Friday, May 11, 2012

Gallery of Gardens! See Planting the Seed Work in Person!

That's right. It's time for Mobile Botanical Gardens' Gallery of Gardens featuring 8 of the Mobile area's most delightful private gardens. Guess who designed the first one on  the list? ... That's right, Planting the Seed's very own Melanie Lobel.

As a teaser, here's a photo and description of the first garden on the tour (from mobilebotanicalgardens.org)

from mobilebotanicalgardens.org

Garden of: Mike & Phyllis Saxon
This hidden oasis nestled in the heart of Spring Hill features butterfly bush, bottlebrush, banana shrub, and agapanthus. The courtyard showcases a water feature encircled by Japanese magnolias, crepe myrtles, knock-out roses and angelonia. A custom pergola houses an inviting seating area surrounded by jasmine, while a Japanese maple provides shade for sasanquas, espaliered camellias, ferns and oakleaf hydrangeas. Stroll this garden slowly or you will miss variegated dwarf gardenias, quince, and  hydrangeas. Daylilies are tucked throughout with masses of seasonal color, providing surprise and bloom throughout the seasons.
Designer: Melanie Lobel, Planting the Seed


(Click "Read More" below to see pictures of the other gardens.)

  • May 11-12, 2012
  • 9 am – 5 pm Daily
  • Tickets for this event are $20 in advance or $25 on tour days. 
    • Group discounts are available. 
    • Mobile Botanical Gardens will be open on tour days for the purchase of tickets.
    • Ticket outlets include:
      • A Bloom Nursery
      • Carpe Diem
      • Garden Gate Nursery, Gulf Breeze
      • Laura Kay’s Nursery
      • MBG Office
      • MBG Marketplace
      • Old Tyme Feed & Seed, Fairhope
      • Page & Palette, Fairhope
      • Robertsdale Feed
      • Spring Hill Ace Hardware
      • Wild Birds Unlimited
      • Zimlich’s Patio & Garden Center
  • Call 251.342.0555 for more information


Ben and Julie Citrin
from mobilebotanicalgardens.org


Mike Hamm
from mobilebotanicalgardens.org


Harry Fisher
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Drew Klumpp
from mobilebotanicalgardens.org


Donald & Linda Bigler
from mobilebotanicalgardens.org


Vance & Mary McCrary
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Beth Walmsley
from mobilebotanicalgardens.org


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