Summer at Chanticleer

Summer at Chanticleer marks the point at which this garden, outstanding in any season, starts to come into its own. For years the talented horticultural staff at the garden, who are given more or less free reign in their individual areas to experiment and change plantings, have sought to push the envelope in terms of zone hardiness, mixing tropicals into more sheltered areas and using them as annuals in others. The Serpentine starts to strut its stuff. The Cutting Garden overflows with offerings for containers inside and outside the Main House as well as the visitors’ restrooms.  This weekend I’m here at the garden, taking part in the current Master Garden Photography Workshop, with Roger Foley. Here’s a sampling of some favorite photos from past summers, in no particular order.

The Serpentine, planted in cotton

Another view of the cotton plants in the Serpentine

Agave and other plantings in the Gravel Garden

Plantings in the Teacup Garden in August

Sedum and some annual seed pods in the Tennis Court Garden in July

A view to some of the garden’s spectacularly painted chairs through the ginkgo-bedecked arbor at the back of The Serpentine.

An old beech tree which had died was painted this gorgeous shade of teal for a year before it was taken down.

A dahlia bud in the Tennis Court Garden

Brilliant craftsmanship is evident everywhere, even in the gates, in this garden.

Helenium, Russian Sage, and other perennials on the hill near the Gravel Garden and The Pond Garden

Near the Main House, gorgeous container plantings of succulents are everywhere.

A view of the hill plantings and in the distance, the Pond Garden, in summer.

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Garden Shoots will be on vacation until after Labor Day. See you in September!

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