A Garden Tour

Do you remember my garden tour posts? I posted on six of the seven gardens on this year's Montgomery County Garden tour back in June. Well, this is the seventh garden and it is a very colorful, full, and stunning garden. You would think you were at a palatial mansion with professionally designed landscaping and stunning perennial borders when you pull up if you did not know better. The two gardeners are pictured above. I am not really and totally sure which is the gardener. You see, Mr. Davidson is a funny guy and really pulled my leg over there when I visited his garden. All along I thought it was his wife Nancy who planted the gardens, only to find out that it was him who planted and she who designed the garden! How is that for a good pairing? Their design and garden was so seamless that to this day I am not really sure who gardens here but it is evident someone does. Do you see all that beautiful garden phlox above? That is just a small sampling of the flowers visitors were treated to on their tour of the Davidson's garden in June.
Jimmy was able to send me a picture of his and Nancy's pond. Remember, the entire garden was designed around this pond. If you look closely, you can see the ginormous koi toward the front of the pond. The waterfall has a very nice sound and adds to the ambiance of the garden.

A specialty of the Davidson's is container gardening. The many unique and incredible containers were to die for. I have never seen such gorgeously designed and meticulously maintained containers as here. Jimmy explained that he and Nancy order specialty containers from a Kinsman Company. Instructions come with the containers, but you still have to be diligent to wind up with such stunning presentations as is pictured above. Isn't it awesome?

How is this for a pergola? This Greek style freestanding pergola was surrounded by lovely plantings. It fit in so well with the landscape and was just the right scale for the rather large property and garden. See all that color and plantings? You would not believe this garden is not very old in terms of well established gardens. Jimmy and Nancy began gardening less here less than ten years ago when they retired. The garden started with a super great koi pond which features a rushing waterfall. The koi were huge and there were quite a few of them. From that one pond everything else evolved out and around it.

This is a view from near the pond toward the pergola. The pond is located fairly close to the house so that all can be easily enjoyed from the house. See the classically styled fountain leading the way to the pergola? Can you hear the rushing water of the waterfall behind you while you traverse this path to a comfortable seating area under the pergola?

There was a lot of whimsy and small personal touches in this garden. One could not help but notice the inscribed stones intermingled in the hardscaping around the pond, the numerous statuary and the special brand of design this gardening couple incorporated into their yard.

The garden is also lit up for nighttime enjoyment. I can tell you I was impressed as were my friends who toured the garden with me. The Davidsons were kind and lots of fun and I thank them for sharing their garden with me and the community!

Special thanks to the Davidsons for taking all of the pictures and sending them to me. You all did a great job!

in the garden....