Country Dancer - Kris' garden!A couple days ago Peter Hoh (Growing Things) left a comment asking if I had seen a local news show that did a feature on a Minneapolis gardener who is featured in a book "1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die" by Rae Spencer-Jones.
I thought I would give you the link because it's a really cool place to see. If you're interested, check it out. Click on the video that shows up on the right-hand side of the screen.
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S213035.shtml?cat=1&v=1
Hopefully someday this will be a public garden that everyone can enjoy, but in the meantime it's cool just to see it in this video. I have the 1001 Gardens book on hold at the library - I'll let you know what that's like when I've had a chance to look through it.
(My own little blooms kind of pale by comparison - lol)
P.S. I just went to Growing Things to thank Peter for the heads up - you should all go over there - he did a much nicer post on this than I did!! Thanks Peter!
7 comments:
What a coincidence! I was just at a bookstore checking out the gardening section and saw this book. I didn't see this particular garden, but was thinking of how I could ever possibly see all of these gardens in my lifetime. Thanks for the link!
Wow ! That is just amazing I can't believe he doesn't show it off. I will have to look for this book. Thanks for sharing.
I had a very nice chat with an arborist who was minding the gazebo at the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association garden at the State Fair. She told me she knew of a few private gardens that were large enough to employ gardeners, and she was hoping to land one of those jobs someday. That would be a sweet job.
Thank you, Kris, for this hint to this exceptional garden. I liked to see the video...and now I'm looking for the book!!!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Barbara
The country dancer rose is so pretty!
Have a great day!
Kris, I gave you an award -- check it out. You deserve it.
Wow, I can't believe all that was done in just seven years and that "less than 12 people" have seen the garden.
Thanks for the link, Kris.
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