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Monthly Archives: November 2014

THANKFUL…

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

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At Gaiety Hollow we are so very thankful for all the volunteers and donors who have given so generously this year with time and financial support to bring this garden to its full glory.  The journey is full of fun, excitement, with only occasional gnarly details (aegopodium for instance…)

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We hope you’ll continue to stay with us as the garden year continues!!!!

Here’s a vintage view looking north, when the old oak still stood…Happy Thanksgiving!

Home Garden - Evergreen Garden looking north (DS)

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Fall Pruning

24 Monday Nov 2014

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My favorite correspondent, volunteer and arborist Woody Dukes, sent along these photos of the pruning going on at the Gaiety Hollow garden last Friday.  These photos are his.

Here are Jay and Anne Raney working on the “tall and straggly sarcococca under the dining room bay window…”

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with Molly O’Dea packing off the cuttings, here and after pruning the untidy laurel hedge on the alley…

Woody Dukes and Bobby Dolp worked on the osmanthus (on the right over the cart) west of the holly hedge.  They hand-pruned instead of the shearing that worked for the holly hedge.pruning 2

Woody says that last week Gretchen Carnaby worked to get the rose on the alley fence back in bounds…here’s what it looked like in the summer:

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and here when Gretchen finished…

Gretchen pruning

Stay tuned for the pruning of the camellias and rhododendrons as weather permits…

 

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Sprinkler Update

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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The sprinklers are in, the porta-potty is gone, and now as late fall closes in, the garden will have a welcome dormant time to “regroup” and heal.  First the nice long views…

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…the new drip system looks like it will make a big difference, come spring…

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drip line

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and the trenches are nicely filled in (a bit muddy, but not too bad…)

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but the most amazing part of this November visit was the big camellia near the kitchen door…in full bloom!  Ahh gardens…roll on winter!

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