This is the sign marking Garden 4 of the Old Louisville Hidden Garden Tour. Each of the 15 gardens that I toured last week was marked by these creatively and humorously designed stick people which gave a hint of the personality of the gardener--and garden--you were about to see. All of the gardens in this old neighborhood are tucked behind fences . The fences are just as ornamental as the gardens:
Garden 4 had a weathered silvery gray wooden fence accented, at this time of the year, by plantings of bright pink Oriental lilies, climbing vines, planted pots and garden art:
Here are a couple of mosaics of the garden (click on image to enlarge) :
Clockwise: cast iron planter, lily pond, mosaic glass gazing ball
Clockwise: bird bath among the hydrangeas, fence art, topiary puppy, mixed coleus and impatiens
Linking to Friday Fences at Life According to Jan and Jer .
A fence covered in greenery makes a lovely sight. The character looks like a scarecrow we had in the garden when I was young.
ReplyDeleteThe hidden garden tour sounds like so much fun. Great pics Faye
ReplyDeleteLove how the vine is growing on the fence .
ReplyDeletelove the ivies on the weather wood fence. the pink blooms are the perfect compliment.
ReplyDeleteYou toured fifteen! If they all look anything like these photos what fun you must have had.
ReplyDeleteLove all the little details you've captured!
Love it all, flowers, greenery, bird bath, and mostly the welcome stick girl. Wouldn't it be fun to make some of those? I think I will try it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking us along.
Jo, Stella and Zkhat
Fifteen gardens? Wow! I like the vines growing over the fence and the flowers are beautiful! I bet that was fun!
ReplyDeletei love the lady - she is too cute. very creative. the lilies are just amazing. what a beautiful color. ( :
ReplyDeleteAH! So pretty the birdbath amongst the hydrangeas!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful vines growing on the fence. I could gaze at pictures like this all day
ReplyDeletebetsy
Good Afternoon Faye, I love looking around other people's gardens as it is always interesting to see how there personalities show in their garden. For instance I am a lover of curves, and my handwriting is curvy, now I don't know if that is a co-incidence, but my sister is a lover of straight lines and her handwriting is very upright.
ReplyDeleteSo it was fun to see that every garden you visited had a wonderfully decorated "person" at the front of their house, letting you know a little bit about their personality.
Thank you for the peek into the garden, I especially loved the pink lilies.
Have a lovely day,
Best Wishes
Daphne
sounds as though they were having a scarecrow festival
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! I really enjoyed seeing this!
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