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14 Aug 2022

Oakland Cemetery’s Summer Bulbs

by Adam Martin | posted in: Gardens | 0

Late July inevitably guarantees heat, humidity, and afternoon thunderstorms across the South. Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery still has plenty of colors to be appreciated by anyone willing … Read More

Magnolia – 2022 Spring Issue

AFTERNOON SUN • So beautiful this time of year i AFTERNOON SUN • So beautiful this time of year in the meadows 🌱 Enjoying a bit less heat and humidity this week makes summer’s end garden tidying more pleasant.
The SGHS Tennessee Ambassadors Program would like The SGHS Tennessee Ambassadors Program would like to invite everyone to honor and remember the late Robert Hicks on 10/22/22. Details: $125 per person/Membership with Southern Garden History Society required. SGHS Membership: https://southerngardenhistory.org/membership-test/ EVENT PAYMENT: Venmo: @SGHSTN-Ambassador Check: SGHS, P.O. Box 158602, Nashville, TN 37215 Submit questions to: tngreatgardens@gmail.com or (615) 585-1594
ARRIVED 🌱 • Fun to revisit the annual meeting ARRIVED 🌱 • Fun to revisit the annual meeting in the latest edition of Magnolia! Scroll to see @susan_haltom holding her Certificate of Merit award for her service to the Society. 💚
PASS ALONG • A very Southern gardeners tradition PASS ALONG • A very Southern gardeners tradition is sharing plants! This fabulous towering ginger or butterfly lily came to my garden from fellow gardener and 19th Century home dweller Ruth Ellen Calhoun of Natchez Mississippi. This example towers over my garden, emulating the towering gentility of her former mistress and gardener. 🌱 I believe the proper name for this is Hedychium Ayo Ruth Ellen called it a yellow ginger. @jeffersonmansell please give this great Southern lady my love.
FORMOSA • Love the towering architecture in the FORMOSA • Love the towering architecture in the garden that is Formosa Lily Thank you @jmikerushing for sharing!
Looking forward to all of the autumn leaves. There Looking forward to all of the autumn leaves. There is something very satisfying about cleaning them out of the garden. Not to mention that they arrive with cooler weather! 🌱🍃🍂
Scenes from the beautiful gardens of Bunny William Scenes from the beautiful gardens of Bunny Williams and John Roselli in Connecticut. I know it’s not Southern, but it was very inspiring to this Southern Gardener. Thanks to Bunny and the Garden Conservancy for this opportunity! @bunnywilliams_interiordesign @bunnywilliamshome @bunnys_eye @thegardenconservancy @southern_trouvaille
MORNING RESPITE 🌱 I love a morning walk in an e MORNING RESPITE 🌱 I love a morning walk in an established neighborhood where folks love to garden. Good morning from Montgomery Alabama’s beautiful Rosemont neighborhood. Only a couple of the wonderfully maintained garden features shown here! The loveseat topiary made me grin!
BASTILLE DAY 🌱 “On bastille day we are remind BASTILLE DAY 🌱 “On bastille day we are reminded of something we saw at our annual meeting. This KEY to the Bastille prison was gifted to GW by Lafayette. It hangs in the main hall Mt Vernon… What an extraordinary gift and symbol of liberty. “ Thomas Baker
Can’t you just smell the beauty 🌱 #southernga Can’t you just smell the beauty 🌱 #southerngardens #southernsummer #crinumlily
FINALLY RAIN 🌱 Clipped just before our dry gar FINALLY RAIN 🌱 Clipped just before our dry gardens received a much needed rain. The smell of the flowers and the sound of the rain are intoxicating.
Spring nights in the South are a gift to us all! Spring nights in the South are a gift to us all! 🌱
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