After years of designing and installing large-scale landscape gardens in Georgia, Lee Hemmings Carlton relocated to North Carolina, near Boone, and named her new adventure Goldenrod Gardens. Lee started with planting gardens of chef-loved specialty vegetables and florist-sought-after flowers. She also made highly coveted wreaths and bouquets for local farmer’s markets. “Chefs gobbled up my specialty vegetables and florists came early to the market to snag my most coveted …
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Healing Powers of Nature: The Biltmore Forest
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY The Biltmore Company …
The Secret Garden
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-KiddGARDEN DESIGN By Amy Pallenberg Amy Pallenberg was tasked with creating a secret garden for her client inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s novel, “The Secret Garden.” The garden style is a combination of coastal and sustainable meadow with formal elements; a balance of colonizing perennials that thrive seaside, wildlife-friendly plantings, and a nod to classic garden features including rose arches and pea-stone paths. Amy describes the …
Landmarked Landscape
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-KiddGARDEN DESIGN BY Fernando Wong Outdoor Living DesignPHOTOGRAPHY BY Carmel Brantley For readers unfamiliar with the Palm Beach area, the landmarked John Volk estate is located close to town along Lake Worth. The owners reached out to Fernando Wong and his team to refresh and refine the historic property’s landscape. Fernando looked at the project as “part restoration and part reimagined” saying, “Some of the lines of the old garden still exist, but in terms of …