Garden Talk Salon

Written By: Mary Palmer Dargan | Issue: 2017/07 - July

Sippin’ a beverage with friends on a warm day in the shade of an oak tree sounds like fun.

 The Garden Talk Salon celebrates Family and Friends with classes in Beverage Making, Floral Design, Garden Tours, and two Dogs in the Garden special events.

On July 7, bring your friends and learn to make some Elderflower Pressé. Elderberry, Sambucus niger, is a native plant that you might know for its delicious black-purple berries.  Pretty yummy.  But the cool, white flowers which produce the fruit are well-known in Europe for their cooling properties and delicious slightly sparkling beverage.  For a preview video on how to make elderflower wine, enjoy this –  dargan.com/elderflower-wine-a-taste-in-time/

Join us July 14-15 for the Joy Garden Tour.  We’ll move Dovecote to the Village Green –  There’ll be wonderful lectures, fantastic gardens to visit, and booths featuring our favorite garden-related not-to-miss gifts.  The Joy Garden Tour is a biannual feature that raises funds to preserve our Cashiers Village Green Community Park. For more information, visit
villagegreencashiersnc.com/events/joy-garden-tour.php

Join us on July 21 for a fabulous Summer Floral Design Workshop.  Shana Fisher Huggins is an extremely talented Lake Toxaway native, known for her amazing bridal work.  A landscape architect by training, Shana joins the Dargan Landscape Architect design team off-season to hone her skills. Her shop, The Blossom Jar, in Lake Toxaway is not to be missed and is managed by her mother, Barbara Fisher.

Shana will conduct a floral workshop designed to inspire you!  A vase is provided as well as flowers. It runs $35 for a two-hour session. 

Don’t miss Dogs in the Garden, set for July 28.  Is Fido a little twitchy this time of year?  Want to train with a new, homemade treat?  We’ll create delicious dog biscuits and flea repellent for your precious pet.  Pets are encouraged to join in the fun, of course.

Fancy a drink with friends?  On July 28, join us for Cocktails in the Garden.  Bring poochie for a visit from 5:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Dovecote, then mosey over to the Village Green with your easy chairs for the free evening concert sponsored by the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Cashiers Area Merchants Association.

On August 4, it’s Fitness in the Garden. Enjoy the new fitness trail in our Sculpture Meadow. Work out while you enjoy the company of Contemporary Stonehenge. It’ll be open daily, year-round. We’ll be Making Preserves on August 11. 

Classes start at 10:00 A.M.  Please park in the Sculpture Meadow located at 35 Flash Point Drive, in Cashiers.  Register by calling (828) 743-0307.  Seating is very limited.