The first garden we visited on The Lakes & Hills 2016 Garden Tour was a quaint English-style cottage garden. At first glance, everything was so cute and inviting about this garden.
Including this adorable little girl and pair of birds surrounded by the Whirling Butterfly bush.
This was a unique find - miniature periwinkles. I have lived in Florida my entire life, and I have never seen 'miniature' periwinkles.
The gardener, whom we spoke to, was a very pleasant lady who willingly answered our questions about this display of hanging baskets. What a unique idea!
Here's a close up view of the wire baskets that she purchased at a local big box store.
So, come with us as we enter the English-style garden and have a look around.
It's divided into multiple garden beds encircled with boxwood hedges and walkways.
A lot of loving attention goes into maintaining these little hedges.
As with any English garden - statuary abounds.
Both flowers and colorful foliage intermingle.
Here's a view from the backside of the formal garden.
And, a close-up view as you enter the garden from the rear.
There are pretty vignettes everywhere you look.
Whimsical ones, too!
Places to sit and enjoy the garden from are scattered throughout it.
These two photos (top and bottom) are a great idea. She took 2 metal baskets, connected them together, placed soil between a fiber liner and planted a variety of plants and succulents. Then hung them from a tree branch.
An adorable white iron table and chairs was in the center of the garden beneath a large Live Oak tree.
Another pretty birdbath adorned with birds and a statue of a little girl in the garden.
Pretty vignettes are scattered throughout the garden.
Pretty ceramic pots filled with orchids grabbed our eye.
One last look as we, reluctantly, leave and move on to the next garden.
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