Friday, May 8, 2015

NARGS

The acronym NARGS stands for the North American Rock Garden Society. This year the General Annual Meeting of the Society is in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The meetings include among other things visits to some of the best local gardens. Here are three beautiful gardens I visited today with the group.


The first garden was that of Bev and Bob Walters. It is a very neat garden where plants are grown to perfection. In each garden, the owner gave a short presentation. The first picture is of Bev explaining how the water feature in the garden was set up. The rest are various views of the garden.



The next garden was that of Don and Mary Lafond that includes a very good collection of Daphnes. The first picture is of Don giving us a demonstration on how to take and root Daphne cuttings. The other pictures are various views of the garden.


The final garden we visited was that of Jacques and Andrea Urda Thompson. In the first picture, Jacques is shown explaining how he makes sandstone troughs. His troughs are particularly beautiful. He also explained how to move them. Like the first two, the garden is spectacular.




8 comments:

  1. The rock gardens are spectacular; I could not chose one over another.

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  2. What a fabulous day out, wonderful gardens with such interesting plants. That is a pretty ittle pink Oxalis and the Trillium clump makes me envious.

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  3. You must have thoroughly enjoyed your day with such beautiful gardens to visit! They are all beautiful with some little gems for flowers.

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  4. Three gorgeous gardens - are daphne easy things to take cuttings from?

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  5. Wow - 3 lovely gardens. Lucky you to get a chance for a visit. I love the scree bed in picture 6.

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  6. Stunning, so stunning! There's a part of me that wants to try more rock gardening. You've inspired me. Thanks for sharing highlights of your gathering.

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  7. Hello Alain, some amazing rock garden pictures there. Our garden condition is the exact opposite of a rock garden however we do have the patio wall, a long length of short highly sloped rock into which I could plant inspiration from the pictures you've taken; just as soon as I get rid of all the invasive plants currently fighting for dominance in there.

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  8. Alpines were pretty much my first love but I am afraid I have just ceased my membership of the the Alpine Garden Society after something like forty years because I suddenly realised I no longer grow many and haven't read their publications for something like the last three years. I do however subscribe to the Scottish Rock Garden Club and use their seed list as I find them more in line with my present requirements.

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