Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life
This huge, glazed terracotta planter was sturdy enough stay entire (enough) to be planted, despite having suffered an accident that many would have deemed unsurvivable. We admired it last month at The Arbor Gate in Texas, one of our favourite places for picking up garden inspiration and some choice plants in the South. Continue reading “Month of Squares: Reconstruct and Renew”
I’ve met many horticulture people I love, admire or both, but few I admire more than Beverly Welch who, together with her husband, Max, owns The Arbor Gate. No matter how many times I visit, I’m always taken by her hospitality, kindness and composure even on one of the busiest days in her calendar.
My sweetheart lectures there, so I don’t claim to be impartial. I’m a fan. It’s my favourite plant centre outside the UK and I suspect there aren’t many better ones in the world. I love wandering around, admiring the plants and marvelling at the garden art while trying to avoid being taken off guard by the Texan sun.
He’s actually lecturing at The Arbor Gate as I write, while I’m back in England, feeling nostalgic and making up for not being there by sharing a much overdue gallery of pictures from my visits over the last few years.
One the plant front, visitors can expect to find roses, perennials, annuals, succulents, trees, shrubs, vines and a big collection of herbs.
‘This week show us a change in progress…’
I’d been exploring the rose greenhouse at The Arbor Gate in Tomball, Texas (one of my favourite garden centres anywhere in the world) when I spotted these painted beehives. I found my way round to them so I could watch the bees flying in and out. Continue reading “Weekly photo challenge: change”
Susan Rushton 