In April I had the pleasure of opening my Park Lane garden to several groups of avid gardeners, photographers, art, nature, and travel lovers. (Often this is the same person in one.) Last Thursday, The Garden Conservancy Society of Fellows swooped in with two busloads of garden enthusiasts.
They hailed from all parts of the United States, and shared their stories of garden victories and defeats with me. I shared my wine and pimento cheese. I told the history of the evolution of my hundred year old garden. In retelling, even I can’t believe all the changes that have occurred. Friends relate that their gardens can be like a scrapbook of their marriage.
My neighbor hosted a birthday bash a few days later in her garden. The party was to celebrate a special birthday and the completion of the perennial borders planted by the feted one herself. It was a delight to tour a garden that Gardens to Love has designed over the past 10 years. This last phase of the garden was completed as a gift to my talented Mississippi neighbor.
Gardeners love to share and to tell their garden stories. We want to delight visitors and encourage others to do what we do. On Mother’s Day weekend, The Atlanta Botanical Garden will be hosting the biggest garden tour in Atlanta. Gardens to Love has two beautiful gardens open for everyone to tour. To learn more please visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Tour Website.
We will be there sharing the love. Please join us.
Marcia Weber
CEO Gardens to Love
Atlanta, Georgia