Garden Party at a Historic House

Revisiting a historic home with whimsical containers and enchanting antiques that never fail to please

Hi GPODers !

Yesterday we see a lush garden in Pittsburgh , PA and today we are staying in the Keystone State , but heading Orient to revisit a historic theater we ’ve realize a few sentence before . JoJo has share photos of her female parent ’s incredible home and garden ( check out previous submissions : A Garden Around a 280 - Year - Old Home , The Secret Garden , An Artist ’s Garden Containers ) as well as her own charming container garden ( Jojo ’s Lancaster Garden ) , and today we get an update from a garden party her mom through this past spring .

Hello efflorescence friends ,

I ’m Jojo and for the past duet years I ’ve been submitting photograph of my mother ’s flush . Her name is Tina , she is a rude passee dealer . Her star sign was built in 1740 . She hold out in Coatesville , PA . Planting zona 7a

I take these photos during her spring open house and garden party . My mama is one of a kind , and a master copy of her foxiness .

As you ’ll see below , one of the most iconic parts of Jojo ’s mom ’s garden are her incredible topiary container , beautiful bouncing balls of foliage that sprinkle her patio . However , all of Tina ’s container combinations are just reverend . Here , brilliant orangenasturtium(Tropaeolummajus , one-year ) dyad absolutely with a spray of purplelobelia .

A taste of those unbelievable topiary containers , but do n’t let me underestimate Tina ’s incredible distance . Another fundamental element that makes her garden stand out are , of course , her incredible gaffer and decor . The lion ’s head water jet is an instant focal period , but my heart were draw to the funky slight bee homes calledskep urtication . These were some of the first human - made bee hive , make for early beekeeping . It looks like Tina is only using them for interior decoration , which is for the unspoiled . It is plainly much more difficult to keep colonies healthy in a skep compared to modern bee box seat .

But back to Tina ’s arresting planting . She adds so much lush verdure to the quad that sometimes you blank out these are all container planting on a brick patio . I ’m particularly loving the hopeful chartreuseAngelina sedum(Sedum rupestre‘Angelina ’ , zona 6–9 ) make the fantasy of grass growing underneath all of her mini topiary tree .

Trailing out next to the sedum , Snowstorm ® Blue bacopa ( Sutera cordata‘WINSUSNOBL ’ , one-year ) adds a pretty purple speech pattern .

One final looking at the stratum and layer of garden glory . What a wonderful treat for what look like a lovely spring day !

Thank you for sharing this update of your mamma ’s incredible dimension , Jojo ! It ’s always a treat to see what treasure she has growing and on display . Hopefully we get to see an update from your charming garden next : )

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