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Wild Thing

As wild as this English garden looks, it was made to look that way. Everything has been carefully placed to give it that untamed feel. The owner is a textile designer who uses her plantings to relate to her work, carefully coordinating texture and color in her garden designs. images from British Homes & Garden.

Garden Steps

Here are some wonderful examples from British H&G of garden steps. Not only do they add depth and structure to a garden they can be a striking feature. I hope you enjoy the photographs.

Annecy

This photograph of a house in Annecy, is a favorite of mine. The window boxes are such a contrast to the walls and yet they belong there. image from cote est.

Hellebore

Hellebore also known as Helleborus, has 20 species in it's family Ranunculaceae. Native to much of Europe and the Mediterranean region, with the largest concentration of them found in the Balkans. It has five petals that comprise a small circle or ring of nectaries that hold nectar. The petals do not fall off the flower but remain to help with the contribution of seeds. This perennial flowering plant has an interesting history and legend. During the early days of medicine, two kinds of helloborus were used to treat people. Black Hellebore & White Hellebore. This is a very toxic plant, so you can imagine the outcome. It causes vertigo, tinnitus, stupor, thirst, slowing of pulse and finally cardiac arrest. Some historians believe that Alexander the Great died while being treated with Hellebore. So beware, this cottage garden favorite has an edge to it. Bottom photo from helleborus.org ~ info and other photos from wikipedia.

A Garden Festival

These photos are from the 2 edition of the Fete Du Jardin in Honfleur France. ~cote quest magazine~

La Boheme

I really like how this garden is designed, family friendly and natural. They divided areas with fabric, metal and stone. The hop scotch cut into the lawn is so charming. images from maisons & decors, mediterranee, sept. 2007

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Just returned from a 4 day trip to New York for a wedding at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, which are so beautiful. Here are a few photographs that I took with my phone and some photos I took of Soho and the upper East side yesterday. The energy there always amazes me. I loved the decorations of Fall everywhere, people out and about all day and night long and the weather was even great! I'll be back tomorrow with more images of garden rooms.

Paris Conservatory

I love how stylish this fin-de-siecle is, "opening to the outside yet still a part of the house". image from
The Way We Live In The City by Rizzoli.
I'll be in New York for a wedding over the next few days, but I'll take photographs of the flora there to share with you all. Thanks for reading gardenrooms, I love all your comments.

Succulents

This photo is from House & Garden circa 1999. A mixture of sedums, echeverias and succulents. I love this miniature garden. There's a new company that specializes in sending succulents instead of flowers called
a flora design firm, succulentla.com. An actress from LA and her designer began the company, it's a nice story...