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Written By: - NONE - | Issue: 2018/06 - June
Inspired artists speak at the Garden Talk Salon this June. You’re invited to join us for “Stone Sculpture for your Garden” by Carl and Ethan Peverall (June 29); “Native Azaleas and Allies” with Ernest Koonce (June 8); “Spunky Garden Vessels” with landscape architect Mary Palmer Dargan (June 15); and “Mr. Hugh Does Flowers” (June 22) by…you-know-who!
Kicking off our June series is “Native Azaleas and Allies” with Ernest Koone (June 8). His Lazy K Nursery is a fixture in Pine Mountain Georgia, the home of Callaway Gardens. Growing fine plants since 1958, Ernest maintains a large stock of Native Deciduous Rhododendrons, commonly known as Native Azaleas.
On June 15, Mary Palmer Dargan discusses the use of accent and stately pots and does a planting demonstration on window and door boxes. Focal planters that pop are glazed, freeze-proof planters that are oversized enough to be a focal point pot. Favorites are Asian ones with melted purple and forest glade colors on earthen tones in bronze and green.These vessels are thick-sided, high-fired, heavy, plump in shape and stand about 30-40 inches tall. Place them in a bed of chartreuse Creeping Jenny and a trio of flashy large-leaved Guacamole Hostas, and you have a symphony of color. Everyone needs “Spunky Garden Vessels”!
“Mr. Hugh Does Flowers,” a first for The Garden Talk Salon, and features none other than landscape architect Hugh Graham Dargan, sharing his personal floral design techniques beloved in the Dargan household. Using materials gathered from our Dovecote Garden, Hugh shares how you can be creative with what you already own, plus add a bit of extra color for spark! Since this is a workshop, there is a small fee.
Carl and Ethan Peverall, a father and son team, are our perennial favorites for atmospheric, over-sized stone works of art. I love all of their works. Speaking on June 29, they focus on new, sitespecific works at Dovecote, “Stone Sculpture for your Garden”. As authors of “Contemporary Stonehenge” for the past three years, a reception to honor them will be held Friday afternoon, June 30, at Dovecote.
