Succulent Saturday - The Herb Farm Gardens

A few weeks ago I attended a lovely wedding reception held in the Herb Farm's gorgeous gardens.

It consists of beautifully vibrant raised beds-

-filled with a perfect mix of herbs, a few veggies and edible flowers.

(It's what I want my gardens to look like when they grow up....)

(shrubs of lemon verbena, ground hugging wooly thyme and corsican mint, Tagetes marigolds and lavender grouped here...)

In addition to all the robust plant life, there was quite a bit of garden structure - 

- a good way to recycle old garden implements...

It's a gorgeous, inspirational place!

Music Monday - The Secret Garden

Given the awesome gardens I've been visiting of late (and all the time I'm spending in mine), I thought I'd post this Tony performance of the original cast of The Secret Garden -

I religiously listen to this soundtrack every spring, when I'm starting to wither a bit from garden-and-growing-things withdrawal...

"Come a mild day, come a warm rain,
Come a snowdrop, a-comin' up!"_

Yesterday, I posted photos from the herb garden portion of The Hermit's Grove. Today, I'm posting pics from the gorgeous back, wooded area of the property -

From the decorative -(the ornamented out-buildings...)

The low-walled stone circle...

(complete with a 'marble' floor. :-)

The fairy-house under the big-leaf maple...

Into the woods....

The huckleberries growing from cedar trunks...

...and trees growing on trees...

...tis a magical place, truly.

"And all through the darkest nighttime,
It's waiting for the right time.
When a thing is wick, it will grow!"

Sunday Sketching -

Have been having a busy busy week, and forgot my camera in life drawing, etc.. etc... So today, a tiny quickie-sketch:

(More pen in teensy purse Moleskine upon my knee.....)

AND  I will include some pictures from the *awesome* herb garden I visited over the weekend:

 There were raised beds and raised beds -

 -and gravel pathways-

 -and plant labels identifying it all!

It is still very early spring weather-wise, so growing things are still small and sparse -

- but you can still get a glimpse of how lovely things will get as the season progresses!
I will definitely be visiting again. :-)