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A Sense of Place
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On May 26 at 4:00 P.M. an informative landscape design lecture is sponsored at the Cashiers Library by The Friends of the Albert Carlton Library.
Did you know you can create your own special sense of place with a vignette within a sheltered courtyard or an inspirational view terrace? That your natural talents and resources can coax the best from your property to both heal and inspire you? Want to learn about solving problems with plant materials suited to your environment?
Please join us! Nationally acclaimed author and award winning landscape architect, Mary Palmer Dargan, will share her secrets and expert advice on lifelong landscape design: the 8 key ingredients not to forget when planning your garden or home environment.
On May 24, at The Highlands Library, the same lecture will be presented at 4 pm.
Book signings to follow each lecture.
June 10-12, please join us for Wet & Wild, a Partners For Plants project in collaboration with Garden Club of America and National Park Service. Volunteer in a marshland planting project in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, plus a foraging feast, hikes to learn about edible plants and group camping at Smokemont only an hour away.
Mary Palmer Dargan, licensed landscape architect, is well-known in the Highlands-Cashiers area for beautiful and transformative landscape design for over 20 years. Founded by her husband and partner, Hugh Dargan, Dargan Landscape Architects celebrated its 43 years of creating home environments that both nourish and inspire. Dargan is an approved horticulture judge for The Garden Club of America, skilled in health care garden design and is the author of three best-selling books on timeless landscape design, the history of landscape design and lifelong landscape design. Dargan gardens are often featured to benefit The Bascom in Highlands and The Village Green’s Joy Garden Tour.
Mary Palmer and Hugh live at Dovecote, a charming cottage which received 2015 The Cashiers Village Heritage Award. She hosts a seasonal summer shop with lecture series called “ The Garden Talk Salon.” For more information contact : Mary Palmer Dargan [email protected], (828) 743-0307 or go to www.dargan.com.
