Part of the description from the event brochure: "After retiring in 2023, we left city life and our beloved garden, Floramagoria, to embrace a peaceful 30-acre retreat surrounded by forest and an alder-lined creek. Dairy Creek Meadows, our naturalistic perennial garden inspired by Piet Oudolf, is the heart of the property. At it’s center are two interconnected glasshouses that serve as a living space, propagation area, and showcase for an interesting cactus and succulent collection.
The garden, designed with Laura Crockett of Garden Diva Designs, features beds and paths enclosed by a deer fence. Surrounding the greenhouse is a masterful crevice garden created by Kenton Seth and Chris Dixon—its stonework a true piece of art. Nearby, raised and in-ground bog gardens house a fascinating collection of carnivorous plants. A vegetable and cutting garden with a cozy potting shed, along with a dedicated garden work area for seed sorting and potting, complete the fenced section."
The carnivorous bog gardens...
This part of the garden had been newly completed since my last visit, it was fabulous!
Marcia Donahue artwork...
These planters were part of the garden at Floramagoria, it's nice to see them here.
James DeRosso artwork.
Not all of these pitchers are plants.
It will be interesting to see what this grouping turns into.
At the base of the grain bin.
Plants in waiting.
I believe this is what was referred to as the "dedicated garden work area"...
The moment you've been waiting for, let's go look at the greenhouse(s) and the crevice garden...
Can you even imagine?
The crevice gardens have a smattering of plants in place, I'm sure filling all of those crevices is going to take awhile.
Inside the greenhouse, it's starting to fill up...
I love that the crevice garden is part of the scenery from inside.
Future propagation space, I believe.
And plant staging...
The Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus (on the left) used to be mine. It made me very happy to see it living a much better life here than in my care.
Dustin Gimbel totems.
Back outdoors...
The grain bin and work space...
The Agave ovatifolia have plenty of room to grow.
I think these pieces (there are a pair) are also Dustin Gimbel's work.
Yes you're right, I am absolutely smitten with the greenhouse.
I did manage a couple photos of the surrounding meadow planting...
Also from Dustin Gimbel (on the left)...
As you leave the greenhouse headed towards the house (or the veggie/cutting garden)...
Entrance to the the veggie/cutting garden.
And then my photos skip ahead to the natural pond behind the house. The area around the pond has been planted up since my last visit.
Crossing the creek...
Above the large pond.
With it's resident swan (yes the lucky ones get to take the swan out for a spin).
Pond view.
And wrapping it all up down at the creek...
The Bit at the End
The garden, designed with Laura Crockett of Garden Diva Designs, features beds and paths enclosed by a deer fence. Surrounding the greenhouse is a masterful crevice garden created by Kenton Seth and Chris Dixon—its stonework a true piece of art. Nearby, raised and in-ground bog gardens house a fascinating collection of carnivorous plants. A vegetable and cutting garden with a cozy potting shed, along with a dedicated garden work area for seed sorting and potting, complete the fenced section."
I "borrowed" this overhead shot from Craig's Instagram account. It seems like a good way to orient you to the garden before I jump in and share a bunch of photos. Starting on the far left, under the grain bin, are the carnivorous bogs, greenhouses are the in the middle, veggie and cutting garden above the greenhouse to the right, and at the very top of the image the driveway and the house.
What's involved in heating a commercial greenhouse? This post from Plant Delights/Juniper Level Botanic Garden shares some of the details.
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