )
I was so happy to meet her! I had a thousand questions and would have kept her to myself asking them but my Mom would be ashamed of my bad manners. : )
The Will Rogers Gardens are more colorful than ever, friends. I was left speechless.
The Will Rogers Gardens are more colorful than ever, friends. I was left speechless.
And they are really good at planting in great masses. The visual impact! Such a great takeaway.
And they are really good at planting in great masses. The visual impact! Such a great takeaway.
Look at this clever planter by Jackie Pogue! I am pretty sure it's a metal fire pit. Every single one of her containers was stunning.
Look at this clever planter by Jackie Pogue! I am pretty sure it’s a metal fire pit. Every single one of her containers was stunning.
Sue Moore taught us some essentials about feng shui, and her colorful shady borders really got my imagination going.
Sue Moore taught us some essentials about feng shui, and her colorful shady borders really got my imagination going.
Freddie Booth's cacti and succulent collection is impressive!
Freddie Booth’s cacti and succulent collection is impressive!
And his garden's artsy, creative atmosphere is just about the funnest thing ever.
And his garden’s artsy, creative atmosphere is just about the funnest thing ever.
Every little inch of Elizabeth Richard's historic-neighborhood shade garden was immaculate. Soothing. So beautiful.
Every little inch of Elizabeth Richard’s historic-neighborhood shade garden was immaculate. Soothing. So beautiful.
It's possible I was partial to her oak leaf hydrangeas..xoxo
It’s possible I was partial to her oak leaf hydrangeas..xoxo

 

Karen Filley's expansive, overflowing, and well tended garden cannot ever be translated by my lame cell phone pics. I am plotting a strategy to see if she will allow me more time with a proper camera to really explore her space. You guys, it's drop dead gorgeous.
Karen Filley’s expansive, overflowing, and well tended garden cannot ever be translated by my lame cell phone pics. I am plotting a strategy to see if she will allow me more time with a proper camera to really explore her space. You guys, it’s drop dead gorgeous.
Don't you just automatically love people who use planters like this? And she has seating everywhere. I mean, if there is a piece of shade, it has an attractive chair waiting. Everywhere.
Don’t you just automatically love people who use planters like this? And she has seating everywhere. I mean, if there is a piece of shade, it has an attractive chair waiting. Everywhere.

 

Okay that will have to do for a little teaser. I mean it when I say that each garden is truly beautiful. Each has its own personality, just like the gardeners. Each has its own place in this world, just like the gardeners. And each left a deep impression on me too. I am reeling from the impact, pleasantly buzzing with inspiration.

See you soon.

XOXO

 

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Hi! I'm Marie. Welcome to the Lazy W. xoxo

Hi! I’m Marie. This is the Lazy W.

A hobby farming, book reading, coffee drinking, romance having, miles running girl in Oklahoma. Soaking up the particular beauty of every day. Blogging on the side. Welcome to the Lazy W!

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