LACASA Garden Tour, Part Two

The county I live in is one of the fastest growing in the state.  It's one of those lovely rural areas that everyone that lives in a crowded bedroom community wants a piece of.  Pretty soon now, maybe only ten years down this road, it too will become a crowded bedroom community.  Ah, progress.

But in the meantime, there is a wealth of space.  Human beings like space.  We like elbow room and long expanses of green to soothe the eye and cleanse the air, and we are willing to devote a good bit of labor in the workspace and in the yard to be able to have both. 

Clover  Cottage

This charming little home had three distinct garden areas:  The front of the house, the back of the house, and the side yard to a tiny woodlot.    The woodlot drew me like a magnet. 

Did I mention this day was hot?  It was hot.   A bench tucked under the trees was just the thing.
And the view from the path to the road, where one of the tour participants serendipitously parked their monarda-colored car!

The shade was delicious.

How hot was it?

It was this hot.  Wait, I've another - It was THIS hot. 

There were heat advisories up and people were being told to stay inside and drink lots of water.

Me?  I'm dragging Mark along touring gardens for two days.  He had to drive, too.  I was in hobble mode still, and the meds weren't being effective.  The man is a saint.  I mean it.  But I digress.  Gardens!

Here is a pic of Mark being a real trooper, out in the blazing sun under the sunflowers.  Have I ever mentioned how much he dislikes sunflowers?  Yeah.

I don't remember whose idea this photo was... it might have been his.   (He says no, I was tormenting him.  And then he adds "I have entirely too many buttons."  Can you see how adorable he is?)

This garden is (I need to ask Mark, maybe he will remember... oops). Yay, Mark - this is the Burkert garden!

They used an outbuilding and fence to great effect in this border:

The path leads you into the pool area.

Comments

[Annie in Austin]

Hello Jenn,

I came here from Cold Climate and can't resist a garden tour - especially if the houses are adorably quaint like this cottage. And since the ticket fee goes for a good cause, everyone wins - how often does that happen now?

You're probably tired of hearing rhe Texas gardeners complain, but not a single monarda stem had the oomph to produce a flower here this summer, and they should have been that lovely true red, too. I like the way the owners put a white flowering border in the deeper shade aligned with the monarda bed.

I'll be back for part 3.

Annie

[Zoey]

Enjoying your tour, Jenn.

What a trooper your Mark is to chauffeur you to all the gardens on such a hot day!

I will be waiting for part three.

[Judith]

I'm a sucker for a garden tour. It's fun seeing what you have to report. What a good guy Mark is. I am famous for dragging my family along on garden tours. Clover Cottage, so sweet a cottage!

[Hanna in Cleveland]

This place just looks awsome. How nice the weather looks (It's rainy and 60F here. :( )

[sandy]

Love that stone cottage! Beautiful!

[carina]

Hey I just figured out how to get to your blog! Dummy me. :) Oakland county?
That's beautiful. That hot week wasn't too long ago - as I write this it's 39 degrees and winter is fast bearing down on us...