Chanitcleer continued...
Don't you just love the look of edibles mixed with ornamentals in these lovely containers!
The Lacinato Kale and Melianthus with pops of purple-hued foliage - perfect!
Chanticleer has been mixing edibles into ornamental plantings for years.
The same hues of color are repeated across the pathway in these containers which frame the view of the picturesque rolling lawn.
On Fridays the garden remains open into the evening. Adults and children with picnic baskets and blankets pour into the garden to claim their spots for the evening. It seems this garden is 'theirs' for the evening- they seem to use the garden much like a park for eating, relaxing and playing. The rolling lawn, is just that, the perfect lawn to roll down which is especially fun to watch while sipping fresh watermelon and vodka cocktails (which I did).
Some of Martha Donahue's ceramic bamboo perfectly placed in a planting of the real thing.
Outside of the Ruin Garden, lovely hot, dryland plantings interrupted by flamed stone treads 'planted' in the lawn subtlety intrigue and prepare for the Ruins ahead.
Pools of purple-pink Thymus lead to the Ruin. The curvilinear lines of the Thymus 'pools' create an cooling feeling and soften the architecture of the Ruins ahead (post on the Ruin next time)
On the other side of the Thymus 'pools' are sweeps of Dianthus that lead us down the stepped hillside to the next promontory.
It was here, that I fell in love with old-fashioned pinks - Dianthus. The rich sweet scent of pinks filled the heavy, wet, spring air.
From the promontory at the bottom of the 'Dianthus Walk' I can see the Serpentine.
The Serpentine is planted several times each year with an agricultural crop.
