Completely happy Thanksgiving GPODers (and glad belated Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian readers)!
I’ve been part of constructing and making ready Backyard Picture of the Day to ship to all of our beautiful readers for just a few years now, and have all the time admired the group across the GPOD weblog, however I gained a complete new appreciation once I stepped in because the editor in Could. You all welcomed me with open arms, and proceed to maintain this weblog alive by opening up and sharing your particular areas with anybody concerned about studying. Or by merely receiving GPOD to your inbox each day and studying the tales of our featured gardens. I wished you all to know that I acknowledge and recognize your whole generosity, in addition to the time you soak up compiling photographs, writing descriptions, and coping with the expertise wanted to get all of it to me. I do know I did a compilation submit simply a few weeks in the past, however I couldn’t consider a greater solution to have fun Thanksgiving and specific my gratitude for all of you than showcasing some nice gardens we noticed this previous spring and summer season.
First up, Ainsley Mumford Jones in Asheville, North Carolina. Ainsley’s backyard was featured on Could tenth: A Purple Plant Palette in Asheville, NC.
Purple and inexperienced are a basic mixture. Utilizing these cooler tones, Ainsley has created a way of calm on this full-sun mattress with assorted foliage textures backdropping a pop of purple woodland sage (Salvia nemorosa, Zones 4–8).
The next week, on Could 14th, we noticed spring photographs from frequent GPOD contributor Carla Zambelli Mudry’s (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here) backyard in Malvern, Pennsylvania: Forward-of-Schedule Flowers in Pennsylvania.
Carla’s received a killer spring mixture right here with the pinkshell azalea (Rhododendron vaseyi, Zones 5–7) popping in opposition to the brilliant inexperienced sea of ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris, Zones 2–8).
On Could twenty first we noticed beautiful spring scenes in New England. Sheila Abair (try different submissions right here and right here) shared photographs from her backyard in northern Vermont: Sheila’s Vermont Backyard in Spring.
Hosta and sedum are bursting from the bottom beneath a weigela. A cedar is simply seen within the background.
On the very finish of the month, on Could twenty ninth, we noticed spectacular spring containers from Howard Nemeroff: Howard’s Spring Container Shows. Howard is the of proprietor of Plant Parenting, a Chicago-based inside plant and container design service, and we additionally featured him in concern #219 of the journal this 12 months (Accessorizing the Panorama with Seasonal Containers).
This brilliant chartreuse coloration is like sunshine on these earliest spring days, and creates a surprising middle piece for any sort of event or gathering. Howard makes use of some fake crops in a few of his earliest spring designs, however are you able to inform which crops from the above are literally pretend?
Inching nearer to summer season, on June 18th, Cathy Hollis (try one other submission right here) shared photographs from her backyard in Englewood, Colorado: Cathy’s Colorado Backyard in Spring.
A present of late blooming tulips–Massive Smile (yellow), Menton (pink), and Blushing Girl (pale yellow with gentle pink).
On June twenty eighth I began the ‘GPOD Vignettes’ sequence on the weblog. If you happen to’re not acquainted, I began posting these compilation-style posts to share the photograph submissions that aren’t lengthy sufficient to be stand-alone articles (photographs of three or much less). Within the very first installment (GPOD Vignettes: A Succulent Entrance Yard, New Blooms from a Zesty Plant, and a Compost Cake) a type of submissions was from Catherine and John Campbell in Southern California. And take a look at the opposite installments: Half 2, Half 3, and Half 4.
A rock backyard permits Catherine and John to develop some unimaginable crops! The stunner within the entrance seems to be a mangave—probably ‘Macho Mocha’ (× Mangave ‘Macho Mocha’, Zones 7–9)—and the colourful ‘Jester’ New Zealand flax (Phormium ‘Jester’, Zones 8–11) instantly behind is present stopping.
One other frequent GPOD contributor, Bas Suharto, usually shares the beautiful Japanese-style gardens he designs in Canada (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here). Considered one of his designs in Vanier, Ontario was featured on July eighth: The Small World of a Japanese-Fashion Courtyard Backyard.
The lowered, as soon as overgrown bergenias. The plant on the proper is dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Conica’, Zones 2–6).
Subsequent up, on July sixteenth, we noticed peak summer season in Anna Tsai’s backyard (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here) in Bayside, Wisconsin: Fabulous Flowers in Anna’s Wisconsin Backyard.
There are some flowers that rise above the remaining (actually and figuratively)! This virtually highlighter-yellow foxtail lily (Eremurus stenophyllus, Zones 6–9) is so brilliant and putting that it makes a show-stopping focus.
On July thirtieth we received an replace on a backyard mission from Nicki Snoblin (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here) in Lake Bluff, Illinois: Replace on a Entrance Yard Pollinator Backyard in Illinois.
The view from the aspect. Within the background on the proper you possibly can see Tiny Tuff Stuff™ hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata ‘MAKD’, Zones 5–9) in bloom.
Per week later, on August fifth, we had been visiting Lizzi’s backyard (try one other submission right here) at it’s summer season peak in Walla Walla, Washington: Walla Walla Yard Two Years Later.
The above mattress reveals off a cool backyard sculpture and a fantastic bunch of lavender ‘Martha Roderick’ (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Martha Roderick’, Zones 5–10).
We additionally noticed plenty of beautiful summer season containers this 12 months. On August eleventh we featured Lila Johnson’s (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here) colourful mixtures in Mill Creek, Washington: Lila’s Colourful Containers in Washington.
A phenomenal grouping of cohesive containers carry a pop of coloration to the shade, nevertheless, my favourite a part of these creations are the decorative branches that add a bit extra peak and curiosity. Whereas branches, pinecones, and all kinds of cuttings are commonplace in winter preparations, you don’t see the identical curiosity utilized to summer season containers as usually. It is a nice instance of what we’re lacking out on!
Considered one of a number of particular treats we received this 12 months was from Kielian DeWitt in Hamilton, Montana (try different submissions right here, right here, and right here). Kielian is the President of the Bitterroot Secret Backyard Tour™, which organizes unimaginable yearly backyard excursions whereas elevating funds for nice native causes. This 12 months she shared a full virtual-version of their 2024 backyard tour that culminated in her award-winning rural backyard on August twenty second: Bitterroot Secret Backyard Tour: Rural Backyard on a Montana Ranch (try the opposite gardens featured on the tour: A Nurseryman’s Expansive Backyard, Meticulously Maintained City Backyard, An Eco-friendly, Native Plant Backyard, and The Alice in Wonderland Backyard).
Pink roses, snow-in-summer floor cowl (Cerastium tomentosum, Zones 3–7), astilbe and a late-blooming peony present coloration and drama to the meandering path.
Suzannah Pugh in Springfield, Missouri first shared a few photographs from a small part of her backyard within the second installment of GPOD Vignettes (test these out right here). However she answered our calls to see extra of her marvelous backyard, and on September 1st we received a deeper dive on her house: Transformations and Additions in Suzannah’s Missouri Backyard.
The primary 12 months after the tree was gone, we planted new bushes and had a everlasting swing construction and an arbor put in. I knew I wished to make a pollinator backyard across the new swing construction, so we began with some echinacea, and a few flowering shrubs: Pink ‘Polka’ weigela (Weigela florida ‘Polka’, Zones 4–9) and a Chinese language snowball viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum, Zones 7–9). The second 12 months we added the picket fencing, raised backyard beds, 5 Taylor junipers (Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’, Zones 3–9), smokebush (Cotinus coggygria, Zones 4–8), maiden hair grasses (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’, Zones 4–9), ‘Coloration Guard’ yucca (Yucca filamentosa ‘Coloration Guard’, Zones 5–10), and herbs, greens and chopping flowers. The third 12 months we added herbaceous perennials. Salvias, rudbeckia, nepetas, phlox, lambs ear and plenty of extra.
Lastly, on September twenty fourth, Catherine Dickerson shared her flower-filled backyard in San Diego, California: Catherine’s San Diego Backyard in Summer time.
My husband is named “the fuchsia man” by one of many grand dames of gardening right here in San Diego. He has 30 hanging baskets, extra in pots and the bottom, that he tends day by day, repotting the hanging baskets each November.
Thanks a lot to all the unimaginable gardeners who’ve submitted their photographs this 12 months (And for those who’ve submitted not too long ago and haven’t seen your photographs on the weblog but, I promise they’re within the queue)! Regardless of the place you’re right now, for those who have fun Thanksgiving or not, I hope this submit conjures up you to mirror and really feel gratitude for the gardens we’ve loved, crops we’ve grown, and experiences we’ve had up to now in 2024.
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