2. Sometimes I wish I knew botany, just so I'd be able to look at a flower and know exactly what it is without pretending and feeling like a fool when I'm wrong. No clue what theses are, but I love them cascading over the very Wisteria Lane looking white picket fence.
3. May I have this in my backyard (if I had one) please? Thank you
4. Boxwood Winery is a tiny boutique vineyard in Middleburg, VA, right outside DC. They specialize specifically in Bordeaux style red wines and their Topiary variety actually is one of the smoothest red wines I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. What's even better? Their facility was designed by architect Hugh Newell Jacobson, whose work is just amazing (think colonial inspired modern - simple, sleek, super clean lines.) come to think of it, i should do a post on his work sometime soon....
5.The Penultimate colonial garden - This is the formal European Garden of Drummond Castle. The castle that stands now is an 1890 re-build of the original castle, which dates back to 1619(!). The gardens, however, have been kept up and completely restored to the original 1619 layout -- a Phenomenal feat for landscape preservationists.
6. Who doesn't love an early 1700s drawing of a "proper" garden layout? Everything had a place and a purpose.
7. The formal gardens of Kenmore Plantation in Fredericksburg, VA (I spent two years here in college as a restoration intern... my love and hate of house museums dates back to time spent here.). It has a very rustic elegance -- as this was the home of George Washington's sister and Bro-in-law, but still considered "provincial" by English standards. Oh colonial America...
I'm thinking inspiration for spring wedding invitations anyone?
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