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GARDEN DELIGHTS
As amanuensis to one of the members, it is my pleasant
task to inform you of the Piedmont Gardeners' annual Garden
Tour of Athens. This Saturday, Apr. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
rain or shine, you can see, at your own pace, five different
gardens which will calm your spirit and blow your mind, inspir
ing you either to redouble your effort in your own garden or to
throw away your tools in despair and take up crochet.
The five locations provide a look at what gardeners have
done with different settings and their own visions. A couple
of them are suburban house gardens (Teddy and Ken Johnson;
Tony Hughey and Jesse Reed) such as you and I could achieve
in our own yards in the evening and on weekends if we put in
an unbelievable amount of work toward realizing our design.
These will inspire you with their variety of plants set within a
backyard scale that shows you possibilities and the plants with
which to realize them.
A view in the garden of Ram and Tom Giberson.
Then there's the two-acre woodland garden set within nine
acres of forest (Jena Johnson and Mike Strand). This is where
you begin to question whether you would have the energy to •
engineer your own vision in such an environment. All the more
reason to marvel at how indigenously this setting has been
subtly worked into an interface between people and nature.
By contrast is an Italianate garden classically apportioned
and stunning in its design and detail—where even the mulch
inspires awe—in a rive Points yard transformed from our
Piedmont to that other (Ann and Joe Frierson).
Last, but by no means least, is an explosion of flora exqui
sitely worked into a wonderland of horticultural surprises (Ram
and Tom Giberson). You think the front yard is it, but that's
just the window dressing. By the time you pass through the
gate to the real garden and see the riches that await, it is bet
ter that you didn't know that one woman, with chainsaw and
Bobcat, did practically all cf it, waterfalls and all.
The gardens are scattered all over town, so, this is not a
walking tour, as it has been at least partially in some previ
ous years. You've got to drive to this one, but what you find
will reward you. You can make up your own route or follow the
suggested itinerary in the tour booklet, which gives a good
description of each garden, with directions telling you how
to get there. The booklet, in fact, is your ticket into the gar
dens and must be presented at each location, where Piedmont
Gardener members will be on duty to assist and answer ques
tions. Booklets can be purchased in advance for $15 from
Always, Always Flowers; Cofer's Home & Garden Showplace;
Southern Comforts; Thomas Orchards and Nursery; and Weekend
A'Fair. The day of the tout, you can just show up at one of the
gardens and get your booklet for $20. See some more pictures
and get more information at www.piedmontgardeners.org.
This is the 18th outing for the Gardeners, who use the pro
ceeds to maintain the gardens of the Brumby House welcome
center, to fund scholarships for horticulture students and for
other purposes. In other words, your price of admission goes to
good causes while you share the visions of other gardeners and
pick up new ideas.
Every year the tour is different, and I believe this one is
among the best. You'll find yourself more than recompensed by
this opportunity to see what can be done in local gardens—
even, some of it, in your own.
Pate McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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The Lance Tilton Foundation 25
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MISCELLANY 20
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